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Taiwan vs Indonesia
Taiwan ranks #15 and Indonesia ranks #17 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Taiwan spends $18.2B on defense with 171K active personnel; Indonesia spends $15.0B with 434K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #15 | Global Rank | #17 |
| $18.2B | Defense Budget | $15.0B |
| 2.1% | Budget % of GDP | 1.0% |
| $921B | GDP | $1.45T |
| 23.30M | Population | 285.72M |
| Personnel | ||
| 171K | Active Personnel | 434K |
| 1.66M | Reserve Personnel | 400K |
| 12K | Paramilitary | 64K |
| Air | ||
| 1,052 | Military Aircraft | 546 |
| 259 | Combat Aircraft | 115 |
| 259 | Fighter Jets | 95 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 239 | Helicopters | 276 |
| 90 | Attack Helicopters | 60 |
| 361 | Military Drones (UAV) | 16 |
| Land | ||
| 1,018 | Main Battle Tanks | 331 |
| 0 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 50 |
| 2,443 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 869 |
| 0 | Artillery Systems | 612 |
| Naval | ||
| 4 | Submarines | 4 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 1 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
| 1 | Ballistic Missile Systems | — |
| 0 | ICBM Systems | — |
| 4 | Cruise Missile Systems | — |
| 0 | Hypersonic Systems | — |
| 600 km | Longest Missile Range | — |
Taiwan leads in 10 of the 16 measured categories, Indonesia in 6. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.