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Taiwan vs Spain
Taiwan ranks #15 and Spain ranks #21 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Taiwan spends $18.2B on defense with 171K active personnel; Spain spends $40.2B with 122K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #15 | Global Rank | #21 |
| $18.2B | Defense Budget | $40.2B |
| 2.1% | Budget % of GDP | 2.1% |
| $921B | GDP | $1.91T |
| 23.30M | Population | 49.36M |
| Personnel | ||
| 171K | Active Personnel | 122K |
| 1.66M | Reserve Personnel | 14K |
| 12K | Paramilitary | 87K |
| Air | ||
| 1,052 | Military Aircraft | 412 |
| 259 | Combat Aircraft | 200 |
| 259 | Fighter Jets | 116 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 14 |
| 239 | Helicopters | 87 |
| 90 | Attack Helicopters | 0 |
| 361 | Military Drones (UAV) | 12 |
| Land | ||
| 1,018 | Main Battle Tanks | 274 |
| 0 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 225 |
| 2,443 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 2,063 |
| 0 | Artillery Systems | 234 |
| Naval | ||
| 4 | Submarines | 2 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 1 |
| 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 12 of the 18 measured categories, Spain 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.