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United Kingdom vs Pakistan
The United Kingdom ranks #5 and Pakistan ranks #8 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. The United Kingdom spends $89.0B on defense with 141K active personnel; Pakistan spends $11.9B with 660K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #5 | Global Rank | #8 |
| $89.0B | Defense Budget | $11.9B |
| 2.4% | Budget % of GDP | 2.9% |
| $4.00T | GDP | $407B |
| 69.49M | Population | 255.22M |
| Personnel | ||
| 141K | Active Personnel | 660K |
| 70K | Reserve Personnel | 550K |
| 0 | Paramilitary | 291K |
| Air | ||
| 593 | Military Aircraft | 2,705 |
| 172 | Combat Aircraft | 410 |
| 171 | Fighter Jets | 373 |
| 47 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 1 | Bombers | 0 |
| 218 | Helicopters | 567 |
| 72 | Attack Helicopters | 64 |
| 12 | Military Drones (UAV) | 1,072 |
| Land | ||
| 285 | Main Battle Tanks | 3,340 |
| 526 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 80 |
| 2,750 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 9,608 |
| 166 | Artillery Systems | 4,391 |
| Naval | ||
| 10 | Submarines | 6 |
| 10 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 2 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 225 | Nuclear Warheads | 170 |
| 1 | Ballistic Missile Systems | 6 |
| 0 | ICBM Systems | 0 |
| 2 | Cruise Missile Systems | 2 |
| 0 | Hypersonic Systems | 0 |
| 12,000 km | Longest Missile Range | 2,000 km |
Pakistan leads in 12 of the 23 measured categories, the United Kingdom in 11. 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.