Top 10 Countries with Strongest Militaries in the World 2019

World Ranking - As reported by Global Firepower, the US military has been recognized as the strongest in the world in 2019. Then followed by Russia which in second, and China in third place. Furthermore, India, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain, Turkey, and Germany complete the ten strongest military lists in the world for 2019.

Ranking of ratings by the Global Firepower is done by using more than 55 individual factors to determine a country's PowerIndex score ('PwrIndx'). The formula allows countries that are smaller in size but are more technologically advanced, able to compete with larger countries but are slightly behind technology. The perfect PowerIndex score is 0.0000 but realistically cannot be achieved within the current scope of the Global Firepower formula.

The following is a list of the strongest military countries that are ranked in the top 10 in the world in 2019:

10. Germany

• Power Index rating: 0.2097
• Total Population: 80,457,737
• Total Military Personnel: 208,641
• Total Aircraft Strength: 613
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 122
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 178
• Total Helicopter Strength: 313
• Combat Tank Amount: 900
• Total Naval Assets: 81
• Defense Budget: $ 49.1 billion

9. Turkey

• Power Index rating: 0.2089
• Total Population: 81,257,239
• Total Military Personnel: 735,000
• Total Aircraft Strength: 1,067
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 207
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 207
• Total Helicopter Strength: 492
• Combat Tank Amount: 3,200
• Total Naval Assets: 194
• Defense Budget: $ 8.6 billion

8. United Kingdom

• Power Index rating: 0.1797
• Total Population: 65,105,246
• Total Military Personnel: 233,000
• Total Aircraft Strength: 811
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 129
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 150
• Total Helicopter Strength: 319
• Combat Tank Amount: 331
• Total Naval Assets: 76
• Defense Budget: $ 47.5 billion

7. South Korea

• Power Index rating: 0.1761
• Total Population: 51,418,097
• Total Military Personnel: 5,827,250
• Total Aircraft Strength: 1,614
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 406
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 466
• Total Helicopter Strength: 777
• Combat Tank Amount: 2,654
• Total Naval Assets: 166
• Defense Budget: $ 38.3 billion

6. Japan

• Power Index rating: 0.1707
• Total Population: 126,168,156
• Total Military Personnel: 303,157
• Total Aircraft Strength: 1,572
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 297
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 297
• Total Helicopter Strength: 636
• Combat Tank Amount: 1,004
• Total Naval Assets: 131
• Defense Budget: $ 47 billion

5. France

• Power Index rating: 0.1584
• Total Population: 67,364,357
• Total Military Personnel: 388,635
• Total Aircraft Strength: 1,248
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 273
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 273
• Total Helicopter Strength: 566
• Combat Tank Amount: 406
• Total Naval Assets: 118
• Defense Budget: $ 40.5 billion

4. India

• Power Index rating: 0.1065
• Total Population: 1,296,834,042
• Total Military Personnel: 3,462,500
• Total Aircraft Strength: 2,082
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 520
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 694
• Total Helicopter Strength: 692
• Combat Tank Amount: 4,184
• Total Naval Assets: 295
• Defense Budget: $ 55.2 billion

3. China

• Power Index rating: 0.0673
• Total Population: 1,384,688,986
• Total Military Personnel: 2,693,500
• Total Aircraft Strength: 3,187
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 1,222
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 1,564
• Total Helicopter Strength: 1,004
• Combat Tank Amount: 13,050
• Total Naval Assets: 714
• Defense Budget: $ 224 billion

2. Russia

• Power Index rating: 0.0639
• Total Population: 142,122,776
• Total Military Personnel: 3,586,128
• Total Aircraft Strength: 4,078
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 869
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 1,459
• Total Helicopter Strength: 1,485
• Combat Tank Amount: 21,932
• Total Naval Assets: 352
• Defense Budget: $ 44 billion

1. United States

• Power Index rating: 0.0615
• Total Population: 329,256,465
• Total Military Personnel: 2,141,900
• Total Aircraft Strength: 13,398
• Number of Fighter Aircraft: 2,362
• Number of Atack Aircraft: 2,831
• Total Helicopter Strength: 5,760
• Combat Tank Amount: 6,287
• Total Naval Assets: 415
• Defense Budget: $ 716 billion