Head-to-Head
BRICS (11 countries) vs G7 (7 countries)
Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is BRICS (11 countries), red is G7 (7 countries). Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🌐 BRICS
11 COUNTRIES SUMMED
VS
🌐 G7
7 COUNTRIES SUMMED
Team totals: metrics are straight sums of member-country estimates — coordination, logistics and geography are not modeled. BRICS: United Arab Emirates, Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, India, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa. G7: Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, United States.
3.92B
778M
👥 Population
$31.5T
$49.2T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$681B
$1.2T
💰 Defense Budget
7M
2.4M
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 G7's economy is 1.6× larger
💰 G7's defense budget is 1.8× larger
🪖 BRICS's active force is 2.9× larger
✈️ G7's air fleet is 1.3× larger
👥 BRICS's population is 5.0× larger
Manpower
★ BRICS (11 countries)
Financials
★ G7 (7 countries)
Airpower
★ G7 (7 countries)
Land Power
★ BRICS (11 countries)
Naval Power
★ BRICS (11 countries)
Strategic
★ BRICS (11 countries)
Manpower
★ 3,916,000,000
👥 Total Population
778,000,000
★ 6,976,000
🪖 Active Personnel
2,440,000
★ 6,095,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
698,000
★ 2,717,000
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
$681B
💰 Defense Budget
$1,222B ★
$31,470B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$49,200B ★
Airpower
14,284
✈️ Total Aircraft
18,020 ★
★ 4,207
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
2,755
10,077
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
15,265 ★
723
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
5,463 ★
Land Power
★ 28,989
🛡️ Tank Strength
6,670
★ 167,625
🚚 Armored Vehicles
39,223
★ 7,690
💥 Towed Artillery
1,498
Naval Power
★ 2,463
⚓ Fleet Strength
1,105
★ 182
🌊 Submarines
130
8
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
16 ★
Strategic
★ 6,239
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
5,692
Category winners count metric-by-metric leads only; "n/a" values count as zero, so data gaps can skew a category. Cross-check before citing.