Head-to-Head

China vs Japan

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is China, red is Japan. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇨🇳 China
MIL. STRENGTH #3
VS
🇯🇵 Japan
MIL. STRENGTH #8
1.41B 124M
👥 Population
$18.8T $4.2T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$296B $53B
💰 Defense Budget
2M 247k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 China's economy is 4.5× larger
💰 China's defense budget is 5.6× larger
🪖 China's active force is 8.2× larger
✈️ China's air fleet is 2.3× larger
👥 China's population is 11× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
ChinaJapan
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MIXED
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
MODERN
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MODERN
ADVANCED
⚓ Naval Fleet
ADVANCED
LEADING
🛰️ Drones / UAV
MODERATE
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ China
China wins 6 of 6 · Japan wins 0 of 6
Manpower
★ China
Financials
★ China
Airpower
★ China
Land Power
★ China
Naval Power
★ China
Strategic
★ China
Manpower
★ 1,410,000,000
👥 Total Population
124,000,000
★ 2,035,000
🪖 Active Personnel
247,000
★ 510,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
56,000
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
★ $296B
💰 Defense Budget
$53B
★ $18,800B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$4,200B
Airpower
★ 3,300
✈️ Total Aircraft
1,450
★ 1,200
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
240
★ 2,100
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
1,210
0
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
n/a
Land Power
★ 4,600
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,000
0
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
0
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
★ 730
⚓ Fleet Strength
155
★ 66
🌊 Submarines
24
★ 3
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 600
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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🇨🇳 China
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.