Head-to-Head

India vs Pakistan

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is India, red is Pakistan. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇮🇳 India
MIL. STRENGTH #4
VS
🇵🇰 Pakistan
MIL. STRENGTH #14
1.44B 245M
👥 Population
$3.9T $340B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$109B $9.1B
💰 Defense Budget
1.4M 660k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 India's economy is 11× larger
💰 India's defense budget is 12× larger
🪖 India's active force is 2.2× larger
✈️ India's air fleet is 1.6× larger
👥 India's population is 5.9× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
IndiaPakistan
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MIXED
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY MINIMAL
MODERATE
🛰️ 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
★ India
India wins 6 of 6 · Pakistan wins 0 of 6
Manpower
★ India
Financials
★ India
Airpower
★ India
Land Power
★ India
Naval Power
★ India
Strategic
★ India
Manpower
★ 1,440,000,000
👥 Total Population
245,000,000
★ 1,431,000
🪖 Active Personnel
660,000
★ 1,000,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
550,000
★ 2,527,000
👮 Paramilitary Forces
500,000
Financials
★ $109B
💰 Defense Budget
$9.1B
★ $3,900B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$340B
Airpower
★ 2,183
✈️ Total Aircraft
1,397
★ 476
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
331
★ 1,707
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
1,066
★ 594
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
379
Land Power
★ 3,913
🛡️ Tank Strength
2,677
★ 163,554
🚚 Armored Vehicles
59,044
★ 5,640
💥 Towed Artillery
2,629
Naval Power
★ 343
⚓ Fleet Strength
120
★ 18
🌊 Submarines
8
★ 2
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 180
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
170
Full profile
🇮🇳 India
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.