Head-to-Head

Russia vs Germany

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Russia, red is Germany. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇷🇺 Russia
MIL. STRENGTH #2
VS
🇩🇪 Germany
1 COUNTRIES SUMMED
144M 84M
👥 Population
$2.2T $4.6T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$109B $88B
💰 Defense Budget
1.1M 183k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 Germany's economy is 2.1× larger
💰 Russia's defense budget is 1.2× larger
🪖 Russia's active force is 6.3× larger
✈️ Russia's air fleet is 7.2× larger
👥 Russia's population is 1.7× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
RussiaGermany
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
ADVANCED
MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
MODERN
ADVANCED
🛰️ 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
★ Russia
Russia wins 5 of 6 · Germany wins 0 of 6 · 1 tied
Manpower
★ Russia
Financials
— Tie
Airpower
★ Russia
Land Power
★ Russia
Naval Power
★ Russia
Strategic
★ Russia
Manpower
★ 144,000,000
👥 Total Population
84,000,000
★ 1,150,000
🪖 Active Personnel
183,000
★ 2,000,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
30,000
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
★ $109B
💰 Defense Budget
$88B
$2,200B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$4,600B ★
Airpower
★ 4,300
✈️ Total Aircraft
600
★ 1,500
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
140
★ 2,800
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
460
0
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
n/a
Land Power
★ 12,000
🛡️ Tank Strength
300
0
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
0
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
★ 600
⚓ Fleet Strength
80
★ 58
🌊 Submarines
6
★ 1
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 5,459
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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🇷🇺 Russia
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.