Head-to-Head

Russia vs India

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Russia, red is India. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇷🇺 Russia
MIL. STRENGTH #2
VS
🇮🇳 India
MIL. STRENGTH #4
144M 1.44B
👥 Population
$2.2T $3.9T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$109B $109B
💰 Defense Budget
1.1M 1.4M
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 India's economy is 1.8× larger
💰 Near-parity in defense budget (1.00×)
🪖 India's active force is 1.2× larger
✈️ Russia's air fleet is 2.0× larger
👥 India's population is 10× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
RussiaIndia
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
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
Even Match
Russia wins 3 of 6 · India wins 3 of 6
Manpower
★ India
Financials
★ India
Airpower
★ Russia
Land Power
★ India
Naval Power
★ Russia
Strategic
★ Russia
Manpower
144,000,000
👥 Total Population
1,440,000,000 ★
1,150,000
🪖 Active Personnel
1,431,000 ★
★ 2,000,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
1,000,000
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
2,527,000 ★
Financials
$109B
💰 Defense Budget
$109B
$2,200B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$3,900B ★
Airpower
★ 4,300
✈️ Total Aircraft
2,183
★ 1,500
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
476
★ 2,800
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
1,707
0
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
594 ★
Land Power
★ 12,000
🛡️ Tank Strength
3,913
0
🚚 Armored Vehicles
163,554 ★
0
💥 Towed Artillery
5,640 ★
Naval Power
★ 600
⚓ Fleet Strength
343
★ 58
🌊 Submarines
18
1
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
2 ★
Strategic
★ 5,459
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
180
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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.