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2007-02-21 17:44:52 · 10 answers · asked by sherwin 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
First for all the statistics you can think of including military strength among countries, check the CIA Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/rankorderguide.html
GFP Ranking for military strength
Updated 09/21/2006
1 United States
2 Russia
3 China
4 India
5 Germany
6 France
7 Japan
8 Turkey
9 Brazil
10 Great Britain
11 Italy
12 South Korea
13 Indonesia
14 Mexico
15 Canada
16 Iran
17 Egypt
18 North Korea
19 Spain
20 Pakistan
21 Australia
22 Saudi Arabia
23 Thailand
24 Argentina
25 Sweden
26 Israel
27 Greece
28 Taiwan
29 Syria
30 Philippines
31 Poland
32 Ukraine
33 Norway
34 Iraq
35 Libya
36 Venezuela
37 Lebanon
38 Nepal
39 Afghanistan
"While the United States is the clear superpower today, the European Union surpasses the USA in population, GDP, and industrial output. So if the EU continues to merge politically and militarily, it will become a superpower. China's high growth rate will allow it to match the United States economically by 2020, perhaps sooner if the USA suffers a major economic setback by failing to address its massive current account deficit (budget and trade imbalances.) Although Japan will lose population in the years ahead, it is likely to remain the world's most technologically advanced nation. It will prosper once it finds more cash paying customers and stops granting $200 billion in credit each year to the soon to be bankrupt USA, which will be forced to cut it's military budget in half. India is growing fast and Brazil is booming due to the increased worldwide demand for raw materials. Pakistan and Indonesia have potential, but political instability is likely to hamper development. These are just basic statistics, but they probably surprise many readers who have not updated their perceptions of world powers."
World Powers in 2030?
#1 China
#2 European Union
#3 Japan
#4 United States (bankrupt)
#5 India
#6 Korea (unified)
#7 Russia (recovered)
#8 Brazil
#9 United Kingdom
#10 Mexico
In regards to present specific rankings...
YEARLY MILITARY EXPENDITURE
United States of America
$518,100,000,000
China
$81,480,000,000
France
$45,000,000,000
Japan
$44,310,000,000
Great Britain
$42,836,500,000
Germany
$35,063,000,000
Italy
$28,182,800,000
South Korea
$21,060,000,000
India
$19,040,000,000
Saudi Arabia
$18,000,000,000
Russia
$18,000,000,000
Australia
$17,840,000,000
Turkey
$12,155,000,000
Brazil
$9,940,000,000
Spain
$9,906,500,000
Canada
$9,801,500,000
Israel
$9,450,000,000
Taiwan
$7,930,000,000
Mexico
$6,070,000,000
Greece
$5,890,000,000
Sweden
$5,510,000,000
North Korea
$5,217,400,000
Iran
$4,300,000,000
Argentina
$4,300,000,000
Pakistan
$4,260,000,000
Norway
$4,033,500,000
Poland
$3,500,000,000
Egypt
$2,440,000,000
Thailand
$1,775,000,000
Venezuela
$1,610,000,000
Iraq
$1,340,000,000
Indonesia
$1,300,000,000
Libya
$1,300,000,000
Syria
$858,000,000
Philippines
$836,900,000
Ukraine
$617,900,000
Lebanon
$540,600,000
Afghanistan
$122,400,000
Nepal
$104,200,000
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TOTAL AVAILABLE MILITARY MANPOWER
China
342,956,265
India
287,551,111
United States of America
67,742,879
Indonesia
60,543,028
Brazil
45,586,036
Pakistan
39,028,014
Russia
35,247,049
Japan
27,003,112
Mexico
24,488,008
Philippines
20,131,179
Poland
19,154,353
Germany
18,917,537
Egypt
18,347,560
Iran
18,319,545
Turkey
16,756,323
Thailand
14,903,855
Great Britain
14,607,724
France
13,676,509
Italy
13,491,260
South Korea
12,458,257
Ukraine
11,067,239
Spain
9,366,588
Canada
8,417,314
Saudi Arabia
7,648,999
Argentina
7,316,038
Venezuela
6,236,012
Nepal
6,107,091
Taiwan
5,883,828
Iraq
5,870,640
North Korea
5,851,801
Afghanistan
4,952,812
Australia
4,943,676
Syria
4,356,413
Sweden
3,613,086
Israel
2,936,041
Greece
2,459,988
Norway
1,997,326
Libya
1,588,533
Lebanon
974,363
http://globalfirepower.com/
And much more statistics at that website
2007-02-21 18:11:29 · answer #1 · answered by World Expert 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1 USA 2 China 3 Great Britain 4 Israel 5 Germany 6 Canada 7 Russia 8 France 9 Italy 10 Australia
2016-03-29 06:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, thats a hard question to answer, do you mean Manpower? (i.e. Troops) Firepower? (Nuclear Warheads, armament) or technological power? (satellite missile defense systems, laser guided targeting etc.)
Overall, the United States does, of course. Though our actual enlisted personnel numbers are lower than a few other countries, our Firepower and technology put us head and shoulders ahead of pretty much everyone.
I don't know any "official" 1-10 rating because there really is no "official" 1-10 rating, but here is 10 of the worlds top miliatry powers in no particular order...
The United States
China
Russia
Israel
The United Kingdom
Pakistan
India
Saudi Arabia
North Korea
Australia
2007-02-21 17:55:07 · answer #3 · answered by Speedybaby101 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The United States is the richest, most techonologically advanced, and most economically powerful country in the world. NO ONE comes close and that is the truth. (China's econ is faster growing but not more powerful). We are the sole super power on earth. (humblest too haha). It is also one of the most populated (lots of potential soldiers) with the highest gross domestic product. We also spend the most BY FAR on our military budget (even before the war). We've been in and out of wars of all kinds throughout our history. No one has more experienced or more knowledgeable military leaders. We are hated, feared, admired, respected, and revered and rightly so in all of those aspects. I'm not going to give you a list. All you need to know is that the USA is Number 1.
2007-02-21 18:30:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. USA
2. Russia
3. China
4. India
5. Germany
6. France
7.Japan
8. Turkey
9. Brazil
10. Great Britain
2007-02-21 17:53:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. USA
2. China
3.Russia
4.Egypt
5.North Korea
6.Isreal
7.France
8.Venezeula
9. Canada
10. United Kingdom
2007-02-21 17:50:56 · answer #6 · answered by theshadowknows 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1 - Peoples republic of China
2 - United States of America
3 - India
4 - Russia
5 - North Korea
6 - South Korea
7 - Pakistan
8 - Iran
9 - Turkey
10 - Vietnam
going off troop strength figures and number of naval vessels and aircraft
2007-02-21 20:24:31 · answer #7 · answered by vdv_desantnik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows!
1. would probably be China. We could never beat them in a conventional war as they have too many military. We could both go at it in a nuclear war, but we both would be losers!
2. Russia
3. The US, and without the nukes we aren't even that!
4. GB
5.Turks
6. Vietnamese Army
7.France
8, Kazakhstan
9 Israel
10.Anyone we attack! Those that aren't even in the Army are giving us a pretty good thrashing!
2007-02-21 18:01:46 · answer #8 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. The United States (far stronger than our citizens know about)
2. Great Britain
3. Israel
4. Spain
5. Russia
6. Italy
7. Australia
8. Russia
9. New Zealand
10. China
2007-02-21 17:49:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
How do you define military strength?
2007-02-21 20:17:47 · answer #10 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋