Air Force Size by Country 2026 — Combat Aircraft Ranked

Fixed-wing combat-capable aircraft; helicopters are tracked separately.

Other rankings: Active military personnel · Defense budget (US$) · Main battle tanks · Fleet strength score · Estimated nuclear warheads

#	Country	Combat aircraft
1	🇺🇸 United States	3,368
2	🇨🇳 China	1,570
3	🇷🇺 Russia	1,517
4	🇮🇳 India	926
5	🇵🇰 Pakistan	583
6	🇰🇷 South Korea	580
7	🇰🇵 North Korea	572
8	🇪🇬 Egypt	426
9	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	364
10	🇹🇼 Taiwan	346
11	🇮🇱 Israel	340
12	🇯🇵 Japan	313
13	🇹🇷 Turkey	291
14	🇫🇷 France	282
15	🇮🇷 Iran	240
16	🇬🇷 Greece	232
17	🇸🇾 Syria	226
18	🇮🇹 Italy	221
19	🇩🇪 Germany	209
20	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	155
21	🇪🇸 Spain	152
22	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	145
23	🇧🇷 Brazil	128
24	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	126
25	🇲🇦 Morocco	117
26	🇹🇭 Thailand	113
27	🇺🇦 Ukraine	111
28	🇵🇱 Poland	109
29	🇧🇾 Belarus	105
30	🇩🇿 Algeria	102
31	🇸🇬 Singapore	100
32	🇮🇩 Indonesia	97
33	🇸🇪 Sweden	94
34	🇲🇲 Myanmar	92
35	🇦🇴 Angola	89
36	🇨🇦 Canada	86
37	🇦🇺 Australia	84
38	🇸🇩 Sudan	83
39	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	83
40	🇻🇳 Vietnam	80
41	🇾🇪 Yemen	78
42	🇶🇦 Qatar	74
43	🇻🇪 Venezuela	71
44	🇮🇶 Iraq	68
45	🇲🇽 Mexico	68
46	🇯🇴 Jordan	63
47	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	58
48	🇳🇱 Netherlands	58
49	🇨🇱 Chile	57
50	🇴🇲 Oman	56
51	🇨🇴 Colombia	55
52	🇫🇮 Finland	55
53	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	55
54	🇨🇭 Switzerland	53
55	🇷🇴 Romania	49
56	🇵🇪 Peru	48
57	🇧🇪 Belgium	44
58	🇳🇴 Norway	40
59	🇰🇼 Kuwait	40
60	🇵🇭 Philippines	39
61	🇳🇬 Nigeria	38
62	🇲🇾 Malaysia	38
63	🇨🇺 Cuba	38
64	🇩🇰 Denmark	34
65	🇦🇷 Argentina	32
66	🇿🇲 Zambia	32
67	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	31
68	🇷🇸 Serbia	30
69	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	29
70	🇨🇿 Czechia	28
71	🇿🇦 South Africa	26
72	🇵🇹 Portugal	25
73	🇸🇰 Slovakia	24
74	🇰🇪 Kenya	23
75	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	20
76	🇱🇾 Libya	20
77	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	19
78	🇧🇭 Bahrain	17
79	🇦🇲 Armenia	16
80	🇦🇹 Austria	15
81	🇭🇳 Honduras	15
82	🇭🇺 Hungary	14
83	🇹🇳 Tunisia	14
84	🇹🇿 Tanzania	14
85	🇲🇱 Mali	13
86	🇸🇻 El Salvador	13
87	🇭🇷 Croatia	11
88	🇹🇬 Togo	11
89	🇧🇼 Botswana	11
90	🇺🇬 Uganda	10
91	🇬🇪 Georgia	10
92	🇪🇨 Ecuador	9
93	🇹🇩 Chad	9
94	🇱🇧 Lebanon	9
95	🇳🇦 Namibia	9
96	🇪🇷 Eritrea	9
97	🇨🇩 DR Congo	8
98	🇲🇿 Mozambique	8
99	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	8
100	🇬🇭 Ghana	8
101	🇺🇾 Uruguay	7
102	🇨🇲 Cameroon	6
103	🇵🇾 Paraguay	6
104	🇬🇦 Gabon	6
105	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	5
106	🇲🇷 Mauritania	4
107	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	4
108	🇬🇹 Guatemala	4
109	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	4
110	🇱🇦 Laos	4
111	🇲🇻 Maldives	4
112	🇬🇳 Guinea	3
113	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	3
114	🇲🇳 Mongolia	2
115	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	2
116	🇳🇪 Niger	2
117	🇬🇲 Gambia	1

Sources and index weights: methodology.