By number of soldiers (thousands)
| COUNTRY | MEN | BUDGET | TANKS | AIR |
| China | 2100 | $40000 | 14500 | 3300 |
| USA | 1400 | $340000 | 32000 | 7600 |
| India | 1250 | $15000 | 5100 | 750 |
| North Korea | 1000 | $1200 | 5500 | 600 |
| Russia | 850 | $70000 | 18000 | 2100 |
| South Korea | 680 | $13000 | 5600 | 650 |
| Pakistan | 610 | $3000 | 3600 | 370 |
| Israel | 550 | $5500 | 10500 | 570 |
| Turkey | 510 | $2050 | 5900 | 500 |
| Iran | 510 | $7500 | 3500 | 210 |
| Vietnam | 480 | $1400 | 2800 | 200 |
| Egypt | 440 | $3000 | 7400 | 680 |
| Iraq | 420 | $1500 | 5200 | 400 |
| Myanmar | 420 | $2000 | 550 | 140 |
| Taiwan | 350 | $18000 | 3200 | 520 |
| Switzerland | 350 | $3000 | 2600 | 130 |
| Ukraine | 300 | $1000 | 6000 | 510 |
| Thailand | 300 | $2400 | 1600 | 150 |
| Syria | 310 | $700 | 8500 | 600 |
| Indonesia | 290 | $1200 | 840 | 120 |
| Brazil | 285 | $18000 | 1700 | 320 |
| Germany | 280 | $30000 | 6600 | 400 |
| France | 250 | $36000 | 5500 | 450 |
| Japan | 240 | $47000 | 2100 | 380 |
| Italy | 220 | $22000 | 2600 | 310 |
| Britain | 210 | $37000 | 4100 | 420 |
| Poland | 200 | $3400 | 5400 | 200 |
| Saudi Arabia | 200 | $72000 | 5700 | 350 |
| Morocco | 196 | $1600 | 1900 | 110 |
| Mexico | 190 | $5500 | 1100 | 170 |
| Ethiopia | 170 | $420 | 500 | 70 |
| Colombia | 160 | $2400 | 290 | 115 |
| Greece | 150 | $2000 | 2900 | 450 |
| Spain | 140 | $7400 | 3200 | 200 |
| Algeria | 125 | $3000 | 3200 | 220 |
| Sudan | 115 | $600 | 700 | 40 |
| Cambodia | 110 | $600 | 260 | 22 |
| Angola | 110 | $900 | 1200 | 130 |
| Philippines | 110 | $1600 | 480 | 135 |
| Jordan | 100 | $500 | 2500 | 110 |
| Rumania | 100 | $880 | 2800 | 280 |
| Peru | 100 | $880 | 500 | 110 |
Top arms suppliers (billions of US$, 2002)
| USA | 10.2 |
| Britain | 4.7 |
| Russia | 3.1 |
| France | 1.8 |
| China | 0.6 |
| Germany | 0.5 |
| Italy | 0.4 |
| Israel | 0.3 |
| Brazil | 0.2 |
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By military budget (millions of US$)
| COUNTRY | MEN | BUDGET | TANKS | AIR | NUKES |
| USA | 1400 | $340000 | 32000 | 7600 | 2,500 |
| Saudi Arabia | 200 | $72000 | 5700 | 350 | |
| Russia | 850 | $70000 | 18000 | 2100 | 1,500 |
| Japan | 240 | $47000 | 2100 | 380 | |
| China | 2100 | $40000 | 14500 | 3300 | 434 |
| Britain | 210 | $37000 | 4100 | 420 | 200 |
| France | 250 | $36000 | 5500 | 450 | 482 |
| Germany | 280 | $30000 | 6600 | 400 | |
| Italy | 220 | $22000 | 2600 | 310 | |
| Brazil | 285 | $18000 | 1700 | 320 | |
| Taiwan | 350 | $18000 | 3200 | 520 | |
| India | 1250 | $15000 | 5100 | 750 | 60 |
| South Korea | 680 | $13000 | 5600 | 650 | |
| Canada | 56 | $8200 | 2400 | 140 | |
| Iran | 510 | $7500 | 3500 | 210 | |
| Spain | 140 | $7400 | 3200 | 200 | |
| Australia | 50 | $7200 | 640 | 140 | |
| Netherlands | 51 | $6600 | 1500 | 150 | |
| Israel | 550 | $5500 | 10500 | 570 | 100 |
| Mexico | 190 | $5500 | 1100 | 170 | |
| Sweden | 55 | $5200 | 2100 | 200 | |
| Singapore | 60 | $4800 | 1400 | 170 | |
| Argentina | 70 | $4600 | 1000 | 140 | |
| Emirates | 65 | $3500 | 1500 | 140 | |
| Belgium | 40 | $3500 | 750 | 120 | |
| Poland | 200 | $3400 | 5400 | 200 | |
| Kuwait | 15 | $3400 | 740 | 100 | |
| Switzerland | 350 | $3000 | 2600 | 130 | |
| Algeria | 125 | $3000 | 3200 | 220 | |
| Pakistan | 610 | $3000 | 3600 | 370 | 48 |
| Malaysia | 98 | $3000 | 450 | 70 | |
| Egypt | 440 | $3000 | 7400 | 680 | |
| Norway | 27 | $2800 | 600 | 60 | |
| Thailand | 300 | $2400 | 1600 | 150 | |
| Colombia | 160 | $2400 | 290 | 115 | |
| Portugal | 42 | $2400 | 550 | 50 | |
| Denmark | 22 | $2200 | 880 | 66 | |
| Chile | 86 | $2100 | 1000 | 80 | |
| Turkey | 510 | $2050 | 5900 | 500 | |
| South Africa | 60 | $2000 | 2000 | 90 | |
| Greece | 150 | $2000 | 2900 | 450 | |
| Myanmar | 420 | $2000 | 550 | 140 | |
| Oman | 42 | $1800 | 390 | 40 | |
| Venezuela | 82 | $1800 | 550 | 160 | |
| Morocco | 196 | $1600 | 1900 | 110 | |
| Philippines | 110 | $1600 | 480 | 135 | |
| Austria | 38 | $1600 | 800 | 120 | |
| Finland | 33 | $1500 | 1400 | 75 | |
| Iraq | 420 | $1500 | 5200 | 400 | |
| Vietnam | 480 | $1400 | 2800 | 200 | |
| Qatar | 12 | $1400 | 350 | 36 | |
| New Zealand | 9 | $1400 | 80 | 36 | |
| Uzbekistan | 52 | $1400 | 900 | 160 | |
| Czech Rep. | 52 | $1200 | 2200 | 70 | |
| NorthKorea | 1000 | $1200 | 5500 | 600 | 4? |
| Indonesia | 290 | $1200 | 840 | 120 | |
| Serbia | 95 | $1200 | 1500 | 100 | |
| Ukraine | 300 | $1000 | 6000 | 510 | |
| Angola | 110 | $900 | 1200 | 130 | |
| Rumania | 100 | $880 | 2800 | 280 | |
| Peru | 100 | $880 | 500 | 110 | |
| Hungary | 34 | $800 | 1900 | 44 | |
| Cuba | 45 | $700 | 1600 | 45 | |
| Syria | 310 | $700 | 8500 | 600 | |
| Lebanon | 70 | $600 | 1400 | 0 | |
| Cambodia | 110 | $600 | 260 | 22 | |
| Libya | 75 | $600 | 2900 | 320 | |
| Sudan | 115 | $600 | 700 | 40 | |
| Yemen | 52 | $550 | 1600 | 75 | |
| Jordan | 100 | $500 | 2500 | 110 | |
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