Strongest Air Force Rankings

Countries ranked by total aircraft strength. Ranked by aircraft — higher is better.

1
United States flag

United States

13,032

Aircraft

2
Russia flag

Russia

4,237

Aircraft

3
China flag

China

3,529

Aircraft

1United States flagUnited States13,0322Russia flagRussia4,2373China flagChina3,5294India flagIndia2,1835South Korea flagSouth Korea1,5406Japan flagJapan1,4297Pakistan flagPakistan1,3978Turkey flagTurkey1,1019Egypt flagEgypt1,08810France flagFrance97411Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia91712North Korea flagNorth Korea83713Taiwan flagTaiwan72014Italy flagItaly71415United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom62516Algeria flagAlgeria62017Israel flagIsrael59718United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates58119Germany flagGermany56920Greece flagGreece56021Iran flagIran55122Thailand flagThailand49623Brazil flagBrazil49524Indonesia flagIndonesia46025Poland flagPoland45726Spain flagSpain44027Colombia flagColombia43028Mexico flagMexico42429Iraq flagIraq36030Canada flagCanada35431Australia flagAustralia34832Ukraine flagUkraine34733Myanmar flagMyanmar33134Jordan flagJordan27935Angola flagAngola27836Chile flagChile27437Morocco flagMorocco27138Vietnam flagVietnam26539Qatar flagQatar26340Peru flagPeru25241Argentina flagArgentina24142Singapore flagSingapore23543Venezuela flagVenezuela22444Bangladesh flagBangladesh21245Philippines flagPhilippines20446Belarus flagBelarus19447Sudan flagSudan18348South Africa flagSouth Africa18149Sweden flagSweden17250Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan16851Finland flagFinland16252Yemen flagYemen16053Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan15954Nigeria flagNigeria15955Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan15956Tunisia flagTunisia15557Kenya flagKenya15458Romania flagRomania14859Switzerland flagSwitzerland14160Bahrain flagBahrain13761Kuwait flagKuwait13362Malaysia flagMalaysia13263Netherlands flagNetherlands13064Oman flagOman12865Portugal flagPortugal12866Denmark flagDenmark12267Serbia flagSerbia11568Norway flagNorway10969Ethiopia flagEthiopia10470Syria flagSyria10471Belgium flagBelgium10472Czech Republic flagCzech Republic10373Ecuador flagEcuador9974Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan9175Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka9076Austria flagAustria9077Libya flagLibya8378Lebanon flagLebanon8079Hungary flagHungary8080Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic8081Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe8082Zambia flagZambia7883Bulgaria flagBulgaria7184Armenia flagArmenia6985Croatia flagCroatia6786Bolivia flagBolivia6787Georgia flagGeorgia6188DR Congo flagDR Congo5689Uganda flagUganda5190El Salvador flagEl Salvador5191Paraguay flagParaguay4992Slovakia flagSlovakia4893New Zealand flagNew Zealand4794Honduras flagHonduras4595Botswana flagBotswana4596Mali flagMali4497Uruguay flagUruguay4398Chad flagChad4099Slovenia flagSlovenia40100Senegal flagSenegal39101Tanzania flagTanzania38102Panama flagPanama38103Namibia flagNamibia36104Guatemala flagGuatemala35105Cameroon flagCameroon35106Laos flagLaos29107Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso26108Niger flagNiger26109Tajikistan flagTajikistan25110Gabon flagGabon25111Cambodia flagCambodia24112Mozambique flagMozambique23113Mauritania flagMauritania23114Ireland flagIreland23115Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast22116Eritrea flagEritrea20117Cuba flagCuba20118Albania flagAlbania20119North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia20120South Sudan flagSouth Sudan19121Ghana flagGhana18122Nicaragua flagNicaragua17123Nepal flagNepal17124Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina15125Republic of the Congo flagRepublic of the Congo14126Montenegro flagMontenegro10127Lithuania flagLithuania9128Mongolia flagMongolia8129Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic8130Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan7131Benin flagBenin7132Somalia flagSomalia6133Madagascar flagMadagascar6134Afghanistan flagAfghanistan5135Latvia flagLatvia3136Suriname flagSuriname3137Moldova flagMoldova3138Belize flagBelize3139Estonia flagEstonia2140Bhutan flagBhutan2141Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone1142Luxembourg flagLuxembourg1143Kosovo flagKosovo0144Iceland flagIceland0145Liberia flagLiberia0
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