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Australiavs Brazil

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Brazil (#11) holds a solid edge over Australia (#17).

  • Australia has destroyers; Brazil has none.
  • Brazil fields 6.4× as many tanks.
  • Brazil has 6.4× as many active troops.
  1. People and moneyBrazil leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesBrazil leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerBrazil leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesBrazil leads 3 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsEven, 0–0

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$35.3B
Military spending
$23.9B
59K
Active personnel
376K
33K
Reserves
1.34M
0
Paramilitary
200K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Brazil: 1.6% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

46
Tanks
294
17K
Armored vehicles
22K
0
Self-propelled artillery
149
48
Towed artillery
412
8
Rocket artillery
82

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

348
Total aircraft
495
24
Fighters
44
71
Attack aircraft
30
72
Helicopters
186
22
Attack helicopters
0
6
Tankers
0
37
Transports
107

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

45
Total fleet
69
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
1
6
Submarines
6
3
Destroyers
0
7
Frigates
8
0
Corvettes
2

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Australia and Brazil. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.