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Australiavs Germany

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Germany (#12) holds a narrow edge over Australia (#17).

  • Australia has destroyers; Germany has none.
  • Germany fields 6.4× as many tanks.
  • Germany fields 5.3× as many fighters.
  1. People and moneyGermany leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesGermany leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerGermany leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesGermany 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
$114B
59K
Active personnel
184K
33K
Reserves
860K
0
Paramilitary
0

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Germany: 2.3% of GDP).

Land forces

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

46
Tanks
296
17K
Armored vehicles
87K
0
Self-propelled artillery
134
48
Towed artillery
0
8
Rocket artillery
33

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

348
Total aircraft
569
24
Fighters
127
71
Attack aircraft
63
72
Helicopters
292
22
Attack helicopters
49
6
Tankers
3
37
Transports
55

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

45
Total fleet
96
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
6
3
Destroyers
0
7
Frigates
11
0
Corvettes
6

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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