Australiavs Indonesia
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Indonesia (#13) holds a narrow edge over Australia (#17).
- Australia has destroyers; Indonesia has none.
- Indonesia has 7.5× as many naval vessels.
- Indonesia fields 7.2× as many tanks.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyIndonesia leads 3 of 4
- Land forcesIndonesia leads 5 of 5
- Air powerIndonesia leads 4 of 7
- Naval forcesEven, 3–3
- 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
$15.0B59K
Active personnel
405K33K
Reserves
401K0
Paramilitary
250KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Indonesia: 1% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
46
Tanks
33117K
Armored vehicles
28K0
Self-propelled artillery
15348
Towed artillery
3968
Rocket artillery
67Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
348
Total aircraft
46024
Fighters
4171
Attack aircraft
3472
Helicopters
21222
Attack helicopters
156
Tankers
137
Transports
73Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
45
Total fleet
3380
Aircraft carriers
02
Helicopter carriers
06
Submarines
43
Destroyers
07
Frigates
100
Corvettes
26Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
0
Warheads
00
Deployed warheads
0Compare other countries
Related matchups
Profiles: Australia and Indonesia. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.