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Brazilvs India

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, India (#4) holds a solid edge over Brazil (#11).

  • India has nuclear weapons; Brazil has none.
  • India has aircraft carriers; Brazil has none.
  • India has destroyers; Brazil has none.
  1. People and moneyIndia leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesIndia leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerIndia leads 7 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIndia leads 6 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsIndia leads 2 of 2

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.

$23.9B
Military spending
$92.1B
376K
Active personnel
1.43M
1.34M
Reserves
1M
200K
Paramilitary
2.53M

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP; India: 2.3% of GDP).

Land forces

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

294
Tanks
3,913
22K
Armored vehicles
164K
149
Self-propelled artillery
100
412
Towed artillery
5,640
82
Rocket artillery
300

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
2,183
44
Fighters
476
30
Attack aircraft
124
186
Helicopters
594
0
Attack helicopters
79
0
Tankers
6
107
Transports
277

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
343
0
Aircraft carriers
2
1
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
18
0
Destroyers
13
8
Frigates
18
2
Corvettes
21

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
190
0
Deployed warheads
12

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