Germanyvs India
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, India (#4) holds a solid edge over Germany (#12).
- India has nuclear weapons; Germany has none.
- India has aircraft carriers; Germany has none.
- India has destroyers; Germany has none.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyIndia leads 3 of 4
- Land forcesIndia leads 4 of 5
- Air powerIndia leads 7 of 7
- Naval forcesIndia leads 6 of 7
- 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.
$114B
Military spending
$92.1B184K
Active personnel
1.43M860K
Reserves
1M0
Paramilitary
2.53MSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Germany: 2.3% of GDP; India: 2.3% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
296
Tanks
3,91387K
Armored vehicles
164K134
Self-propelled artillery
1000
Towed artillery
5,64033
Rocket artillery
300Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
569
Total aircraft
2,183127
Fighters
47663
Attack aircraft
124292
Helicopters
59449
Attack helicopters
793
Tankers
655
Transports
277Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
96
Total fleet
3430
Aircraft carriers
20
Helicopter carriers
06
Submarines
180
Destroyers
1311
Frigates
186
Corvettes
21Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
0
Warheads
1900
Deployed warheads
12Compare other countries
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Profiles: Germany and India. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.