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Germanyvs Taiwan

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Germany (#12) holds a solid edge over Taiwan (#22).

  • Taiwan has destroyers; Germany has none.
  • Germany spends 6.3× as much on its military.
  • Taiwan fields 3.7× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneyTaiwan leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesTaiwan leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerGermany leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesTaiwan 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.

$114B
Military spending
$18.2B
184K
Active personnel
230K
860K
Reserves
1.66M
0
Paramilitary
55K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Germany: 2.3% of GDP; Taiwan: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

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

296
Tanks
1,090
87K
Armored vehicles
24K
134
Self-propelled artillery
488
0
Towed artillery
1,360
33
Rocket artillery
223

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

569
Total aircraft
720
127
Fighters
258
63
Attack aircraft
0
292
Helicopters
239
49
Attack helicopters
91
3
Tankers
0
55
Transports
19

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

96
Total fleet
91
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
4
0
Destroyers
4
11
Frigates
21
6
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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