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Indonesiavs Taiwan

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Indonesia (#13) holds a solid edge over Taiwan (#22).

  • Taiwan has destroyers; Indonesia has none.
  • Taiwan fields 6.3× as many fighters.
  • Indonesia has 3.7× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesTaiwan leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerTaiwan leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEven, 2–2
  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.

$15.0B
Military spending
$18.2B
405K
Active personnel
230K
401K
Reserves
1.66M
250K
Paramilitary
55K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Taiwan: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

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

331
Tanks
1,090
28K
Armored vehicles
24K
153
Self-propelled artillery
488
396
Towed artillery
1,360
67
Rocket artillery
223

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

460
Total aircraft
720
41
Fighters
258
34
Attack aircraft
0
212
Helicopters
239
15
Attack helicopters
91
1
Tankers
0
73
Transports
19

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

338
Total fleet
91
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
4
Submarines
4
0
Destroyers
4
10
Frigates
21
26
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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