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Indonesiavs Turkey

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Turkey (#9) holds a narrow edge over Indonesia (#13).

  • Turkey fields 6.9× as many tanks.
  • Turkey fields 4.9× as many fighters.
  • Turkey fields 3.5× as many submarines.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesTurkey leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerTurkey leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesTurkey 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.

$15.0B
Military spending
$30.0B
405K
Active personnel
481K
401K
Reserves
380K
250K
Paramilitary
150K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Turkey: 1.9% of GDP).

Land forces

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

331
Tanks
2,284
28K
Armored vehicles
98K
153
Self-propelled artillery
1,045
396
Towed artillery
635
67
Rocket artillery
237

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

460
Total aircraft
1,101
41
Fighters
201
34
Attack aircraft
0
212
Helicopters
509
15
Attack helicopters
111
1
Tankers
7
73
Transports
84

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

338
Total fleet
192
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
1
4
Submarines
14
0
Destroyers
0
10
Frigates
17
26
Corvettes
9

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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