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Helicopter Fleet Strength by Country (2023)



ROTORCRAFT | FLEET STRENGTH

Ranking total helicopter strength by country, from highest to lowest.



Rotorcraft forces are a critical component to any military power for their inherent flexibility and tactical usefulness. Helicopters can cover a myriad of over-battlefield roles including Search & Rescue, MEDEVAC, SpecialOps support, artillery-spotting, maritime patrol, and training.

For the purposes of the GFP ranking, helicopters include all operating types including transport, attack, gunships, and the like embodied by such types as the Russian Mi-17 'Hip' and American Sikorsky UH-60 'Black Hawk' lines.

Data presented on this list is through 2023.
Photograph of an Airbus Helicopters NHi Industries NH90 general utility helicopter.


Helicopter Fleets (TOP 5)
1
United States
USA
5,584
2
Russia
RUS
1,531
3
China
CHN
913
4
India
IND
807
5
South Korea
SKO
739
6
Japan
JPN
566
7
Turkiye
TKY
478
8
France
FRA
438
9
Italy
ITA
404
10
Egypt
EGY
325
11
Pakistan
PAK
322
12
Germany
GER
287
13
Algeria
ALG
273
14
Greece
GRE
271
15
Saudi Arabia
SAR
258
16
United Kingdom
UKD
233
17
United Arab Emirates
UAE
222
18
Colombia
COL
211
19
Poland
POL
208
20
Taiwan
TWN
207


21
North Korea
NKO
205
22
Thailand
THL
182
23
Indonesia
INO
176
24
Brazil
BRA
171
25
Iraq
IRQ
164
26
Mexico
MEX
158
27
Syria
SYR
153
28
Jordan
JOR
131
29
Iran
IRN
126
30
Israel
ISR
126
31
Spain
SPN
126
32
Canada
CAN
120
33
Angola
ANG
117
34
Ukraine
UKR
113
35
Australia
AUS
108
36
Philippines
PHL
108
37
Tunisia
TUN
101
38
Uzbekistan
UZB
99
39
Vietnam
VET
99
40
Peru
PER
93


41
South Africa
SAF
91
42
Argentina
ARG
87
43
Kenya
KEN
87
44
Azerbaijan
AZR
86
45
Singapore
SNG
83
46
Chile
CHI
80
47
Myanmar
MYA
80
48
Kazakhstan
KAZ
75
49
Sudan
SDN
72
50
Bangladesh
BNG
65
51
Morocco
MOR
64
52
Netherlands
NTH
64
53
Austria
AST
63
54
Romania
ROM
61
55
Yemen
YEM
61
56
Belarus
BLR
60
57
Kuwait
KUW
60
58
Lebanon
LEB
60
59
Qatar
QTR
60
60
Bahrain
BAH
59


61
Venezuela
VEN
59
62
Sri Lanka
SRL
56
63
Sweden
SWE
53
64
Nigeria
NGA
52
65
Serbia
SRB
51
66
Ecuador
ECU
43
67
Malaysia
MLY
43
68
Croatia
CRO
42
69
Switzerland
SWZ
41
70
Czechia
CZC
40
71
Georgia
GEO
38
72
Norway
NOR
38
73
Armenia
ARM
36
74
Hungary
HUN
35
75
Denmark
DEN
34
76
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
32
77
Libya
LBY
32
78
Dominican Republic
DOM
31
79
Ethiopia
ETH
31
80
Oman
OMA
31


81
Bolivia
BOL
28
82
El Salvador
ESL
28
83
Zimbabwe
ZIM
28
84
Laos
LAO
27
85
Portugal
POR
27
86
Zambia
ZAM
27
87
Turkmenistan
TKM
26
88
Uganda
UGA
25
89
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
22
90
Bulgaria
BUL
22
91
New Zealand
NWZ
22
92
Panama
PAN
22
93
Slovakia
SLK
21
94
Belgium
BEL
20
95
Cambodia
CMB
20
96
Finland
FIN
20
97
Tajikistan
TJK
20
98
Albania
ALB
19
99
Cameroon
CAM
17
100
Guatemala
GUA
17


101
Botswana
BOT
16
102
Chad
CHD
16
103
South Sudan
SSD
16
104
Gabon
GAB
15
105
Cuba
CUB
14
106
Paraguay
PAR
14
107
Eritrea
ERI
13
108
Senegal
SEN
13
109
Mali
MAL
12
110
Slovenia
SLV
12
111
Tanzania
TNZ
12
112
Uruguay
URU
12
113
Ghana
GHA
11
114
Montenegro
MTN
11
115
Burkina Faso
BKF
10
116
Nepal
NEP
10
117
Nicaragua
NIC
10
118
North Macedonia
MAC
10
119
Honduras
HON
8
120
Ireland
IRE
8


121
Mozambique
MOZ
8
122
Republic of the Congo
ROC
8
123
Namibia
NAM
7
124
Niger
NGR
7
125
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
6
126
Mongolia
MGL
6
127
Lithuania
LIT
5
128
Latvia
LAT
4
129
Madagascar
MAD
4
130
Mauritania
MAU
4
131
Sierra Leone
SLE
4
132
Suriname
SRN
3
133
Bhutan
BUT
2
134
Moldova
MOL
2
135
Beliz
BLZ
1
136
Central African Republic
CAR
1
137
Ivory Coast
IVC
1
138
Afghanistan
AFG
0
139
Benin
BEN
0
140
Estonia
EST
0


141
Iceland
ICE
0
142
Kosovo
KOS
0
143
Liberia
LIB
0
144
Luxembourg
LUX
0
145
Somalia
SOM
0
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