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Military Aircraft Fleet Strength by Country (2023)



FIXED-WING | AIRPOWER

Ranking total aircraft fleet strength by country, from highest to lowest.



Global Firepower tracks total air service strength for each national power taken into consideration for the annual GFP ranking. Fixed-wing and rotary-wing (helicopters) aircraft types are factored in from all branches of service (Air Force, Army Aviation, Navy, Marine). Aircraft types considered include fighters (multirole, interceptors), trainers (basic, advanced), transports (fixed-wing and helos), dedicated bombers and ground-attackers, special-missions platforms, etc. Aircraft currently under development or on order heading into the upcoming year are not taken into account.

Data presented on this list is through 2023.
Photograph of American F-15 Eagle and F-35 Lighting II fighters on the tarmac.


Total Combat Aircraft (TOP 5)
1
United States
USA
13,300
2
Russia
RUS
4,182
3
China
CHN
3,166
4
India
IND
2,210
5
South Korea
SKO
1,602
6
Japan
JPN
1,451
7
Pakistan
PAK
1,413
8
Egypt
EGY
1,069
9
Turkiye
TKY
1,065
10
France
FRA
1,004
11
North Korea
NKO
947
12
Saudi Arabia
SAR
897
13
Italy
ITA
850
14
Taiwan
TWN
737
15
Brazil
BRA
665
16
United Kingdom
UKD
663
17
Greece
GRE
635
18
Germany
GER
601
19
Israel
ISR
601
20
United Arab Emirates
UAE
565


21
Algeria
ALG
547
22
Iran
IRN
541
23
Spain
SPN
517
24
Thailand
THL
488
25
Mexico
MEX
468
26
Indonesia
INO
466
27
Colombia
COL
465
28
Poland
POL
459
29
Syria
SYR
453
30
Canada
CAN
376
31
Iraq
IRQ
361
32
Australia
AUS
353
33
Ukraine
UKR
312
34
Angola
ANG
302
35
Chile
CHI
289
36
Myanmar
MYA
280
37
Jordan
JOR
256
38
Morocco
MOR
250
39
Venezuela
VEN
250
40
Singapore
SNG
248


41
Peru
PER
246
42
Kazakhstan
KAZ
237
43
Argentina
ARG
228
44
South Africa
SAF
226
45
Vietnam
VET
223
46
Sweden
SWE
205
47
Bangladesh
BNG
204
48
Qatar
QTR
198
49
Uzbekistan
UZB
197
50
Belarus
BLR
191
51
Sudan
SDN
191
52
Philippines
PHL
188
53
Yemen
YEM
177
54
Finland
FIN
166
55
Kenya
KEN
156
56
Tunisia
TUN
152
57
Azerbaijan
AZR
148
58
Switzerland
SWZ
148
59
Malaysia
MLY
147
60
Romania
ROM
146


61
Nigeria
NGA
144
62
Netherlands
NTH
136
63
Oman
OMA
128
64
Libya
LBY
127
65
Ecuador
ECU
118
66
Serbia
SRB
117
67
Bahrain
BAH
116
68
Denmark
DEN
115
69
Kuwait
KUW
114
70
Belgium
BEL
106
71
Portugal
POR
104
72
Austria
AST
101
73
Norway
NOR
100
74
Zambia
ZAM
98
75
Czechia
CZC
97
76
Zimbabwe
ZIM
90
77
Ethiopia
ETH
89
78
Sri Lanka
SRL
86
79
Turkmenistan
TKM
86
80
Croatia
CRO
80


81
Cuba
CUB
80
82
Lebanon
LEB
78
83
Bulgaria
BUL
66
84
Georgia
GEO
66
85
Armenia
ARM
64
86
Bolivia
BOL
64
87
Dominican Republic
DOM
63
88
Hungary
HUN
57
89
Uruguay
URU
52
90
Uganda
UGA
50
91
Slovakia
SLK
48
92
Botswana
BOT
46
93
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
46
94
El Salvador
ESL
46
95
New Zealand
NWZ
45
96
Honduras
HON
43
97
Panama
PAN
41
98
Tanzania
TNZ
40
99
Mali
MAL
39
100
Paraguay
PAR
39


101
Slovenia
SLV
37
102
Chad
CHD
34
103
Guatemala
GUA
34
104
Laos
LAO
34
105
Eritrea
ERI
33
106
Namibia
NAM
32
107
Cameroon
CAM
31
108
Senegal
SEN
27
109
Tajikistan
TJK
25
110
Cambodia
CMB
24
111
Gabon
GAB
23
112
Ireland
IRE
23
113
Mauritania
MAU
23
114
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
22
115
Burkina Faso
BKF
20
116
Ghana
GHA
20
117
North Macedonia
MAC
20
118
Albania
ALB
19
119
Mozambique
MOZ
19
120
South Sudan
SSD
18


121
Nicaragua
NIC
16
122
Niger
NGR
16
123
Nepal
NEP
15
124
Republic of the Congo
ROC
13
125
Mongolia
MGL
11
126
Montenegro
MTN
11
127
Lithuania
LIT
10
128
Estonia
EST
6
129
Ivory Coast
IVC
6
130
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
6
131
Latvia
LAT
4
132
Madagascar
MAD
4
133
Sierra Leone
SLE
4
134
Central African Republic
CAR
3
135
Moldova
MOL
3
136
Suriname
SRN
3
137
Beliz
BLZ
2
138
Benin
BEN
2
139
Bhutan
BUT
2
140
Luxembourg
LUX
1


141
Afghanistan
AFG
0
142
Iceland
ICE
0
143
Kosovo
KOS
0
144
Liberia
LIB
0
145
Somalia
SOM
0
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