Head-to-Head

India vs Japan

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is India, red is Japan. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇮🇳 India
MIL. STRENGTH #4
VS
🇯🇵 Japan
MIL. STRENGTH #8
1.44B 124M
👥 Population
$3.9T $4.2T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$109B $53B
💰 Defense Budget
1.4M 247k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 Near-parity in economy (1.08×)
💰 India's defense budget is 2.1× larger
🪖 India's active force is 5.8× larger
✈️ India's air fleet is 1.5× larger
👥 India's population is 12× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
IndiaJapan
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MODERN
MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
ADVANCED
MODERATE
🛰️ Drones / UAV
MODERATE
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ India
India wins 5 of 6 · Japan wins 0 of 6 · 1 tied
Manpower
★ India
Financials
— Tie
Airpower
★ India
Land Power
★ India
Naval Power
★ India
Strategic
★ India
Manpower
★ 1,440,000,000
👥 Total Population
124,000,000
★ 1,431,000
🪖 Active Personnel
247,000
★ 1,000,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
56,000
★ 2,527,000
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
★ $109B
💰 Defense Budget
$53B
$3,900B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$4,200B ★
Airpower
★ 2,183
✈️ Total Aircraft
1,450
★ 476
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
240
★ 1,707
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
1,210
★ 594
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
n/a
Land Power
★ 3,913
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,000
★ 163,554
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
★ 5,640
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
★ 343
⚓ Fleet Strength
155
18
🌊 Submarines
24 ★
★ 2
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 180
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
Full profile
🇮🇳 India
Category winners count metric-by-metric leads only; "n/a" values count as zero, so data gaps can skew a category. Cross-check before citing.