Head-to-Head

Russia vs China

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Russia, red is China. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇷🇺 Russia
MIL. STRENGTH #2
VS
🇨🇳 China
MIL. STRENGTH #3
144M 1.41B
👥 Population
$2.2T $18.8T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$109B $296B
💰 Defense Budget
1.1M 2M
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 China's economy is 8.5× larger
💰 China's defense budget is 2.7× larger
🪖 China's active force is 1.8× larger
✈️ Russia's air fleet is 1.3× larger
👥 China's population is 9.8× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
RussiaChina
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MIXED
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MODERN
MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
ADVANCED
ADVANCED
🛰️ Drones / UAV
LEADING
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
Even Match
Russia wins 3 of 6 · China wins 3 of 6
Manpower
★ China
Financials
★ China
Airpower
★ Russia
Land Power
★ Russia
Naval Power
★ China
Strategic
★ Russia
Manpower
144,000,000
👥 Total Population
1,410,000,000 ★
1,150,000
🪖 Active Personnel
2,035,000 ★
★ 2,000,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
510,000
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
0
Financials
$109B
💰 Defense Budget
$296B ★
$2,200B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$18,800B ★
Airpower
★ 4,300
✈️ Total Aircraft
3,300
★ 1,500
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
1,200
★ 2,800
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
2,100
0
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
0
Land Power
★ 12,000
🛡️ Tank Strength
4,600
0
🚚 Armored Vehicles
0
0
💥 Towed Artillery
0
Naval Power
600
⚓ Fleet Strength
730 ★
58
🌊 Submarines
66 ★
1
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
3 ★
Strategic
★ 5,459
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
600
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🇷🇺 Russia
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.