Head-to-Head

Russia vs Ukraine

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Russia, red is Ukraine. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇷🇺 Russia
MIL. STRENGTH #2
VS
🇺🇦 Ukraine
1 COUNTRIES SUMMED
144M 38M
👥 Population
$2.2T $180B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$109B $64B
💰 Defense Budget
1.1M 900k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 Russia's economy is 12× larger
💰 Russia's defense budget is 1.7× larger
🪖 Russia's active force is 1.3× larger
✈️ Russia's air fleet is 14× larger
👥 Russia's population is 3.8× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
RussiaUkraine
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
LIKELY MIXED
MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY MIXED
ADVANCED
🛰️ Drones / UAV
ADVANCED
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ Russia
Russia wins 6 of 6 · Ukraine wins 0 of 6
Manpower
★ Russia
Financials
★ Russia
Airpower
★ Russia
Land Power
★ Russia
Naval Power
★ Russia
Strategic
★ Russia
Manpower
★ 144,000,000
👥 Total Population
38,000,000
★ 1,150,000
🪖 Active Personnel
900,000
★ 2,000,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
1,000,000
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
★ $109B
💰 Defense Budget
$64B
★ $2,200B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$180B
Airpower
★ 4,300
✈️ Total Aircraft
300
★ 1,500
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
70
★ 2,800
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
230
0
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
n/a
Land Power
★ 12,000
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,100
0
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
0
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
★ 600
⚓ Fleet Strength
15
★ 58
🌊 Submarines
0
★ 1
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 5,459
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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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.