Head-to-Head

United States vs Russia

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is United States, red is Russia. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇺🇸 United States
MIL. STRENGTH #1
VS
🇷🇺 Russia
MIL. STRENGTH #2
335M 144M
👥 Population
$29.2T $2.2T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$877B $109B
💰 Defense Budget
1.4M 1.1M
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 United States's economy is 13× larger
💰 United States's defense budget is 8.0× larger
🪖 United States's active force is 1.2× larger
✈️ United States's air fleet is 3.1× larger
👥 United States's population is 2.3× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
United StatesRussia
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
ADVANCED
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
ADVANCED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
ADVANCED
⚓ Naval Fleet
MODERN
LEADING
🛰️ 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
★ United States
United States wins 5 of 6 · Russia wins 1 of 6
Manpower
★ United States
Financials
★ United States
Airpower
★ United States
Land Power
★ United States
Naval Power
★ United States
Strategic
★ Russia
Manpower
★ 335,000,000
👥 Total Population
144,000,000
★ 1,390,000
🪖 Active Personnel
1,150,000
442,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
2,000,000 ★
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
0
Financials
★ $877B
💰 Defense Budget
$109B
★ $29,200B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$2,200B
Airpower
★ 13,250
✈️ Total Aircraft
4,300
★ 1,850
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
1,500
★ 11,400
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
2,800
★ 5,463
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
0
Land Power
4,650
🛡️ Tank Strength
12,000 ★
★ 39,223
🚚 Armored Vehicles
0
★ 1,498
💥 Towed Artillery
0
Naval Power
440
⚓ Fleet Strength
600 ★
★ 68
🌊 Submarines
58
★ 11
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
1
Strategic
5,177
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
5,459 ★
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🇺🇸 United States
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.