NATO Russia military comparison 2024

As of 2024, NATO had approximately 3.39 million active military personnel, compared with 1.32 million active military personnel in the Russian military. The collective military capabilities of the 32 countries that make up NATO outnumber Russia in terms of aircraft, at 22,308 to 4,814, and in naval power, with 2,258 military ships, to 781. Russia's ground combat vehicle capacity is more competitive, however, with 14,777 main battle tanks, to NATO's 11,390. The combined nuclear arsenal of the United States, United Kingdom, and France amounted to 5,943 nuclear warheads, compared with Russia's 5,977.

Comparison of the military capabilities of NATO and Russia as of 2024

Characteristic	NATO	Russia
Personnel	-	-
Total military personnel	7,628,782	3,570,000
Active soldiers	3,390,797	1,320,000
Reserve forces	3,440,165	2,000,000
Paramilitary units	797,820	250,000
Air Force	-	-
Total aircraft	22,308	4,814
Fighters / interceptors	3,275	809
Ground attack aircraft	1,195	730
Transport aircraft	1,493	453
Special aircraft (e.g reconnaissance)	931	145
Tanker aircraft	655	19
Total helicopters	8,950	1,547
Combat helicopters	1,460	559
Ground combat vehicles	-	-
Main battle tanks	11,390	14,777
Armored vehicles	849,801	161,382
Self-propelled artillery	4,637	6,208
Tower artillery	5,909	8,356
Self-propelled rocket launchers	1,868	3,065
Naval forces	-	-
Total military ships	2,258	781
Destroyers	95	14
Frigates	134	12
Corvettes	57	83
Helicopter Carriers	13	0
Aircraft carriers	16	1
Submarines	139	65
Patrol boats	323	122
Minesweepers	151	47
Nuclear Weapons	-	-
Nuclear warheads*	5,759	5,889

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Release date

April 2024

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Worldwide

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2024

Supplementary notes

*Information taken from this SIPRI press release (as of January 2023). The values for the USA, France and the United Kingdom were added together for the information for NATO.

Status of all other information: beginning of 2025; Data retrieved on March 18, 2024.

The figures for NATO were calculated using the figures for the individual member states. Information may be partially estimated according to the source.

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