Side-by-side military and economic comparison. White/black is United States, red is Russia.
🇺🇸 United States
🇷🇺 Russia
Active Conflicts
2026 Iran War
10,000+ deaths
Venezuela Crisis / US Intervention
500+ deaths
Russia–Ukraine War
300,000+ deaths
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
ADVANCED
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
ADVANCED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
LIKELY MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY MIXED
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 ★
n/a
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
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)
n/a
Land Power
4,650
🛡️ Tank Strength
12,000 ★
★ 39,223
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
★ 1,498
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
440
⚓ Fleet Strength
600 ★
★ 68
🌊 Submarines
58
★ 11
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
1
Strategic
5,177
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
5,459 ★
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