Every ranking the Bureau keeps — national power, armies, deployments, arms producers, leaders — in one place.
United States ranks first in overall national power at 90.0 out of 100, ahead of China at 88.03. Russia, France, United Kingdom round out the top five. All 195 nations are scored across nine components. See the full board →
China — about 2,000,000 active-duty personnel, the largest military on earth. India follows with roughly 1,500,000, then North Korea at 1,300,000 and the United States at 1,280,000. The Bureau ranks 162 countries by reported personnel strength, with every nation's forces, equipment, and deployments profiled. See the ranking →
72 major arms producers — from Lockheed Martin to Baykar — profiled in the Bureau's arms-producer index: what they build, who they sell to, and how big they are, from submarines to satellites. Each producer profile details production, customers, and the systems that matter. Meet the producers →
82 countries keep forces stationed outside their own borders — from UN peacekeeping missions to overseas bases. The Bureau's deployment index lists every one, each deployment reported as documented, with links to each nation's military file and a breakdown by mission type. See the deployments →
Every head of state and government — president, prime minister or chancellor — ranked by power score on a fact-checked record. Monarchs are never ranked; they were not elected by the people. The Bureau's leaders index covers every one of them. Meet the leaders →
The grades board scores every nation from 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, leverage, conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position and trajectory — with a plain-language explanation behind each score. Expand any row to see the reasoning; no score stands without it. Open the grades board →
Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, leverage, conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory. The top 20 below, and every country A to Z.
Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#2 88.03/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#3 84.29/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#4 83.8/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#5 82.72/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#6 78.13/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#7 73.44/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#8 72.51/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#9 72.16/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#10 70.8/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#11 70.6/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#12 69.77/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#13 69.29/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#14 69.12/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#15 69.06/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#16 68.58/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#17 68.28/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#18 67.8/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#19 67.32/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
#20 67.02/100Every nation scored 0 to 100 across nine components — absolute mass, strategic capability, strategic leverage, power conversion, resilience, reach, sovereignty, institutional position, trajectory.
Who commands the largest armies, who deploys troops abroad, and every nation's military file.
Which country has the largest army? Who deploys troops abroad? Every nation's military file.
Military195 nations ranked by overall military power — USA first.
Military162 countries ranked by active personnel — China first at roughly 2,000,000.
Military82 countries with forces stationed outside their borders.
The industry behind every army.
The people who actually govern — ranked on a fact-checked record.
