2026 World Nuclear Weapons & Warhead Stockpiles Rankings

Complete census of global nuclear arsenals. Compare deployed, stockpiled, and reserve nuclear warheads across all recognized and de facto nuclear powers.

💡 Strategic nuclear deterrence is anchored by the nuclear triad: land-based ICBMs, submarine-launched SLBMs, and strategic heavy bombers.

Tank & Armored Vehicle Power Air Power & Combat Aviation Naval Fleet & Maritime Power Submarine Fleet Aircraft Carrier & Flat-Top Standing Armies & Military Personnel Military Spending & Defense Budget Nuclear Weapons & Warhead Stockpiles

#2 Rank

United States

5.244

★ #1 GLOBAL LEADER

Russia

5.580

#3 Rank

China

500

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Rank	Country	Nuclear Warheads ▼	ICBM Ballistic Missiles ⇅	Combat UCAVs ⇅	Submarine Fleet ⇅	Total Air Fleet ⇅	Defense Budget ⇅	Action
#1	Russia	5.580	400	4.500	172	4.237	$53.13 Billion	Profile
#2	United States	5.244	400	850	153	13.209	$575.62 Billion	Profile
#3	China	500	350	2.500	127	3.529	$417.03 Billion	Profile
#4	France	290	64	95	21	974	$71.92 Billion	Profile
#5	United Kingdom	225	48	85	20	664	$71.84 Billion	Profile
#6	India	172	40	350	28	2.296	$82.24 Billion	Profile
#7	Pakistan	170	50	450	9	1.434	$7.65 Billion	Profile
#8	Israel	90	50	2.500	6	597	$14.40 Billion	Profile
#9	North Korea	90	45	450	30	837	$0.50 Billion	Profile
#10	Italy	35	0	40	44	850	$46.56 Billion	Profile
#11	Belarus	24	0	180	0	198	$2.04 Billion	Profile
#12	Belgium	20	0	16	0	108	$15.53 Billion	Profile
#13	Germany	20	0	140	6	617	$91.82 Billion	Profile
#14	Netherlands	20	0	8	5	130	$28.99 Billion	Profile
#15	Afghanistan	0	0	65	0	135	$0.39 Billion	Profile
#16	Angola	0	0	45	0	285	$3.05 Billion	Profile
#17	Albania	0	0	24	0	26	$0.67 Billion	Profile
#18	United Arab Emirates	0	0	150	0	570	$10.74 Billion	Profile
#19	Argentina	0	0	65	4	245	$13.77 Billion	Profile
#20	Armenia	0	0	35	0	69	$0.64 Billion	Profile
#21	Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	$0	Profile
#22	French Southern Lands	0	0	0	0	0	$0	Profile
#23	Australia	0	0	80	8	355	$42.48 Billion	Profile
#24	Austria	0	0	35	0	95	$12.47 Billion	Profile
#25	Azerbaijan	0	0	120	5	155	$1.57 Billion	Profile
#26	Burundi	0	0	8	0	8	$0.16 Billion	Profile
#27	Benin	0	0	12	0	9	$0.56 Billion	Profile
#28	Burkina Faso	0	0	18	0	32	$0.65 Billion	Profile
#29	Bangladesh	0	0	45	3	220	$10.21 Billion	Profile
#30	Bulgaria	0	0	30	0	71	$2.96 Billion	Profile
#31	The Bahamas	0	0	8	0	4	$0.35 Billion	Profile
#32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	16	0	22	$0.74 Billion	Profile
#33	Belize	0	0	8	0	4	$0.07 Billion	Profile
#34	Bermuda	0	0	2	0	0	$0.16 Billion	Profile
#35	Bolivia	0	0	15	0	72	$1.61 Billion	Profile
#36	Brazil	0	0	45	10	495	$52.72 Billion	Profile
#37	Brunei	0	0	12	0	20	$0.34 Billion	Profile
#38	Bhutan	0	0	8	0	4	$0.08 Billion	Profile
#39	Botswana	0	0	14	0	45	$0.44 Billion	Profile
#40	Central African Republic	0	0	4	0	8	$0.06 Billion	Profile
#41	Canada	0	0	35	8	354	$50.15 Billion	Profile
#42	Switzerland	0	0	30	0	141	$22.94 Billion	Profile
#43	Chile	0	0	35	10	218	$7.21 Billion	Profile
#44	Ivory Coast	0	0	18	0	22	$1.97 Billion	Profile
#45	Cameroon	0	0	12	0	35	$1.30 Billion	Profile
#46	DR Congo	0	0	12	0	56	$2.47 Billion	Profile
#47	Republic of the Congo	0	0	6	0	14	$0.34 Billion	Profile
#48	Colombia	0	0	65	5	430	$10.79 Billion	Profile
#49	Costa Rica	0	0	15	0	15	$2.20 Billion	Profile
#50	Cuba	0	0	12	0	20	$2.76 Billion	Profile
#51	Cyprus	0	0	14	0	15	$0.90 Billion	Profile
#52	Czechia	0	0	40	0	103	$8.65 Billion	Profile
#53	Djibouti	0	0	12	0	10	$0.10 Billion	Profile
#54	Denmark	0	0	35	0	122	$10.08 Billion	Profile
#55	Dominican Republic	0	0	24	0	80	$2.72 Billion	Profile
#56	Algeria	0	0	140	7	620	$6.34 Billion	Profile
#57	Ecuador	0	0	22	4	118	$2.49 Billion	Profile
#58	Egypt	0	0	250	11	1.088	$8.59 Billion	Profile
#59	Eritrea	0	0	10	0	20	$0.08 Billion	Profile
#60	Western Sahara	0	0	10	0	0	$0.02 Billion	Profile
#61	Spain	0	0	45	3	440	$41.82 Billion	Profile
#62	Estonia	0	0	50	0	8	$1.03 Billion	Profile
#63	Ethiopia	0	0	45	0	104	$2.43 Billion	Profile
#64	Finland	0	0	70	0	162	$6.75 Billion	Profile
#65	Fiji	0	0	8	0	0	$0.12 Billion	Profile
#66	Falkland Islands	0	0	4	0	5	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#67	Gabon	0	0	8	0	25	$0.47 Billion	Profile
#68	Georgia	0	0	30	0	61	$0.85 Billion	Profile
#69	Ghana	0	0	15	0	18	$2.37 Billion	Profile
#70	Guinea	0	0	8	0	10	$0.60 Billion	Profile
#71	Gambia	0	0	4	0	0	$0.06 Billion	Profile
#72	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	4	0	4	$0.04 Billion	Profile
#73	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	8	0	15	$0.27 Billion	Profile
#74	Greece	0	0	45	24	560	$6.15 Billion	Profile
#75	Greenland	0	0	4	0	2	$0.08 Billion	Profile
#76	Guatemala	0	0	16	0	35	$2.58 Billion	Profile
#77	French Guiana	0	0	6	0	4	$0.11 Billion	Profile
#78	Guyana	0	0	14	0	10	$0.68 Billion	Profile
#79	Honduras	0	0	12	0	45	$0.83 Billion	Profile
#80	Croatia	0	0	35	0	67	$2.33 Billion	Profile
#81	Haiti	0	0	8	0	0	$0.78 Billion	Profile
#82	Hungary	0	0	35	0	48	$4.47 Billion	Profile
#83	Indonesia	0	0	65	5	460	$30.80 Billion	Profile
#84	Ireland	0	0	15	0	23	$15.59 Billion	Profile
#85	Iran	0	200	12.000	48	551	$6.01 Billion	Profile
#86	Iraq	0	0	95	0	360	$5.30 Billion	Profile
#87	Iceland	0	0	6	0	4	$0.65 Billion	Profile
#88	Jamaica	0	0	10	0	15	$0.46 Billion	Profile
#89	Jordan	0	0	25	0	260	$1.09 Billion	Profile
#90	Japan	0	0	85	36	1.429	$87.59 Billion	Profile
#91	Kazakhstan	0	0	40	0	168	$7.21 Billion	Profile
#92	Kenya	0	0	24	0	154	$2.51 Billion	Profile
#93	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	28	0	20	$0.39 Billion	Profile
#94	Cambodia	0	0	18	0	24	$1.05 Billion	Profile
#95	South Korea	0	50	450	28	1.540	$38.62 Billion	Profile
#96	Kuwait	0	0	24	0	115	$3.24 Billion	Profile
#97	Laos	0	0	10	0	29	$0.38 Billion	Profile
#98	Lebanon	0	0	30	0	75	$0.43 Billion	Profile
#99	Liberia	0	0	4	0	0	$0.11 Billion	Profile
#100	Libya	0	0	25	0	83	$1.05 Billion	Profile
#101	Sri Lanka	0	0	15	0	90	$2.21 Billion	Profile
#102	Lesotho	0	0	4	0	3	$0.06 Billion	Profile
#103	Lithuania	0	0	48	0	12	$1.73 Billion	Profile
#104	Luxembourg	0	0	8	0	2	$1.80 Billion	Profile
#105	Latvia	0	0	45	0	8	$1.07 Billion	Profile
#106	Morocco	0	0	80	0	271	$3.89 Billion	Profile
#107	Moldova	0	0	8	0	3	$0.44 Billion	Profile
#108	Madagascar	0	0	4	0	14	$0.34 Billion	Profile
#109	Mexico	0	0	65	0	424	$42.42 Billion	Profile
#110	North Macedonia	0	0	8	0	20	$0.43 Billion	Profile
#111	Mali	0	0	24	0	38	$0.43 Billion	Profile
#112	Malta	0	0	8	0	8	$0.50 Billion	Profile
#113	Myanmar	0	0	45	4	331	$1.68 Billion	Profile
#114	Montenegro	0	0	6	0	10	$0.20 Billion	Profile
#115	Mongolia	0	0	12	0	8	$0.57 Billion	Profile
#116	Mozambique	0	0	10	0	23	$0.47 Billion	Profile
#117	Mauritania	0	0	8	0	23	$0.29 Billion	Profile
#118	Malawi	0	0	6	0	12	$0.23 Billion	Profile
#119	Malaysia	0	0	35	2	185	$9.31 Billion	Profile
#120	Namibia	0	0	8	0	30	$0.33 Billion	Profile
#121	New Caledonia	0	0	10	0	0	$0.25 Billion	Profile
#122	Niger	0	0	12	0	22	$0.39 Billion	Profile
#123	Nigeria	0	0	45	0	172	$9.55 Billion	Profile
#124	Nicaragua	0	0	8	0	18	$0.38 Billion	Profile
#125	Norway	0	0	45	7	112	$10.08 Billion	Profile
#126	Nepal	0	0	18	0	35	$0.93 Billion	Profile
#127	New Zealand	0	0	15	0	47	$5.57 Billion	Profile
#128	Oman	0	0	15	0	128	$2.31 Billion	Profile
#129	Panama	0	0	12	0	38	$1.90 Billion	Profile
#130	Peru	0	0	25	14	252	$7.62 Billion	Profile
#131	Philippines	0	0	40	0	204	$10.24 Billion	Profile
#132	Papua New Guinea	0	0	4	0	5	$0.69 Billion	Profile
#133	Poland	0	0	80	2	457	$22.68 Billion	Profile
#134	Puerto Rico	0	0	8	0	15	$2.30 Billion	Profile
#135	Portugal	0	0	24	3	128	$7.61 Billion	Profile
#136	Paraguay	0	0	12	0	49	$1.21 Billion	Profile
#137	Palestine	0	0	12	0	0	$0.37 Billion	Profile
#138	Qatar	0	0	45	0	263	$4.35 Billion	Profile
#139	Romania	0	0	35	0	148	$9.62 Billion	Profile
#140	Rwanda	0	0	15	0	15	$0.35 Billion	Profile
#141	Saudi Arabia	0	60	120	0	917	$27.77 Billion	Profile
#142	Sudan	0	0	45	0	183	$0.89 Billion	Profile
#143	Senegal	0	0	15	0	32	$0.65 Billion	Profile
#144	Singapore	0	0	65	8	248	$10.50 Billion	Profile
#145	Solomon Islands	0	0	2	0	0	$0.04 Billion	Profile
#146	Sierra Leone	0	0	2	0	5	$0.10 Billion	Profile
#147	El Salvador	0	0	18	0	51	$0.80 Billion	Profile
#148	Somalia	0	0	12	0	6	$0.28 Billion	Profile
#149	Serbia	0	0	36	0	118	$1.73 Billion	Profile
#150	South Sudan	0	0	6	0	19	$0.12 Billion	Profile
#151	Suriname	0	0	2	0	3	$0.12 Billion	Profile
#152	Slovakia	0	0	15	0	36	$2.82 Billion	Profile
#153	Slovenia	0	0	15	0	40	$1.45 Billion	Profile
#154	Sweden	0	0	45	8	172	$15.21 Billion	Profile
#155	Eswatini	0	0	6	0	5	$0.12 Billion	Profile
#156	Syria	0	0	35	0	104	$0.36 Billion	Profile
#157	Chad	0	0	15	0	42	$0.51 Billion	Profile
#158	Togo	0	0	6	0	15	$0.20 Billion	Profile
#159	Thailand	0	0	45	0	488	$10.90 Billion	Profile
#160	Tajikistan	0	0	12	0	25	$0.29 Billion	Profile
#161	Turkmenistan	0	0	12	0	105	$1.65 Billion	Profile
#162	East Timor	0	0	6	0	0	$0.04 Billion	Profile
#163	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	4	0	6	$0.61 Billion	Profile
#164	Tunisia	0	0	15	0	142	$1.10 Billion	Profile
#165	Turkey	0	0	550	29	1.069	$23.01 Billion	Profile
#166	Taiwan	0	0	250	4	744	$16.41 Billion	Profile
#167	Tanzania	0	0	8	0	38	$1.73 Billion	Profile
#168	Uganda	0	0	12	0	52	$1.05 Billion	Profile
#169	Ukraine	0	0	1.500.000	0	235	$3.61 Billion	Profile
#170	Uruguay	0	0	6	0	28	$1.65 Billion	Profile
#171	Uzbekistan	0	0	30	0	185	$2.25 Billion	Profile
#172	Venezuela	0	0	40	4	224	$2.23 Billion	Profile
#173	Vietnam	0	0	50	10	265	$10.55 Billion	Profile
#174	Vanuatu	0	0	2	0	0	$0.02 Billion	Profile
#175	Yemen	0	0	150	0	25	$0.15 Billion	Profile
#176	South Africa	0	0	45	4	181	$9.60 Billion	Profile
#177	Zambia	0	0	8	0	78	$0.82 Billion	Profile
#178	Zimbabwe	0	0	8	0	80	$1.13 Billion	Profile
#179	Andorra	0	0	8	0	0	$0.08 Billion	Profile
#180	Liechtenstein	0	0	2	0	0	$0.15 Billion	Profile
#181	Monaco	0	0	2	0	0	$0.17 Billion	Profile
#182	San Marino	0	0	2	0	0	$0.04 Billion	Profile
#183	Vatican City	0	0	2	0	0	$0	Profile
#184	Gibraltar	0	0	2	0	0	$0.06 Billion	Profile
#185	Hong Kong	0	0	25	0	12	$8.13 Billion	Profile
#186	Macau	0	0	4	0	0	$1.11 Billion	Profile
#187	Maldives	0	0	6	0	4	$0.14 Billion	Profile
#188	Seychelles	0	0	2	0	6	$0.04 Billion	Profile
#189	Cape Verde	0	0	6	0	2	$0.06 Billion	Profile
#190	Mauritius	0	0	4	0	5	$0.31 Billion	Profile
#191	Comoros	0	0	4	0	0	$0.03 Billion	Profile
#192	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	2	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#193	Bahrain	0	0	30	0	115	$0.96 Billion	Profile
#194	Aruba	0	0	2	0	0	$0.07 Billion	Profile
#195	Anguilla	0	0	1	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#196	American Samoa	0	0	2	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#197	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	6	0	0	$0.04 Billion	Profile
#198	Barbados	0	0	6	0	0	$0.11 Billion	Profile
#199	Dominica	0	0	6	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#200	Grenada	0	0	4	0	0	$0.03 Billion	Profile
#201	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	2	0	0	$0.02 Billion	Profile
#202	Saint Lucia	0	0	4	0	0	$0.05 Billion	Profile
#203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	2	0	0	$0.02 Billion	Profile
#204	Tuvalu	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#205	Tonga	0	0	2	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#206	Samoa	0	0	2	0	0	$0.02 Billion	Profile
#207	Palau	0	0	2	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#208	Micronesia	0	0	2	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#209	Marshall Islands	0	0	2	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#210	Kiribati	0	0	4	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#211	Nauru	0	0	2	0	0	$0	Profile
#212	Cayman Islands	0	0	2	0	2	$0.14 Billion	Profile
#213	British Virgin Islands	0	0	1	0	0	$0.03 Billion	Profile
#214	US Virgin Islands	0	0	2	0	2	$0.08 Billion	Profile
#215	Faroe Islands	0	0	2	0	0	$0.08 Billion	Profile
#216	Guam	0	0	12	0	24	$0.12 Billion	Profile
#217	Saint Barthelemy	0	0	1	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#218	Bouvet Island	0	0	0	0	0	$0	Profile
#219	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#220	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#221	Christmas Island	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#222	Guernsey	0	0	1	0	0	$0.08 Billion	Profile
#223	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	0	0	0	0	$0	Profile
#224	Isle of Man	0	0	2	0	0	$0.15 Billion	Profile
#225	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	10	0	15	$0	Profile
#226	Jersey	0	0	1	0	0	$0.14 Billion	Profile
#227	Saint Martin	0	0	1	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#228	Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	2	0	2	$0.02 Billion	Profile
#229	Montserrat	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#230	Mayotte	0	0	2	0	0	$0.06 Billion	Profile
#231	Norfolk Island	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#232	Niue	0	0	0	0	0	$0	Profile
#233	Pitcairn Islands	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#234	French Polynesia	0	0	4	0	4	$0.11 Billion	Profile
#235	Saint Helena	0	0	2	0	2	$0	Profile
#236	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	2	0	1	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#237	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	1	0	0	$0.01 Billion	Profile
#238	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	1	0	0	$0.02 Billion	Profile
#239	Tokelau	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#240	Wallis and Futuna	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#241	Kosovo	0	0	12	0	2	$0.21 Billion	Profile
#242	Transnistria	0	0	2	0	15	$0.02 Billion	Profile
#243	Curaçao	0	0	2	0	2	$0.06 Billion	Profile
#244	Sint Maarten	0	0	1	0	0	$0.03 Billion	Profile
#245	Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	$0.03 Billion	Profile
#246	Somaliland	0	0	0	0	4	$0.07 Billion	Profile
#247	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	1	0	0	$0	Profile
#248	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0	0	0	0	0	$0	Profile
#249	Indian Ocean Australian Territories	0	0	0	0	1	$0	Profile
#250	Siachen Glacier	0	0	5	0	6	$0	Profile
#251	Réunion	0	0	4	0	4	$0.45 Billion	Profile