203 military profiles · 2026

Military Power by Country

Country military profiles for the 2026 Military Power Rankings.

Explore military power by country, including national military strength, ranking position, combat capability, doctrine, readiness, geography, and real-world warfighting effectiveness.

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Inside an MPR Country Profile

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What can you learn from an MPR country profile? Let’s explore Russia as an example.

Start with the ranking and overview. The ranking is MPR’s published assessment, with the country’s military context alongside it.

Explore equipment across ground forces, air power, naval forces, and strategic systems. Read the inventory notes and follow the source links.

Look beyond equipment to personnel, doctrine, and how the force is organized.

Geography, economy, and infrastructure add context. The full military-history and combat-experience narrative takes the analysis further.

Use the MPR Research Trail to reach the underlying sources, methodology context, and scenario context.

Choose your next country. Explore all 203 profiles at MilitaryPowerRankings.com, and open Countries.

All Country Military Profiles

203 profiles · A–Z

A 12 profiles

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B 17 profiles

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C 17 profiles

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D 5 profiles

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E 7 profiles

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F 3 profiles

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G 11 profiles

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H 3 profiles

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I 9 profiles

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J 3 profiles

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K 6 profiles

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L 9 profiles

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M 18 profiles

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N 12 profiles

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O 1 profiles

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P 10 profiles

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Q 1 profiles

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R 4 profiles

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S 27 profiles

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T 13 profiles

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U 7 profiles

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V 4 profiles

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W 1 profiles

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Y 1 profiles

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Z 2 profiles

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Sources and Country Profile Method

The Countries Index connects each profile to the 2026 MPR ranking framework. Country pages are supported by the MPR source library, country-specific source trail, MPR Algorithm, and 209-factor framework used to evaluate doctrine, readiness, logistics, geography, force posture, and combat capability. The factors are organized into 14 categories drawn from MPR's study of historical and postwar conflicts to assess actual warfighting ability today.

Use the source and methodology pages below to review how MPR organizes public military data, ranking factors, and country-level research context behind the military profiles.