Austria vs India Military Comparison
Side-by-side military strength: active personnel, defense budgets, air force aircraft, and naval assets.
Austria
20K active troops
$4B budget
VS
India
1M active troops
$80B budget
56
Tanks
4,614
1,129
Armored Vehicles
12,000
48
Artillery
4,275
0
Rocket Systems
266
15
Fighter Jets
538
44
Helicopters
812
0
Warships
295
0
Submarines
17
Nuclear Arsenal
India
172
WARHEADS
Austria
0
WARHEADS
Warheads Over Time
Estimated total warhead inventories — Federation of American Scientists / SIPRI
Defense Budget vs GDP
Historical defense spending and how it compares to each country's GDP. The % of GDP view normalises for economic size so smaller economies aren't drowned out by absolute dollar figures.
Defense Budget Over Time ($B)
Defense Budget as % of GDP
Source: World Bank Open Data API (MS.MIL.XPND.CD)
Military Active Personnel
India
1.45M
TROOPS
Austria
22.5K
TROOPS
India has 64.22× the active personnel of Austria
Air Force Total Aircraft
India
2.18K
AIRCRAFT
Austria
110
AIRCRAFT
India has 19.84× the aircraft of Austria
Land Forces — Detailed Metrics
| Metric |
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Active Personnel | 22,500 | 1,445,000 |
| Reserve Personnel | 950,000 | 1,155,000 |
| Total Military Personnel | 972,500 | 2,610,550 |
| Defense Budget (USD) | $3,600,000,000 | $81,400,000,000 |
| Tanks | 56 | 4,614 |
| Armored Vehicles | 1,129 | 12,000 |
| Self-Propelled Artillery | 48 | 100 |
| Towed Artillery | 0 | 4,175 |
| Rocket Projectors | 0 | 266 |
Air Force — Detailed Metrics
| Metric |
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Total Aircraft | 110 | 2,182 |
| Fighters | 15 | 538 |
| Attack Aircraft | 0 | 172 |
| Transport Aircraft | 23 | 250 |
| Trainer Aircraft | 28 | 359 |
| Helicopters | 44 | 812 |
| Attack Helicopters | 0 | 68 |
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Data compiled from World Bank, IMF, Global Firepower, SIPRI, Numbeo, and Pew Research.
Last updated June 2026.
Sources & methodology