Nepal

South Asia · Kathmandu

Rank #49 of 173

33.8Strength score

Photos

Nepal Army ! — Nepal Army !Anuma S. Bhattarai · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

HMAS Nepal FL4204 — HMAS Nepal FL4204Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Nepal Air Force Boeing 707 Wallner — Nepal Air Force Boeing 707 WallnerRolf Wallner · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance72
Air power21
Manpower77
Land forces0
Naval power0
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $428M #114
Budget as % of GDP: 0.97% #126
Spending per person: $14 #143
GDP: $45.5B #101
Population: 29,618,118 #52

Manpower

Active personnel: 96,600 #52
Reserve personnel: 0
Paramilitary: 15,000 #30
Total personnel: 111,600 #56

Land forces

Tanks: 0
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: 22 #49
Fighter jets: 0
Attack aircraft & bombers: 0
Transport aircraft: 7 #46
Helicopters: 15 #49
Attack helicopters: 0

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 0
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 0
Destroyers: 0
Frigates: 0
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 0

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

4India86.4 VS
35Bangladesh61.9 VS
43Sri Lanka58.0 VS
168Bhutan8.7 VS
169Maldives8.6 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance personnel via Wikipedia; equipment GlobalMilitary.net 2026 inventory · Year 2026 · ↗