Military Strength: Bahamas vs Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (ranked #151 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Bahamas (#153) on the ATLAS Index. Papua New Guinea fields 4,000 active troops — 2.0:1 Bahamas's 2,000. Bahamas allocates $0.1B to defense compared to $0.10B for Papua New Guinea.

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BahamasWorld #153 5.5

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Papua New Guinea leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

Papua New GuineaWorld #151 6.0

13.72,000 active troops Manpower10 % 17.44,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
10.00 combat aircraft Air power25 % 10.90 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
10.5$111M budget Defense budget15 % 10.1$95M budget

Bahamas Papua New Guinea Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · each conventional pillar read after its branch's availability proxy · Methodology

Key figures

	Bahamas	Papua New Guinea	Ratio
Defense budget	$111M	$95M	🇧🇸 1.2×
– share of GDP	0.7%	0.3%	🇧🇸 2.3×
Active personnel	2,000	4,000	🇵🇬 2.0×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	0	0	—
Military aircraft (all types)	2	3	🇵🇬 1.5×
– helicopters	0	0	—
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$276	$9	🇧🇸 31×
Population	401K	10.6M	🇵🇬 26×
GDP	$16B	$32B	🇵🇬 2.0×
GDP per capita	$39,455	$3,007	🇧🇸 13×
Land area	10,010 km²	452,860 km²	🇵🇬 45×
Coastline	3,542 km	5,152 km	🇵🇬 1.5×