Military Strength: Brunei vs Timor-Leste

Brunei (ranked #141 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Timor-Leste (#164) on the ATLAS Index. Brunei fields 8,000 active troops — 4.0:1 Timor-Leste's 2,000, backed by 700 reserves and 500 paramilitary. Brunei's $0.6B defense budget is 12:1 that of Timor-Leste ($0.05B).

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BruneiWorld #141 8.1

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Brunei leads on 3 of 6 pillars

Timor-LesteWorld #164 2.9

21.98,000 active troops Manpower10 % 15.52,000 active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
13.90 combat aircraft Air power25 % 0.00 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
15.7$560M budget Defense budget15 % 8.4$47M budget

Brunei Timor-Leste 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

	Brunei	Timor-Leste	Ratio
Defense budget	$560M	$47M	🇧🇳 12×
– share of GDP	3.7%	2.5%	🇧🇳 1.5×
Active personnel	8,000	2,000	🇧🇳 4.0×
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	700	0	🇧🇳
Paramilitary forces	500	0	🇧🇳
Military aircraft (all types)	26	0	🇧🇳
– helicopters	19	0	🇧🇳
Budget share of govt spending	12.2%	—	🇧🇳
Budget per capita	$1,216	$33	🇧🇳 37×
Population	462K	1.4M	🇹🇱 3.0×
GDP	$15B	$1.9B	🇧🇳 8.2×
GDP per capita	$33,153	$1,332	🇧🇳 25×
Land area	5,265 km²	14,919 km²	🇹🇱 2.8×
Coastline	161 km	706 km	🇹🇱 4.4×