Main Battle Tanks

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Main battle tanks remain the primary instrument of armored warfare, providing protected firepower for ground operations. Tank inventories indicate a nation’s capacity for conventional ground combat and territorial defense. This ranking compares countries by their operational tank fleets.

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Military Rankings

📊 Statistic	Active Troops • Reserves • Paramilitary • Budget • % GDP • Power Index • Population • Land Area • Coastline • Tanks • Nuclear • Militarization • Land Borders • Neighbors • Per Capita Military • Budget/Soldier • GDP • Budget/Capita • % Govt Budget
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#	Country	Tanks
1	🇨🇳 China	6,800
2	🇷🇺 Russia	5,750
3	🇺🇸 United States	4,640
4	🇮🇳 India	4,201
5	🇪🇬 Egypt	3,620
6	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2,627
7	🇹🇷 Turkey	2,238
8	🇰🇷 South Korea	2,236
9	🇮🇷 Iran	1,713
10	🇩🇿 Algeria	1,485
11	🇯🇴 Jordan	1,458
12	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1,374
13	🇬🇷 Greece	1,344
14	🇮🇱 Israel	1,300
15	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1,114

#	Country	Tanks
16	🇮🇶 Iraq	1,025
17	🇲🇦 Morocco	903
18	🇹🇼 Taiwan	888
19	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	840
20	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	654
21	🇰🇭 Cambodia	644
22	🇵🇱 Poland	614
23	🇯🇵 Japan	521
24	🇧🇾 Belarus	507
25	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	497
26	🇲🇲 Myanmar	445
27	🇹🇭 Thailand	445
28	🇲🇳 Mongolia	420
29	🇨🇱 Chile	386
30	🇰🇼 Kuwait	367

#	Country	Tanks
31	🇸🇾 Syria	365
32	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	354
33	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	350
34	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	340
35	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	338
36	🇮🇩 Indonesia	331
37	🇳🇬 Nigeria	330
38	🇷🇴 Romania	328
39	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	320
40	🇪🇸 Spain	317
41	🇩🇪 Germany	296
42	🇧🇷 Brazil	294
43	🇷🇸 Serbia	262
44	🇿🇦 South Africa	252
45	🇵🇪 Peru	240

#	Country	Tanks
46	🇺🇬 Uganda	240
47	🇦🇷 Argentina	231
48	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	227
49	🇸🇩 Sudan	224
50	🇫🇷 France	215
51	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	215
52	🇭🇺 Hungary	209
53	🇨🇭 Switzerland	205
54	🇫🇮 Finland	200
55	🇮🇹 Italy	200
56	🇰🇪 Kenya	188
57	🇻🇪 Venezuela	172
58	🇸🇬 Singapore	170
59	🇱🇦 Laos	160
60	🇧🇭 Bahrain	150

#	Country	Tanks
61	🇴🇲 Oman	150
62	🇨🇾 Cyprus	134
63	🇬🇪 Georgia	123
64	🇱🇧 Lebanon	116
65	🇨🇺 Cuba	113
66	🇸🇪 Sweden	110
67	🇦🇲 Armenia	109
68	🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic	105
69	🇶🇦 Qatar	99
70	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	90
71	🇹🇩 Chad	90
72	🇹🇳 Tunisia	90
73	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	89
74	🇦🇺 Australia	75
75	🇨🇦 Canada	74

#	Country	Tanks
76	🇪🇷 Eritrea	65
77	🇹🇿 Tanzania	62
78	🇦🇹 Austria	56
79	🇧🇴 Bolivia	54
80	🇪🇨 Ecuador	54
81	🇲🇾 Malaysia	48
82	🇦🇱 Albania	46
83	🇸🇮 Slovenia	46
84	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	45
85	🇭🇷 Croatia	45
86	🇸🇰 Slovakia	45
87	🇩🇰 Denmark	44
88	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	44
89	🇳🇴 Norway	44
90	🇨🇿 Czechia	43

#	Country	Tanks
91	🇱🇾 Libya	43
92	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	38
93	🇿🇲 Zambia	35
94	🇵🇹 Portugal	34
95	🇺🇾 Uruguay	31
96	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	30
97	🇨🇬 Congo	30
98	🇲🇿 Mozambique	30
99	🇸🇸 South Sudan	30
100	🇲🇷 Mauritania	25
101	🇷🇼 Rwanda	24
102	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	20
103	🇳🇱 Netherlands	18
104	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	15
105	🇧🇮 Burundi	10

#	Country	Tanks
106	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	10
107	🇲🇱 Mali	10
108	🇵🇭 Philippines	10
109	🇬🇳 Guinea	8
110	🇲🇬 Madagascar	6
111	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	5
112	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	5
113	🇬🇹 Guatemala	5
114	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	4
115	🇳🇦 Namibia	4
116	🇹🇬 Togo	4
117	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	3

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