Top 10 powerfull countries in world 2023

                             

FRANCE

GDP growth rate: 6.8% annual change (2021) World Bank

Gross domestic product: 2.958 trillion USD (2021) 

Commanders
Chief of the Armed Forces	President Emmanuel Macron
Chief of the Defence Staff	Army General Thierry Burkhard
Chief of the Army Staff	Army General Pierre Schill
Major General of the French Army	Army Corps General Hervé Gomart

JAPAN

GDP growth rate: 1.7% annual change (2023) 

Gross domestic product: 4.942 trillion USD (2023) 

Personnel
Military age	18–32 eligible for enlistment[2]
Conscription	No
Active personnel	247,150[3]
Reserve personnel	56,000[3]

INDIA

GDP growth rate: 8.7% annual change (2023)

Gross domestic product: 3.177trillion USD (2023)

Personnel
Military age	18[1]
Conscription	No
Reaching military age annually	23,116,044[2]
Active personnel	1,455,550[3] (ranked 2nd)
Reserve personnel	1,155,000[4]
Expenditures
Budget	₹5.95 trillion (US$74 billion) (2023–24)[5] (ranked 3rd)
Percent of GDP	2% (2022–23)[5]

CHINA

GDP growth rate: 8.1% annual change (2023) 

Gross domestic product: 17.74 trillion USD (2023)

Personnel
Military age	18
Conscription	Yes by law, however, it was never enforced since 1949. [4]
Active personnel	2,035,000 (2023)[5] (ranked 1st)
Reserve personnel	510,000 (2022)[5]
Expenditures
Budget	US$294 billion (2023)[6] (ranked 2nd)
Percent of GDP	1.7% (2023)[6]

PAKISTAN

GDP growth rate: 6.6% annual change (2023) 

Gross domestic product: 348.4 billion USD (2023)

Country	Pakistan
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	655,000 active-duty personnel[1] 550,000 reserve force 185,000 National Guard[2] 16,500 civilian personnel[3] ~560+ manned aircraft
Part of	Pakistan Armed Forces
Garrison	General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi Cantonment, Punjab
Motto(s)	Iman, taqwa, jihad fi sabilillah[4]
Colours
Anniversaries	Defence Day: 6 September

RUSSIA

GDP growth rate: 4.8% annual change (2023) 

Gross domestic product: 1.780 trillion USD (2023)

Personnel
Military age	18[1]
Conscription	12 months[2]
Active personnel	c. 1,154,000[3][4] (ranked 5th)
Reserve personnel	c. 2,000,000[3][Note 1]
Expenditures
Budget	US$65.11 billion (2023)[5] (ranked 5th)
Percent of GDP	4.5% (2023)[6]

GERMANY

GDP growth rate: 2.7% annual change (2023) 

Gross domestic product: 4.27 trillion USD (2023)

Personnel
Military age	17
Conscription	Yes, but indefinitely suspended since July 2011
Active personnel	183,638 (2023) (ranked 28th)
Reserve personnel	≈ 930,000 (2023)[4]
Deployed personnel	2,107
Expenditures
Budget	$56.2 billion (2023)[5] (ranked 7th)
Percent of GDP	1.5% (2023)[5]

UNITITED STATES AMERICA

GDP growth rate: 5.11% annual change (2023) 

Gross domestic product: 23.32 trillion USD (2023) 

Personnel
Military age	17 with parental consent, 18 for voluntary service.[b]
Conscription	Only males register at age 18 (conscription inactive since 1973)
Available for military service	15 million (2023)[5], age 18–25
Active personnel	1,328,000[6] (ranked 3rd)
Reserve personnel	799,500[7]
Expenditures
Budget	$816.8 billion (2023)[8] (ranked 1st)
Percent of GDP	3.48% (2023)[9]

ITALY

GDP growth rate: 6.8% annual change (2023) 

Gross domestic product: 2.109 trillion USD (2023)

Personnel
Active personnel	165,500[2] (ranked 31st)
Reserve personnel	18,300[2]
Expenditures
Budget	US$33.0 billion (2023) (ranked 11th)[3]
Percent of GDP	1.6% (2023)[3]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

GDP growth rate: 3.11% annual change (2023) 

Gross domestic product: 416 billion USD (2023) 

Personnel
Military age	18 years
Active personnel	65,000[1]
Reserve personnel	130,000
Expenditures
Budget	US$22.756 billion (2023)
Percent of GDP	5.7%