According to the Global Firepower Index 2025, Pakistan is ranked 12th in terms of military power, while India is ranked fourth. The Global Firepower Index claims that India is ahead in military power due to its developed and large population, strong economy, and strategic location.
Budget for war is a big issue. India's defense budget is 75 billion US dollars. Which is the fourth largest in the world. Pakistan's defense budget is only 7.64 billion US dollars, which is 38th in the global index. GDP and purchasing power also have an impact. The study has placed India much ahead of Pakistan based on 60 factors such as GDP, population, military power, and purchasing power.
In addition, India's foreign exchange reserves are ranked fifth in the world. While Pakistan is ranked 71st. That is, Pakistan is 66 steps behind India in foreign exchange reserves. As a result, if Pakistan enriches its weapons stockpile in all foreign currencies to provide logistics if a war starts, India will be 14 steps ahead of them.
Manpower is also an important issue. Because when a war starts, it is not only the military that is at stake. Civilians play an important role.
According to Worldometer, India is now the most populous country in the world. The country has 1.46 billion people. Of which, the total number of troops in India's defense is 51,37,550, while Pakistan's is 31,62,500.
India's active army is 15,55,550, Pakistan's 6,54,000.
India's reserve army is 11,55,000, Pakistan's 5,50,000.
India's paramilitary forces are 25,27,000, Pakistan's 5,00,000.
Pakistan also lags behind India in terms of air force strength. India's total number of military aircraft is 2,229, Pakistan's 1,399. Pakistan's 328 against India's 513 fighter jets.
Pakistan's 90 against India's 130 attack aircraft. Pakistan's 64 against India's 270 transport aircraft. Pakistan's 373 against India's 899 helicopters (of which 80 attack helicopters are from India and 57 from Pakistan).
India also has a large arsenal of ground weapons. Pakistan has 2,627 tanks against its 4,201 tanks. Pakistan has 17,516 armored vehicles against its 1,48,594 armored vehicles.
Pakistan has 121 warships against India's 293. India has 2 (INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant), Pakistan has 0. India has 18 submarines, Pakistan has 8.
Destroyers: India has 13, Pakistan has 0. Frigates: India has 14, Pakistan has 9. Corvettes: India has 18, Pakistan has 9. Patrol vessels: India has 135, Pakistan has 69.
Airports and seaports: Airports: India has 311, Pakistan has 116. Merchant ships: India has 1,859, Pakistan has 60. Ports: India has 56, Pakistan has 3.
Since both countries are nuclear powers, the consequences of a full-scale war could be extremely dire.