The US has the strongest military force in the world, with Russia and China in second and third and India in fourth place, according to Global Firepower, a data website that tracks global defense-related information.
The 2023 Military Strength list – which also includes the nations with the weakest military force in the world, which includes Bhutan and Iceland – assessed over 60 factors.
The top four nations remain as they were in the 2022 Global Firepower list.
However, the UK has moved up from eighth place last year to fifth this year. South Korea remains in sixth place as it was last year.
Pakistan enters the top 10 in seventh place, and Japan and France ranked fifth and seventh last year, drop to eighth and ninth this year.