Pakistan army is ranked as 13th most powerful army in the world. The list was published by renowned American newspaper Business Insider, the ranking was based on the list released by Global Fire Power.
Multiple factors are considered in the ranking such as diversity of weapons, manpower available, geography, atomic power, natural resources & alliances.
The top 25 military powers are:
- United States
- Russia
- China
- India
- France
- United Kingdom
- Japan
- Turkey
- Germany
- Egypt
- Italy
- South Korea
- Pakistan
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Vietnam
- Brazil
- Taiwan
- Poland
- Thailand
- Iran
- Australia
- North Korea
- Saudi Arabia
- Algeria
The factors that supported Pakistan to be ranked thirteen are:
- Aircraft strength = 951
- Combat Tanks = 2,924
- Naval Assets = 197
- Military Personnel = 919,000
You can check the complete list on the website of Global Fire Power. From the top 25 countries, 7 are form the muslim world. This indicates that despite current crisis they are militarily stronger than most of the countries.
They considered 50 factors while determining the military strength and power of any army but the leadership of the military or country was not considered, while in reality it will also affect results of any war.