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NATIONAL FORCES · COMPARISON
Lebanon vs Northern Cyprus
| Overview | Lebanon | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
Active personnel DefinitionFull-time active military personnel; exclude reserves and paramilitary unless explicitly identified. | 60,000Estimate · people · November 2025 IISS assessmentSingle sourceNational full-time active military personnel; the separately reported reserve, gendarmerie and paramilitary totals are excluded. | —Not yet documented |
Armed forces personnel DefinitionActive-duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces whose training, organisation, equipment and control allow them to support or replace regular forces. This is not an active-regular-only count. | 80,000people · 2020 annual observationSingle source2020 annual observation. Active-duty military personnel, including qualifying paramilitary forces; not an active-regular-only count. | —Not yet documented |
Defence spending DefinitionAnnual military expenditure in current US dollars. State fiscal year, coverage and conversion basis in notes. | US$968mEstimate · USD · 2026 IISS defence budget forecast (November 2025 assessment)Single sourceSource-reported annual official defence budget/appropriation in current US dollars; it is a budget figure, not an assertion of final expenditure or readiness. Explicit 2026 economic-table year column; USD 968m. The table was compiled in the November 2025 IISS assessment; this annual figure is an assessment/estimate and does not assert a final audited outturn. The explicit 2026 column is forward-looking relative to the November 2025 assessment and is retained as a forecast, not an observed final outturn. | —Not yet documented |
GDP DefinitionAnnual nominal GDP in current US dollars, not purchasing-power parity. | US$25.97bnUSD · 2024 annual observationSingle source2024 annual observation. Annual nominal GDP, current US dollars; not purchasing-power parity. | —Not yet documented |
Population DefinitionTotal resident population; retain the source's reference year. | 5,849,421people · 2025 annual observationSingle source2025 annual observation. Midyear resident population estimate. | —Not yet documented |
Reserve personnel DefinitionReported reserve personnel, with mobilisation and training definitions stated in notes. | 0Estimate · people · 2024 source edition; census date not statedSingle sourceMilitary reserve personnel in the 2024 IISS source edition cited by this Wikipedia row. Reservists are not normally kept under arms and are available for mobilisation. Excludes the separately reported Active military and Paramilitary columns. This is the cited edition year, not an exact census date. | —Not yet documented |
Combat aircraft DefinitionIn-service fixed-wing combat aircraft; exclude stored, retired and ordered aircraft. In service does not establish readiness. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Main battle tanks DefinitionIn-service main battle tanks; exclude storage and orders. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Major surface combatants DefinitionCommissioned cruisers, destroyers and frigates. Exclude patrol craft and support vessels. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Nuclear warheads DefinitionWarheads in the military stockpile, deployed or in reserve; exclude retired warheads awaiting dismantlement. Independent estimates, labelled as such. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Submarines DefinitionCommissioned submarines; exclude vessels on order and decommissioned vessels. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Transport aircraft DefinitionIn-service dedicated fixed-wing military transport aircraft; exclude trainers and orders. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
EQUIPMENT & WEAPONS
Equipment listed in inventory and operator sources, grouped by force and category. Sourced quantities retain their date, variant coverage and inventory status. Equipment without a documented count is listed by type.
227 matching equipment types
| Equipment | Lebanon | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | ||
| Dassault Mirage III | In service | — |
| Hawker Hunter | In service | — |
| Support aircraft | ||
| Cessna 208 Caravan | In service | — |
| Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano | 62024 | — |
| Trainer aircraft | ||
| Scottish Aviation Bulldog | In service | — |
| Helicopters | ||
| Aérospatiale Gazelle | 72024 | — |
| Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma | 112024 | — |
| AgustaWestland AW139 | 1Air Force · 2025 1Lebanese Air Force · 2025 | — |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois | 382024 | — |
| Bell UH-1N Twin Huey | In service | — |
| Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | — | In service |
| IAR 330 | In service | — |
| Equipment | Lebanon | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Tanks | ||
| M48 Patton | ≥602026Wikipedia | — |
| M60 tank | 102026Wikipedia | — |
| M915 (truck) | 152026Wikipedia | — |
| T-54/T-55 | 472026Wikipedia | — |
| Armoured vehicles | ||
| Al-Fahd | In service | — |
| Alvis Saracen | In service | — |
| Bradley | In service | — |
| Bradley Fighting Vehicle | 322026Wikipedia | — |
| Bravia Chaimite | In service | — |
| Cadillac Gage Commando | In service | — |
| GFF4 | In service | — |
| K131 jeep | 272026Wikipedia | — |
| Equipment | Lebanon | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Air defence | ||
| Mistral (missile) | In service | — |
| ZSU-23-4 Shilka | In service | — |
| Anti-aircraft guns | ||
| ZPU | In service | — |
| ZU-23-2 | 57Army · 2025 | — |
| Portable air defence | ||
| 9K32 Strela-2 | In service | — |
| FIM-92 Stinger | — | In service |
| Missiles | ||
| AGM-114 Hellfire | In service | — |
| Hydra 70 | In service | — |
| SS.12/AS.12 | In service | — |
| Equipment | Lebanon | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Small arms | ||
| AA-52 machine gun | In service | — |
| AGS-17 | — | In service |
| AK-74 | In service | — |
| Barrett M82 | In service | — |
| Barrett MRAD | In service | — |
| Beretta 92 | In service | — |
| Beretta ARX160 | In service | — |
| Beretta Model 38 | In service | — |
| Browning Hi-Power | In service | — |
| Brügger & Thomet MP9 | In service | — |
| CETME rifle | In service | — |
| Close Quarters Battle Receiver | In service | — |
| Equipment | Lebanon | Northern Cyprus |
|---|---|---|
| Radar & sensors | ||
| Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight | In service | — |
| Aimpoint CompM4 | In service | — |
| AN/PEQ-2 | In service | — |
| AN/PVS-14 | In service | — |
| AN/PVS-7 | In service | — |
| Communications & electronic warfare | ||
| AN/PRC-117 | In service | — |
| AN/PRC-152 | In service | — |
Coverage is incomplete. “Not documented” means no linked inventory evidence, not zero equipment. Methodology ↗
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 IISS population assessment | 5,707,137 people | International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) | superseded |
Generalized geography from Natural Earth 1:110m, version 5.1.1. Label-point distance is calculated on a sphere and rounded to the nearest 100 km; it is not a capital-to-capital distance, route, border distance or operational range. Dataset boundaries do not imply recognition of territorial claims.
Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m, v5.1.1 · Public domain · Research catalogue highlighted
Lebanon4.8Ranked #97+0.5Northern Cyprus—Not rankedScores out of 100 on the ForceTally Index. Each bar splits in proportion to the two scores. A point at the centre of the chart means no sourced figure for that part.
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