Compare armed forces

Alliance builder

Military power of North Korea & Belarus

North Korea flag svg Belarus flag svg

North Korea vs Belarus

Show map
North Korea Belarus

North Korea is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 120,540 km2 (land boundries: 1,607 km and costline 2,495 km). The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. The number of inhabitants is 25,549,604.

The KPA is equipped with older weapon systems originally acquired from the former Soviet Union, Russia, and China, as well as some domestically-produced equipment. The North Korea produces a diverse array of military hardware like light armored vehicles, tanks, naval vessels and submarines, and advanced weapons systems, such as ballistic missiles. North Korea developing also nuclear weapons.

More about North Korea military

Belarus is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 207,595 km2 (land boundries: 3,599 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Belarus is Minsk. The number of inhabitants is 9,349,645.

Belarus has close security ties with Russia. In 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory during its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment. The inventory of the Belarus Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Russian andSoviet-origin equipment, and since 2010 Russia is the leading provider of arms. Belarus's defense industry manufactures some equipment (mostly modernized Soviet designs).

More about Belarus military

If you want to check the comparison in terms of economic ratios check out CompareEconomy.com

Military expenditures

small flag KP KP small flag BY BY
Military budget: 2 billion $ 0.9 billion $
Percent of GDP: 5% 1.2%

Military budget

small flag KP small flag BY
Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
More

Manpower

small flag KP KP small flag BY BY
Active personnel: 1,320,000 63,000
Reserve personnel: 600,000 344,750
Available for military: 6,515,279 2,500,000

Active

small flag KP small flag BY
Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
More

Land Forces

small flag KP KP small flag BY BY
Tanks: 6,000 652
Armoured fighting vehicles: 4,000 1,871
Total artillery: 13,000 1,041
Self-propelled artillery: 4,500 440
Rocket artillery: 4,000 371

Tanks

tank svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
More

Air Forces

small flag KP KP small flag BY BY
Total aircraft: 960 199
Fighter aircraft: 349 34
Multirole aircraft: 35 4
Attack aircraft: 188 67
Helicopters: 202 68
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

Total aircraft

airplane svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
More

Navy

small flag KP KP small flag BY BY
Total naval: 967 0
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 2 0
Corvettes: 8 0
Submarines: 72 0

Total naval

ship svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
More

Nuclear weapons

North Korea

Although at the beginning North Korea joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, they withdrew from it on January 2003. It was a consequence of the United States accusation. The USA government claimed that North Korea was unofficially funding a program of uranium enrichment. Because of that, they cancelled the 1994 Agreed Framework treaty and cut off the energy assistance. Two years after withdrawing, the officials from North Korea claimed that they own operational nuclear arsenal. In spite of North Koreans assurances, the United States did not believe that North Korea really posses such weapons. As a result, the government of North Korea decided to conduct tests.

There were three tests that North Korea initially conducted. The first one, with the yield of less than a kiloton, took place in 2006. However, to show that this was in fact a nuclear detonation, North Koreans conducted second and third tests, respectable in 2009 and 2013. The maximum power of the blast of the aforementioned tests can be estimated to be up to 40 kilotons. However, a lot of sources claim that yield did not surpass 10-15 kilotons. Noteworthy is also the fact that in 2016, North Korea announced that they have conducted their first hydrogen-bomb test.

Belarus

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

North Korea

18 is presumed to be the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 16-17 is the presumed legal minimum age for voluntary service.

Belarus

18-27 years of age for compulsory military or alternative service; conscript service obligation is 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications, and 24-36 months for alternative service, depending on academic qualifications; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.