--- title: "What is the richest and most powerful country in the world?" description: "What is the richest and most powerful country in the world?" author: "pooja singh" published: 2020-09-02 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93077/what-is-the-richest-and-most-powerful-country-in-the-world category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["powerful", "richest"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is the richest and most powerful country in the world? What is the [richest](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83077/indian-billionaire-gautam-adani-becomes-asia-s-richest-person) and most powerful [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15) in the [world](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2334/what-would-occur-if-the-world-were-to-divide-in-half)? ## Answers ### Answer by Palak Anjum America, India ahead of Russia-China in fourth place in military power Nowadays, every country wants to make itself big with big weapons. But still, according to military power, America is the largest country in the world. Nowadays, every country wants to make itself big with big weapons. But still, according to military power, America is the largest country in the world. Overall, America spends three times more of China and Russia on its military power. These facts have come out from the recently released global rankings. India is at number four in this list. India spends a total of $ 51 million. According to the report, the US spends about $ 600 billion on its defense budget, when Russia spends about $ 54 billion a year, China spends $ 161 billion. Let us tell you that the current US President Donald Trump has already said that he will pay special attention to the defense budget, which is why the US defense budget may increase by $ 54 billion. Trump is committed to ending ISIS, which is why his budget is large. A total of 106 countries have been included in this list that several types of factories have been taken care of, taking into consideration the defense budget, military strength and the number of weapons. **Read who has so much power -** US - $ 587,800,000,000 budget 5884 tanks, 19 aircraft / helicopter carriers, 13,762 aircraft, naval strength 415, total army personnel - 1,400,000 Russia - $ 44,600,000,000 budget 20,215 tanks, 1 helicopter carriers, 3794 aircraft, naval strength - 352, total army personnel - 766055 China - $ 161,700,000,000 budget 6457 tanks, 1 helicopter carriers, 2955 aircraft, naval strength - 714, total army personnel - 2335000 India - $ 51,000,000,000 budget 4426 tanks, 3 helicopter carriers, 2102 aircraft, naval strength - 295, total army personnel - 1325000 --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93077/what-is-the-richest-and-most-powerful-country-in-the-world Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.