Last of the Big Time Spenders:

U.S. Military Budget Still the World's Largest, and Growing

Selected Countries Military Budget
United States $399.1 Billion
Russia*  $65.0
China*  $47.0
Japan  $42.6
United Kingdom  $38.4
France  $29.5
Germany  $24.9
Saudi Arabia  $21.3
Italy  $19.4
India  $15.6
South Korea  $14.1
Brazil*  $10.5
Israel  $9.4
Spain  $8.4
Australia  $7.6
Canada  $7.6
Taiwan  $7.0
Netherlands  $6.6
Turkey  $5.8
Singapore  $4.8
Sweden  $4.5
Iran  $4.1
Kuwait  $3.9
Norway  $3.8
Greece  $3.5
Poland  $3.5
Argentina*  $3.3
United Arab Emirates*  $3.1
Egypt  $3.0
Belgium  $2.7
Pakistan*  $2.6
Denmark  $2.4
Vietnam  $2.4
Colombia  $1.7
Czech Republic  $1.6
Iraq*  $1.4
North Korea  $1.4
Philippines  $1.4
Portugal  $1.3
Libya*  $1.2
Hungary  $1.1
Syria  $1.0
Cuba*  $0.8
Sudan*  $0.6
Yugoslavia  $0.7
Luxembourg  $0.2
Figures are for latest year available, usually 2002. Expenditures are used in a few cases where official budgets are significantly lower than actual spending. The figure for the United States is from the annual budget request for Fiscal Year 2004.

* 2001 Funding

Table prepared by Center for Defense Information (http://www.cdi.org)
Sources: International Institute for Strategic Studies, Department of Defense