Territorial Areas of Select Countries and their Jet Fighter
Forces
Country |
Territorial Area (Land and Water)(Square Kilometers) |
Number of Jet Fighters |
Type of
Jet Fighters |
Ratio (Square Kilometers
Per Jet Fighter) |
Russia |
17,098,242 |
793 |
MiG-29
Fulcrum (158)
MiG-31
Foxhound (112)
Su-24
Fencer (181)
Su-27
Flanker (199)
Su-30
Flanker (32)
Su-33
Flanker (18)
Su-34
Fullback (57)
Su-35
Flanker (36) |
21,561 |
Canada* |
9,984,670 |
77 |
CF‑18
Hornet (77) |
129,671 |
United States* |
9,833,517 |
3,004 |
AV-8
Harrier II (131)
F‑5
Tiger II (44)
F‑15
Strike Eagle (438)
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (911)
F‑18
Hornet (610)
F‑18
Super Hornet (560)
F‑22
Raptor (179)
F‑35
Lighting II (131) |
3,273 |
China |
9,596,960 |
1,746 |
J-7
Fishbed (528)
JH-7
Flounder (240)
J-8
Finback (168)
J-10
Firebird (347)
J-11
Flanker (277)
J-15
Flying Shark (14)
Su-27
Flanker (75)
Su-30
Flanker (97) |
5,497 |
Brazil |
8,515,770 |
106 |
F‑5
Tiger II (57)
AMX
(49) |
80,337 |
Australia |
7,741,220 |
97 |
F‑18
Hornet (71)
F‑18
Super Hornet (24)
F‑35
Lightning II (2) (In Test) |
79,806 |
India |
3,287,263 |
834 |
Jaguar
(103)
MiG-21
Fishbed (226)
MiG-27
Flogger (124)
MiG-29
Fulcrum (95)
Mirage
2000 (50)
Sea
Harrier (10)
Su-30
Flanker (225)
Tejas
(1) |
3,941 |
Denmark* |
2,910,573a |
44 |
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (44) |
66,149 |
Saudi
Arabia |
2,149,690 |
285 |
F‑15
Eagle (151)
Tornado
(81)
Typhoon
(53) |
7,542 |
Iran |
1,648,195 |
300 |
Azarakhsh
(6)
F-4
Phantom II (70)
F-5
Freedom Fighter (20)
F-5
Tiger II (55)
F-7
Airguard (24)
F-14
Tomcat (43)
MiG-29
Fulcrum (36)
Mirage
F-1 (10)
Saegheh
(6)
Su-24
Fencer (30) |
5,493 |
Egypt |
1,001,450 |
393 |
F‑4
Phantom II (29)
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (209)
J-7
Fishbed (30)
MiG-21
Fishbed (50)
Mirage
5 (54)
Mirage
2000 (18)
Rafale
(3) |
2,548 |
Turkey* |
783,562 |
364 |
F‑4
Phantom (51)
F‑5
Freedom Fighter (53)
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (260) |
2,153 |
France* |
643,801b |
277 |
Mirage
2000 (121)
Rafale
(135)
Super
Etendard (21) |
2,324 |
Spain* |
505,370 |
159 |
AV-8
Harrier II (13)
F‑5
Freedom Fighter (19)
F‑18
Hornet (86)
Typhoon
(41) |
3,178 |
Japan |
377,915 |
361 |
F‑2
(92)
F‑4
Phantom II (68)
F‑15
Eagle (201) |
1,047 |
Germany* |
357,022 |
235 |
Tornado
(106)
Typhoon
(129) |
1,519 |
Norway* |
323,602 |
57 |
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (57) |
5,677 |
Poland* |
312,685 |
98 |
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (48)
MiG-29
Fulcrum (32)
Su-22
Fitter (18) |
3,191 |
Italy* |
301,340 |
226 |
AV-8
Harrier II (16)
Tornado
(68)
Typhoon
(71)
AMX
(71) |
1,333 |
United Kingdom* |
243,610 |
194 |
Tornado
(76)
Typhoon
(115)
F‑35
Lighting II (3) (In Test) |
1,255 |
Greece* |
131,957 |
232 |
F‑4
Phantom II (34)
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (154)
Mirage
2000 (44) |
569 |
North
Korea |
120,538 |
431 |
MiG-17
and J-5 Fresco (107)
MiG-19
and J-6 Farmer (100)
MiG-21
and J-7 Fishbed (150)
MiG-23
Flogger (56)
MiG-29
Fulcrum (18) |
280 |
South
Korea |
99,720 |
488 |
F‑4
Phantom II (70)
F‑5
Tiger II (174)
F‑15
Eagle (60)
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (164)
FA-50
Golden Eagle (20) |
204 |
Netherlands* |
41,543 |
63 |
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (61)
F‑35
Lightning II (2) (In Test) |
659 |
Taiwan |
35,980 |
423 |
F-5
Tiger II (94)
F-16
Fighting Falcon (145)
Mirage
2000 (56)
F-CK-1
Ching Kuo (128) |
85 |
Belgium* |
30,528 |
59 |
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (59) |
517 |
Israel |
20,770 |
394c |
F‑15
Eagle (50)
F‑15
Super Eagle (25)
F‑16
Fighting Falcon (319) |
53 |
Notes: * NATO member states
- Includes Denmark (43,094 sq. km), the Faroe Islands (1,393 sq. km) and
Greenland (2,166,086 sq. km).
- Includes France (551,500 sq. km) and its overseas territorial
possessions of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion
(92,301 sq. km).
- The Israeli Air Force also keeps more than 200 jet fighters in store, in
case of an emergency. This includes older versions of the C-7 Kfir, F‑4
Phantom II, F‑15 Eagle, and F‑16 Fighting Falcon.
Source: Table
prepared using data from the United States Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA),
The
World Factbook, April 2016 (for country areas) and IISS, The
Military Balance 2016, pp. 27–480 (for jet fighter forces).
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