Who has the most nuclear weapons?

The U.S. and Russia together still account for about 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads. These were kept in check during the Cold War by a tangle of arms control agreements


NUMBERS OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS
 
6,500
6,000
5,500
5,000 
1,000
500
0

40-50* North Korea
90* Israel 
156 India 
165 Pakistan 
225 UK 
290 France 
350 China 
6,255 Russia 
5,550 U.S. 
50 Turkey 
40 Italy 
20 Belgium 
20 Germany 
20 Netherlands

Nations hosting U.S. nuclear weapons


100%
Russia 48%
U.S. 42%
Others 10%


*Estimate


Data as of 2021


Source: ICAN 
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