Number of nuclear weapons rising

The world’s nine nuclear-armed states are continuing to modernise their nuclear arsenals, with the number of warheads in military stockpiles for potential use rising by 86 to 9,576 last year


ESTIMATED NUCLEAR WARHEAD INVENTORIES (as of Jan 2023) 
Russia	4,489
U.S.	3,708
China 	410
France 	290 
UK 	225 
Pakistan 170 
India 	164 
Israel 	90
N. Korea 30


BATTLE-READY NUCLEAR WARHEADS

GLOBAL MILITARY STOCKPILE

10,000 	9,490	9,576
8,000 
6,000 
4,000 
2,000
0 	2022 	2023


LARGEST INCREASE BY COUNTRY 

China: +60
Russia: +12
Pakistan: +5 
North Korea: +5 
India: +4
      
 
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 
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