Mapped: Countries With the Most Nuclear Missiles

Trump's Warning to NATO:

• President Trump has threatened to breach the NATO treaty and only send the U.S. military to defend allies who contribute what he deems to be a fair share of their national GDPs to their defense budgets.
• Even without the U.S., France and the UK still provide the transatlantic military alliance with the third-largest nuclear arsenal.
• In this graphic, we show the total number of nuclear warheads by country. The data comes from the Federation of American Scientists, as of 2024.

Nuclear Power:

• Despite reductions since the Cold War, the global nuclear arsenal remains significant, with nine countries holding approximately 12,121 warheads.
• The U.S. and Russia together hold around 88% of the world’s nuclear weapons and 84% of the warheads ready for military use.