Status of World Nuclear Forces

Status of Nuclear Forces (estimated, as of January 2024)

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which signed the MOU with Hiroshima Prefecture, launched the SIPRI YEARBOOK 2024 and announced the latest status of the nuclear forces.

As of January 2024, the total number of nuclear stockpiles is 12,121. It decreases by 391, compared with the number for January 2023. The US and Russian nuclear stockpiles together continue to constitute around 90% of the total.

The SIPRI YEARBOOK analyzes that the decline “is only due to the USA and Russia dismantling retired warheads. Global reductions of operational warheads appear to have stalled, and their numbers are rising again.”

While the total number of the US and Russian nuclear weapons decreased, Russia increased the number of deployed warheads. China increases 90 warheads and “might have started to deploy a small number of its warheads (c. 24) on their launchers.” India and North Korea are expanding their nuclear weapon inventories. North Korea has assembled perhaps 50 warheads, although it “might have produced enough fissile material to build up to 90 nuclear warheads.”

Status of Nuclear Forces (estimated, as of January 2024)
Country	Deployed Warheads	Stored Warheads	Retired Warheads	Total Inventory (As of January 2024)	Total Inventory (As of January 2023)
USA	1,770	1,938	1,336	5,044	5,244
Russia	1,710	2,670	1,200	5,580	5,889
UK	120	105	-	225	225
France	280	10	..	290	290
China	24	476	-	500	410
India	-	172	..	172	164
Pakistan	-	170	..	170	170
Israel	-	90	..	90	90
North Korea	-	50	..	50	30
Total	3,904	5,681	2,536	12,121	12,512

.. means not applicable or not available; - means nil or a negligible value.

Source: SIPRI YEARBOOK 2024

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