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Top 9 countries with the most nuclear warheads

Simon Osuji by Simon Osuji
March 12, 2025
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As of January 2024, approximately 12,100 nuclear warheads exist worldwide, with nearly 90% of them owned by the U.S. and Russia. While nuclear stockpiles have declined since the Cold War, ongoing geopolitical tensions have reinforced the importance of these weapons as deterrents.

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What Are Nuclear Warheads?

Nuclear warheads are weapons of mass destruction capable of obliterating entire cities and causing long-term environmental and health consequences due to radioactive contamination. The only time nuclear weapons have been used in war was in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, marking the final stages of World War II.

Despite their devastating impact, some countries continue to conduct nuclear tests, maintaining and upgrading their arsenals.

Top 9 countries with the most nuclear warheads

Global Debate on Nuclear Weapons

The debate over nuclear disarmament continues. In July 2017, the United Nations General Assembly voted on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, with 139 countries supporting the initiative to ban nuclear weapons.

However, major nuclear powers, including the United States and Russia, have not joined the treaty. Instead, they continue to invest heavily in their nuclear programmes. The United States’ projected nuclear budget for 2022 and beyond indicates increasing spending rather than reductions. Similar trends are seen in Russia, China, and other nuclear-armed nations.

Countries with the Largest Nuclear Stockpiles

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the following countries possess nuclear warheads:

Country Number of Nuclear Warheads

Russia

5,899

United States

5,244

China

410

France

290

United Kingdom

225

Pakistan

170

India

164

Israel

90

North Korea

30

Africa’s Absence in the Nuclear Arms Race

Unlike other regions, Africa has no nuclear-armed countries. South Africa is the only nation on the continent to have developed and voluntarily dismantled its nuclear weapons programme in the 1990s. This makes Africa one of the most nuclear-free regions, in line with the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty), which prohibits nuclear weapon development and testing.

As global nuclear tensions continue, Africa remains committed to peaceful conflict resolution, advocating for a world free of nuclear weapons.

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