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Brazilvs Poland

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Brazil (#11) holds a solid edge over Poland (#21).

  • Brazil fields 6× as many submarines.
  • Poland fields 2.7× as many tanks.
  • Poland spends 2× as much on its military.
  1. People and moneyBrazil leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesPoland leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerEven, 3–3
  4. Naval forcesBrazil leads 4 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsEven, 0–0

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$23.9B
Military spending
$46.8B
376K
Active personnel
250K
1.34M
Reserves
350K
200K
Paramilitary
50K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP; Poland: 4.5% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

294
Tanks
798
22K
Armored vehicles
58K
149
Self-propelled artillery
593
412
Towed artillery
0
82
Rocket artillery
298

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
457
44
Fighters
58
30
Attack aircraft
12
186
Helicopters
224
0
Attack helicopters
29
0
Tankers
0
107
Transports
44

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
63
0
Aircraft carriers
0
1
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
1
0
Destroyers
0
8
Frigates
2
2
Corvettes
2

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Brazil and Poland. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.