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Polandvs Spain

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Spain (#18) holds a narrow edge over Poland (#21).

  • Spain has aircraft carriers; Poland has none.
  • Spain has 2.8× as many naval vessels.
  • Poland fields 2.7× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneyPoland leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesPoland leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerPoland leads 3 of 7
  4. Naval forcesSpain 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.

$46.8B
Military spending
$40.2B
250K
Active personnel
122K
350K
Reserves
24K
50K
Paramilitary
78K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Poland: 4.5% of GDP; Spain: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

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

798
Tanks
298
58K
Armored vehicles
49K
593
Self-propelled artillery
96
0
Towed artillery
188
298
Rocket artillery
0

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

457
Total aircraft
440
58
Fighters
136
12
Attack aircraft
12
224
Helicopters
169
29
Attack helicopters
17
0
Tankers
0
44
Transports
51

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

63
Total fleet
175
0
Aircraft carriers
1
0
Helicopter carriers
0
1
Submarines
2
0
Destroyers
0
2
Frigates
11
2
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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