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Polandvs Taiwan

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Poland (#21) holds a narrow edge over Taiwan (#22).

  • Taiwan has destroyers; Poland has none.
  • Taiwan fields 4.4× as many fighters.
  • Taiwan fields 4× as many submarines.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesPoland leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerTaiwan leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesTaiwan leads 5 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
$18.2B
250K
Active personnel
230K
350K
Reserves
1.66M
50K
Paramilitary
55K

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

Land forces

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

798
Tanks
1,090
58K
Armored vehicles
24K
593
Self-propelled artillery
488
0
Towed artillery
1,360
298
Rocket artillery
223

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

457
Total aircraft
720
58
Fighters
258
12
Attack aircraft
0
224
Helicopters
239
29
Attack helicopters
91
0
Tankers
0
44
Transports
19

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

63
Total fleet
91
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
1
Submarines
4
0
Destroyers
4
2
Frigates
21
2
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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