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Ukrainevs Poland

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Ukraine (#20) holds a narrow edge over Poland (#21).

  • Poland has submarines; Ukraine has none.
  • Ukraine has 3.6× as many active troops.
  • Ukraine has 2.7× as many naval vessels.
  1. People and moneyUkraine leads 4 of 4
  2. Land forcesUkraine leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerEven, 3–3
  4. Naval forcesPoland leads 3 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.

$84.1B
Military spending
$46.8B
900K
Active personnel
250K
4M
Reserves
350K
100K
Paramilitary
50K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Ukraine: 40% of GDP; Poland: 4.5% of GDP).

Land forces

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

1,121
Tanks
798
45K
Armored vehicles
58K
682
Self-propelled artillery
593
625
Towed artillery
0
288
Rocket artillery
298

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

347
Total aircraft
457
88
Fighters
58
30
Attack aircraft
12
140
Helicopters
224
39
Attack helicopters
29
0
Tankers
0
22
Transports
44

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

169
Total fleet
63
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
0
Submarines
1
0
Destroyers
0
0
Frigates
2
0
Corvettes
2

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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