Military Power.net

Poland

Global Firepower rank #21 of 145 路 PowerIndex 0.3891 (lower is stronger)

SIPRI puts Poland's 2025 military spending at $46.8 billion, 4.5% of GDP and up 23% on the year in real terms, ranking #14 in the world. It has no nuclear weapons of its own.

Alliances: NATO, EU

People and money

Military spending
$46.8B
Active personnel
250K
Reserves
350K
Paramilitary
50K

Land forces

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

Air power

Total aircraft
457
Fighters
58
Attack aircraft
12
Helicopters
224
Attack helicopters
29
Tankers
0
Transports
44

Naval forces

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

Nuclear weapons

Warheads
0
Deployed warheads
0

Compare Poland with

Australia 路 Brazil 路 China 路 Egypt 路 France 路 Germany 路 India 路 Indonesia 路 Iran 路 Israel 路 Italy 路 Japan 路 North Korea 路 Pakistan 路 Russia 路 Saudi Arabia 路 South Korea 路 Spain 路 Taiwan 路 Turkey 路 Ukraine 路 United Kingdom 路 United States

Last updated 2026-10-27. Sources: Global Firepower 2026 (personnel, equipment counts, powerindex), SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026) (military spending, share of gdp), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces (nuclear warheads (jan 2026)).