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Australiavs Poland

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Australia (#17) holds a narrow edge over Poland (#21).

  • Australia has destroyers; Poland has none.
  • Poland fields 17× as many tanks.
  • Australia fields 6× as many submarines.
  1. People and moneyPoland leads 4 of 4
  2. Land forcesPoland leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerPoland leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesAustralia 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.

$35.3B
Military spending
$46.8B
59K
Active personnel
250K
33K
Reserves
350K
0
Paramilitary
50K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Poland: 4.5% of GDP).

Land forces

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

46
Tanks
798
17K
Armored vehicles
58K
0
Self-propelled artillery
593
48
Towed artillery
0
8
Rocket artillery
298

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

348
Total aircraft
457
24
Fighters
58
71
Attack aircraft
12
72
Helicopters
224
22
Attack helicopters
29
6
Tankers
0
37
Transports
44

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

45
Total fleet
63
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
1
3
Destroyers
0
7
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: Australia and Poland. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.