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Egyptvs Poland

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Egypt (#19) holds a narrow edge over Poland (#21).

  • Poland spends 9× as much on its military.
  • Egypt fields 8× as many submarines.
  • Egypt fields 4.5× as many tanks.

Who leads in each area

  1. People and moneyEgypt leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesEgypt leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerEgypt leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEgypt 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.

$5.2B*
Military spending
$46.8B
439K
Active personnel
250K
479K
Reserves
350K
300K
Paramilitary
50K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Poland: 4.5% of GDP). * SIPRI publishes no figure for this country, so the Global Firepower budget estimate is shown instead.

Land forces

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

3,620
Tanks
798
55K
Armored vehicles
58K
1,056
Self-propelled artillery
593
962
Towed artillery
0
648
Rocket artillery
298

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,088
Total aircraft
457
242
Fighters
58
90
Attack aircraft
12
348
Helicopters
224
100
Attack helicopters
29
0
Tankers
0
53
Transports
44

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

149
Total fleet
63
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
1
0
Destroyers
0
13
Frigates
2
7
Corvettes
2

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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