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Indonesiavs Poland

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Indonesia (#13) holds a solid edge over Poland (#21).

  • Indonesia has 5.4× as many naval vessels.
  • Indonesia fields 4× as many submarines.
  • Poland spends 3.1× as much on its military.
  1. People and moneyIndonesia leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesPoland leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerIndonesia leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIndonesia 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.

$15.0B
Military spending
$46.8B
405K
Active personnel
250K
401K
Reserves
350K
250K
Paramilitary
50K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Poland: 4.5% of GDP).

Land forces

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

331
Tanks
798
28K
Armored vehicles
58K
153
Self-propelled artillery
593
396
Towed artillery
0
67
Rocket artillery
298

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

460
Total aircraft
457
41
Fighters
58
34
Attack aircraft
12
212
Helicopters
224
15
Attack helicopters
29
1
Tankers
0
73
Transports
44

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

338
Total fleet
63
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
4
Submarines
1
0
Destroyers
0
10
Frigates
2
26
Corvettes
2

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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