Military Power.net

Italyvs Poland

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Italy (#10) holds a solid edge over Poland (#21).

  • Italy has aircraft carriers; Poland has none.
  • Italy has destroyers; Poland has none.
  • Italy fields 8× as many submarines.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesPoland leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerItaly leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesItaly 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.

$48.1B
Military spending
$46.8B
166K
Active personnel
250K
18K
Reserves
350K
105K
Paramilitary
50K

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

Land forces

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

203
Tanks
798
87K
Armored vehicles
58K
64
Self-propelled artillery
593
108
Towed artillery
0
21
Rocket artillery
298

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

714
Total aircraft
457
88
Fighters
58
65
Attack aircraft
12
352
Helicopters
224
37
Attack helicopters
29
8
Tankers
0
31
Transports
44

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

285
Total fleet
63
2
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
1
3
Destroyers
0
14
Frigates
2
0
Corvettes
2

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

Compare other countries

Related matchups

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