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Polandvs Saudi Arabia

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Poland (#21) holds a narrow edge over Saudi Arabia (#25).

  • Poland has submarines; Saudi Arabia has none.
  • Saudi Arabia fields 4.9× as many fighters.
  • Saudi Arabia fields 2× as many total aircraft.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesSaudi Arabia leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerSaudi Arabia leads 7 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEven, 2–2
  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.

$46.8B
Military spending
$83.2B
250K
Active personnel
247K
350K
Reserves
0
50K
Paramilitary
150K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Poland: 4.5% of GDP; Saudi Arabia: 6.5% of GDP).

Land forces

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

798
Tanks
1,085
58K
Armored vehicles
22K
593
Self-propelled artillery
380
0
Towed artillery
557
298
Rocket artillery
327

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

457
Total aircraft
917
58
Fighters
283
12
Attack aircraft
81
224
Helicopters
264
29
Attack helicopters
34
0
Tankers
22
44
Transports
49

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

63
Total fleet
32
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
1
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
2
Frigates
7
2
Corvettes
9

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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