MilitaryCompare / Egypt vs Poland
Egypt vs Poland
Egypt ranks #13 and Poland ranks #19 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Egypt spends $5.7B on defense with 438K active personnel; Poland spends $46.8B with 173K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #13 | Global Rank | #19 |
| $5.7B | Defense Budget | $46.8B |
| 1.2% | Budget % of GDP | 4.5% |
| $365B | GDP | $1.04T |
| 118.37M | Population | 36.44M |
| Personnel | ||
| 438K | Active Personnel | 173K |
| 479K | Reserve Personnel | 38K |
| 397K | Paramilitary | 14K |
| Air | ||
| 870 | Military Aircraft | 640 |
| 329 | Combat Aircraft | 89 |
| 329 | Fighter Jets | 89 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 20 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 271 | Helicopters | 194 |
| 104 | Attack Helicopters | 26 |
| 10 | Military Drones (UAV) | 242 |
| Land | ||
| 2,446 | Main Battle Tanks | 926 |
| 690 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 1,303 |
| 5,417 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 534 |
| 1,429 | Artillery Systems | 875 |
| Naval | ||
| 8 | Submarines | 1 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 2 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Egypt leads in 14 of the 18 measured categories, Poland in 4. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.