MilitaryCompare / Poland vs Sweden
Poland vs Sweden
Poland ranks #19 and Sweden ranks #23 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Poland spends $46.8B on defense with 173K active personnel; Sweden spends $16.5B with 15K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #19 | Global Rank | #23 |
| $46.8B | Defense Budget | $16.5B |
| 4.5% | Budget % of GDP | 2.5% |
| $1.04T | GDP | $669B |
| 36.44M | Population | 10.60M |
| Personnel | ||
| 173K | Active Personnel | 15K |
| 38K | Reserve Personnel | 22K |
| 14K | Paramilitary | 0 |
| Air | ||
| 640 | Military Aircraft | 257 |
| 89 | Combat Aircraft | 73 |
| 89 | Fighter Jets | 73 |
| 20 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 194 | Helicopters | 53 |
| 26 | Attack Helicopters | 0 |
| 242 | Military Drones (UAV) | 71 |
| Land | ||
| 926 | Main Battle Tanks | 111 |
| 1,303 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 224 |
| 534 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 734 |
| 875 | Artillery Systems | 30 |
| Naval | ||
| 1 | Submarines | 5 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
Poland leads in 15 of the 17 measured categories, Sweden in 2. 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.