Compare armed forces

Alliance builder

Military power of Indonesia & Poland

Indonesia flag svg Poland flag svg

Indonesia vs Poland

Show map
Indonesia Poland

Indonesia is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 1,904,569 km2 (land boundries: 2,958 km and costline 54,716 km). The capital of Indonesia is Jakarta. The number of inhabitants is 270,203,917.

The Indonesian military inventory comes from a wide variety of sources. Indonesia has a growing defense industry fueled by technology transfers and cooperation agreements with several countries. The Indonesian Government publicly said in 2022 that growing its domestic defense industry is a national priority over the next 5-10 years.

More about Indonesia military

Poland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 km2 (land boundries: 2,865 km and costline 440 km). The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The number of inhabitants is 38,268,000.

Poland joined NATO in 1999 and hosts US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup since 2007. The inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems. Poland announced in March 2022 plans to increase the size of its armed forces to 300,000 personnel and to allocate at least 3% of GDP to defense. Modernization plan would include such items as 5th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket artillery, helicopters, submarines and frigates.

More about Poland military

If you want to check the comparison in terms of economic ratios check out CompareEconomy.com

Military expenditures

small flag ID ID small flag PL PL
Military budget: 9 billion $ 40 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0.6% 4.7%

Military budget

small flag ID small flag PL
Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
More

Manpower

small flag ID ID small flag PL PL
Active personnel: 400,000 200,000
Reserve personnel: 400,000 150,000
Available for military: 131,000,000 10,500,000

Active

small flag ID small flag PL
Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
More

Land Forces

small flag ID ID small flag PL PL
Tanks: 241 601
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,319 2,417
Total artillery: 796 773
Self-propelled artillery: 145 585
Rocket artillery: 90 188

Tanks

tank svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
More

Air Forces

small flag ID ID small flag PL PL
Total aircraft: 465 481
Fighter aircraft: 5 13
Multirole aircraft: 44 60
Attack aircraft: 51 18
Helicopters: 203 212
UCAV (combat drone): 6 24

Total aircraft

airplane svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
More

Navy

small flag ID ID small flag PL PL
Total naval: 347 66
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 7 2
Corvettes: 24 2
Submarines: 4 1

Total naval

ship svg
small flag small flag
Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
More

Nuclear weapons

Indonesia

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Poland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Indonesia

18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.

Poland

18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; women only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers.