Portugal

Europe & Central Asia · Lisbon

Rank #60 of 173

31.3Strength score

Photos

U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944 — U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944U.S. Army · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Ship models in the Navy Museum 2006-01-03 Lisbon 01 — Ship models in the Navy Museum 2006-01-03 Lisbon 01Szilas · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Portuguese Air Force Agusta-Westland EH-101 Merlin Mk.514 19606 Royal International Air Tattoo 2025 01 — Portuguese Air Force Agusta-Westland EH-101 Merlin Mk.514 19606 Royal International Air Tattoo 2025 01Julian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance82
Air power—
Manpower73
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $5.9B #47
Budget as % of GDP: 1.71% #88
Spending per person: $542 #40
GDP: $346.6B #45
Population: 10,804,871 #89

Manpower

Active personnel: 52,000 (World Bank figure) #68
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 52,000 #71

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

2Russian Federation95.0 VS
8France77.2 VS
10United Kingdom74.7 VS
12Turkiye73.3 VS
18Greece68.9 VS
19Germany68.2 VS
20Italy67.8 VS
24Spain67.0 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)