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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
—

Weapons Portugal uses (135)

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting FalconGeneral Dynamics F-16 Fighting FalconFighter aircraft Leopard 2Leopard 2Main battle tanks Hawker HurricaneHawker HurricaneFighter aircraft Lockheed P-3 OrionLockheed P-3 OrionMaritime patrol aircraft Fiat G.91Fiat G.91Fighter aircraft Curtiss P-36 HawkCurtiss P-36 HawkFighter aircraft Heckler & Koch VP70Heckler & Koch VP70Pistols Lockheed VenturaLockheed VenturaBombers Flower-class corvetteFlower-class corvetteCorvettes NRP Vasco da GamaNRP Vasco da GamaCorvettes João Coutinho-class corvetteJoão Coutinho-class corvetteCorvettes Flyvefisken-class patrol boatFlyvefisken-class patrol boatPatrol vessels

Weapons made in Portugal (17)

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Viana do Castelo-class patrol boatViana do Castelo-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Centauro-class patrol boatCentauro-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Albatroz-class patrol boatAlbatroz-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Argos (1991)-class patrol boatArgos (1991)-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Cacine-class patrol boatCacine-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Júpiter-class patrol boatJúpiter-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Azevia-class patrol boatAzevia-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Alvor-class patrol boatAlvor-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Argos (1963)-class patrol boatArgos (1963)-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Dom Aleixo-class patrol boatDom Aleixo-class patrol boatPatrol vessels NRP AlgolNRP AlgolPatrol vessels Maio-class patrol boatMaio-class patrol boatPatrol vessels

Others in the region

  1. 2Russian Federation95.0 VS
  2. 8France77.2 VS
  3. 10United Kingdom74.7 VS
  4. 12Turkiye73.3 VS
  5. 18Greece68.9 VS
  6. 19Germany68.2 VS
  7. 20Italy67.8 VS
  8. 24Spain67.0 VS

Source

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