Poland Plans To Double The Size Of Its Army

• 25.02.2026, 19:31

Up to 500,000 people.

Poland needs to increase the size of the army to 500 thousand people. This was told by the country's Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, reports TVP Info.

"An army of half a million people is a strategic goal for several years, which we will implement," he said.

The head of the defense ministry noted that we are talking about both a professional army and territorial defense troops.

According to official data, the current strength of the Polish army is 218,000 people.