Head-to-Head

Iran vs Japan

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Iran, red is Japan. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇮🇷 Iran
MIL. STRENGTH #16
VS
🇯🇵 Japan
MIL. STRENGTH #8
88M 124M
👥 Population
$400B $4.2T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$20B $53B
💰 Defense Budget
610k 247k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 Japan's economy is 11× larger
💰 Japan's defense budget is 2.6× larger
🪖 Iran's active force is 2.5× larger
✈️ Japan's air fleet is 2.6× larger
👥 Japan's population is 1.4× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
IranJapan
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MIXED
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MODERN
LIKELY AGING
⚓ Naval Fleet
ADVANCED
ADVANCED
🛰️ Drones / UAV
MODERATE
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ Japan
Iran wins 2 of 6 · Japan wins 3 of 6 · 1 tied
Manpower
★ Iran
Financials
★ Japan
Airpower
★ Japan
Land Power
★ Iran
Naval Power
★ Japan
Strategic
— Tie
Manpower
88,000,000
👥 Total Population
124,000,000 ★
★ 610,000
🪖 Active Personnel
247,000
★ 350,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
56,000
★ 190,000
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
$20B
💰 Defense Budget
$53B ★
$400B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$4,200B ★
Airpower
551
✈️ Total Aircraft
1,450 ★
186
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
240 ★
365
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
1,210 ★
★ 129
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
n/a
Land Power
★ 1,996
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,000
★ 4,071
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
★ 2,050
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
110
⚓ Fleet Strength
155 ★
19
🌊 Submarines
24 ★
0
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
0
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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🇮🇷 Iran
Category winners count metric-by-metric leads only; "n/a" values count as zero, so data gaps can skew a category. Cross-check before citing.