Head-to-Head

OPEC (11 countries) vs United States

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is OPEC (11 countries), red is United States. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🌐 OPEC
11 COUNTRIES SUMMED
VS
🇺🇸 United States
MIL. STRENGTH #1
Team totals: metrics are straight sums of member-country estimates — coordination, logistics and geography are not modeled. OPEC: Algeria, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela. United States: United States.
487.4M 335M
👥 Population
$2.6T $29.2T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$146.25B $877B
💰 Defense Budget
1.8M 1.4M
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 United States's economy is 11× larger
💰 United States's defense budget is 6.0× larger
🪖 OPEC's active force is 1.3× larger
✈️ United States's air fleet is 4.6× larger
👥 OPEC's population is 1.5× larger
Leads More Categories
★ United States
OPEC (11 countries) wins 2 of 6 · United States wins 4 of 6
Manpower
★ OPEC (11 countries)
Financials
★ United States
Airpower
★ United States
Land Power
★ OPEC (11 countries)
Naval Power
★ United States
Strategic
★ United States
Manpower
★ 487,400,000
👥 Total Population
335,000,000
★ 1,782,920
🪖 Active Personnel
1,390,000
★ 551,772
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
442,000
★ 190,000
👮 Paramilitary Forces
0
Financials
$146.25B
💰 Defense Budget
$877B ★
$2,553B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$29,200B ★
Airpower
2,873
✈️ Total Aircraft
13,250 ★
706
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
1,850 ★
2,167
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
11,400 ★
129
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
5,463 ★
Land Power
★ 6,401
🛡️ Tank Strength
4,650
6,799
🚚 Armored Vehicles
39,223 ★
★ 2,050
💥 Towed Artillery
1,498
Naval Power
★ 546
⚓ Fleet Strength
440
29
🌊 Submarines
68 ★
n/a
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
11 ★
Strategic
n/a
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
5,177 ★
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.