Head-to-Head

Russia vs Iran

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Russia, red is Iran. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇷🇺 Russia
MIL. STRENGTH #2
VS
🇮🇷 Iran
MIL. STRENGTH #16
144M 88M
👥 Population
$2.2T $400B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$109B $20B
💰 Defense Budget
1.1M 610k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 Russia's economy is 5.5× larger
💰 Russia's defense budget is 5.5× larger
🪖 Russia's active force is 1.9× larger
✈️ Russia's air fleet is 7.8× larger
👥 Russia's population is 1.6× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
RussiaIran
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MIXED
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY AGING
ADVANCED
🛰️ Drones / UAV
ADVANCED
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ Russia
Russia wins 5 of 6 · Iran wins 1 of 6
Manpower
★ Russia
Financials
★ Russia
Airpower
★ Russia
Land Power
★ Iran
Naval Power
★ Russia
Strategic
★ Russia
Manpower
★ 144,000,000
👥 Total Population
88,000,000
★ 1,150,000
🪖 Active Personnel
610,000
★ 2,000,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
350,000
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
190,000 ★
Financials
★ $109B
💰 Defense Budget
$20B
★ $2,200B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$400B
Airpower
★ 4,300
✈️ Total Aircraft
551
★ 1,500
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
186
★ 2,800
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
365
0
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
129 ★
Land Power
★ 12,000
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,996
0
🚚 Armored Vehicles
4,071 ★
0
💥 Towed Artillery
2,050 ★
Naval Power
★ 600
⚓ Fleet Strength
110
★ 58
🌊 Submarines
19
★ 1
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 5,459
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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🇷🇺 Russia
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.