Head-to-Head

United States vs Iran

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is United States, red is Iran. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇺🇸 United States
MIL. STRENGTH #1
VS
🇮🇷 Iran
MIL. STRENGTH #16
335M 88M
👥 Population
$29.2T $400B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$877B $20B
💰 Defense Budget
1.4M 610k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 United States's economy is 73× larger
💰 United States's defense budget is 44× larger
🪖 United States's active force is 2.3× larger
✈️ United States's air fleet is 24× larger
👥 United States's population is 3.8× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
United StatesIran
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
ADVANCED
✈️ Air Fleet
MIXED
ADVANCED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
ADVANCED
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY AGING
LEADING
🛰️ 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
★ United States
United States wins 6 of 6 · Iran wins 0 of 6
Manpower
★ United States
Financials
★ United States
Airpower
★ United States
Land Power
★ United States
Naval Power
★ United States
Strategic
★ United States
Manpower
★ 335,000,000
👥 Total Population
88,000,000
★ 1,390,000
🪖 Active Personnel
610,000
★ 442,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
350,000
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
190,000 ★
Financials
★ $877B
💰 Defense Budget
$20B
★ $29,200B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$400B
Airpower
★ 13,250
✈️ Total Aircraft
551
★ 1,850
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
186
★ 11,400
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
365
★ 5,463
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
129
Land Power
★ 4,650
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,996
★ 39,223
🚚 Armored Vehicles
4,071
1,498
💥 Towed Artillery
2,050 ★
Naval Power
★ 440
⚓ Fleet Strength
110
★ 68
🌊 Submarines
19
★ 11
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 5,177
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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🇺🇸 United States
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.