Side-by-side military and economic comparison. White/black is United States, red is Iran.
🇺🇸 United States
🇮🇷 Iran
Active Conflicts
2026 Iran War
10,000+ deaths
Venezuela Crisis / US Intervention
500+ deaths
2026 Iran War
10,000+ deaths
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
ADVANCED
✈️ Air Fleet
MIXED
ADVANCED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
LIKELY MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY AGING
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
n/a
👮 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
None declared
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