Head-to-Head

Iran vs Türkiye

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Iran, red is Türkiye. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇮🇷 Iran
MIL. STRENGTH #16
VS
🇹🇷 Türkiye
MIL. STRENGTH #9
88M 85M
👥 Population
$400B $1.3T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$20B $25B
💰 Defense Budget
610k 355k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 Türkiye's economy is 3.3× larger
💰 Türkiye's defense budget is 1.3× larger
🪖 Iran's active force is 1.7× larger
✈️ Türkiye's air fleet is 2.0× larger
👥 Near-parity in population (1.04×)
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
IranTürkiye
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MIXED
✈️ Air Fleet
MIXED
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
LIKELY AGING
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY MIXED
ADVANCED
🛰️ Drones / UAV
LEADING
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
Even Match
Iran wins 2 of 6 · Türkiye wins 2 of 6 · 2 tied
Manpower
★ Iran
Financials
★ Türkiye
Airpower
★ Türkiye
Land Power
★ Iran
Naval Power
— Tie
Strategic
— Tie
Manpower
★ 88,000,000
👥 Total Population
85,000,000
★ 610,000
🪖 Active Personnel
355,000
350,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
380,000 ★
★ 190,000
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
$20B
💰 Defense Budget
$25B ★
$400B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$1,300B ★
Airpower
551
✈️ Total Aircraft
1,080 ★
186
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
200 ★
365
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
880 ★
★ 129
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
n/a
Land Power
1,996
🛡️ Tank Strength
2,200 ★
★ 4,071
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
★ 2,050
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
110
⚓ Fleet Strength
150 ★
★ 19
🌊 Submarines
13
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.