Head-to-Head

Iran vs United Arab Emirates

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Iran, red is United Arab Emirates. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇮🇷 Iran
MIL. STRENGTH #16
VS
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
1 COUNTRIES SUMMED
88M 10M
👥 Population
$400B $530B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$20B $25B
💰 Defense Budget
610k 65k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 United Arab Emirates's economy is 1.3× larger
💰 United Arab Emirates's defense budget is 1.3× larger
🪖 Iran's active force is 9.4× larger
✈️ Near-parity in air fleet (1.00×)
👥 Iran's population is 8.8× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
IranUnited Arab Emirates
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MIXED
✈️ Air Fleet
MODERN
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
LIKELY MODERN
LIKELY AGING
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY MODERN
ADVANCED
🛰️ Drones / UAV
MODERATE
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ Iran
Iran wins 4 of 6 · United Arab Emirates wins 1 of 6 · 1 tied
Manpower
★ Iran
Financials
★ United Arab Emirates
Airpower
★ Iran
Land Power
★ Iran
Naval Power
★ Iran
Strategic
— Tie
Manpower
★ 88,000,000
👥 Total Population
10,000,000
★ 610,000
🪖 Active Personnel
65,000
★ 350,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
0
★ 190,000
👮 Paramilitary Forces
n/a
Financials
$20B
💰 Defense Budget
$25B ★
$400B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$530B ★
Airpower
★ 551
✈️ Total Aircraft
550
★ 186
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
150
365
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
400 ★
★ 129
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
n/a
Land Power
★ 1,996
🛡️ Tank Strength
430
★ 4,071
🚚 Armored Vehicles
n/a
★ 2,050
💥 Towed Artillery
n/a
Naval Power
★ 110
⚓ Fleet Strength
80
★ 19
🌊 Submarines
0
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.