Head-to-Head

United States + Saudi Arabia vs Iran

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is United States + Saudi Arabia, red is Iran. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇺🇸🇸🇦 United States + Saudi Arabia
2 COUNTRIES SUMMED
VS
🇮🇷 Iran
MIL. STRENGTH #16
Team totals: metrics are straight sums of member-country estimates — coordination, logistics and geography are not modeled. United States + Saudi Arabia: United States, Saudi Arabia. Iran: Iran.
369M 88M
👥 Population
$30.3T $400B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$957B $20B
💰 Defense Budget
1.6M 610k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 United States + Saudi Arabia's economy is 76× larger
💰 United States + Saudi Arabia's defense budget is 48× larger
🪖 United States + Saudi Arabia's active force is 2.7× larger
✈️ United States + Saudi Arabia's air fleet is 26× larger
👥 United States + Saudi Arabia's population is 4.2× larger
Leads More Categories
★ United States + Saudi Arabia
United States + Saudi Arabia wins 6 of 6 · Iran wins 0 of 6
Manpower
★ United States + Saudi Arabia
Financials
★ United States + Saudi Arabia
Airpower
★ United States + Saudi Arabia
Land Power
★ United States + Saudi Arabia
Naval Power
★ United States + Saudi Arabia
Strategic
★ United States + Saudi Arabia
Manpower
★ 369,000,000
👥 Total Population
88,000,000
★ 1,640,000
🪖 Active Personnel
610,000
★ 442,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
350,000
n/a
👮 Paramilitary Forces
190,000 ★
Financials
★ $957B
💰 Defense Budget
$20B
★ $30,300B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$400B
Airpower
★ 14,150
✈️ Total Aircraft
551
★ 2,180
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
186
★ 11,970
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
365
★ 5,463
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
129
Land Power
★ 5,750
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,996
★ 39,223
🚚 Armored Vehicles
4,071
1,498
💥 Towed Artillery
2,050 ★
Naval Power
★ 495
⚓ Fleet Strength
110
★ 68
🌊 Submarines
19
★ 11
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 5,177
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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.