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Brazilvs Iran

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Brazil (#11) holds a narrow edge over Iran (#16).

  • Iran fields 9.1× as many tanks.
  • Iran fields 4.3× as many fighters.
  • Iran fields 4.2× as many submarines.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesIran leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerIran leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIran leads 3 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsEven, 0–0

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$23.9B
Military spending
$7.4B
376K
Active personnel
610K
1.34M
Reserves
350K
200K
Paramilitary
220K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Brazil: 1.6% of GDP; Iran: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

294
Tanks
2,675
22K
Armored vehicles
76K
149
Self-propelled artillery
424
412
Towed artillery
1,803
82
Rocket artillery
1,550

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

495
Total aircraft
551
44
Fighters
188
30
Attack aircraft
21
186
Helicopters
129
0
Attack helicopters
13
0
Tankers
6
107
Transports
86

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

69
Total fleet
109
0
Aircraft carriers
0
1
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
25
0
Destroyers
0
8
Frigates
7
2
Corvettes
3

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Brazil and Iran. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.