Iranvs Spain
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Iran (#16) holds a narrow edge over Spain (#18).
- Spain has aircraft carriers; Iran has none.
- Iran fields 13× as many submarines.
- Iran fields 9× as many tanks.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyIran leads 3 of 4
- Land forcesIran leads 5 of 5
- Air powerIran leads 5 of 7
- Naval forcesSpain leads 3 of 7
- 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.
$7.4B
Military spending
$40.2B610K
Active personnel
122K350K
Reserves
24K220K
Paramilitary
78KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Iran: 2.1% of GDP; Spain: 2.1% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
2,675
Tanks
29876K
Armored vehicles
49K424
Self-propelled artillery
961,803
Towed artillery
1881,550
Rocket artillery
0Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
551
Total aircraft
440188
Fighters
13621
Attack aircraft
12129
Helicopters
16913
Attack helicopters
176
Tankers
086
Transports
51Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
109
Total fleet
1750
Aircraft carriers
10
Helicopter carriers
025
Submarines
20
Destroyers
07
Frigates
113
Corvettes
0Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
0
Warheads
00
Deployed warheads
0Compare other countries
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Profiles: Iran and Spain. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.