MilitaryCompare / Iran vs Vietnam
Iran vs Vietnam
Iran ranks #18 and Vietnam ranks #24 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Iran spends $7.4B on defense with 610K active personnel; Vietnam spends $10.5B with 450K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #18 | Global Rank | #24 |
| $7.4B | Defense Budget | $10.5B |
| 2.1% | Budget % of GDP | 2.2% |
| $363B | GDP | $515B |
| 92.42M | Population | 101.60M |
| Personnel | ||
| 610K | Active Personnel | 450K |
| 350K | Reserve Personnel | 5.00M |
| 40K | Paramilitary | 40K |
| Air | ||
| 1,402 | Military Aircraft | — |
| 245 | Combat Aircraft | — |
| 213 | Fighter Jets | — |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | — |
| 0 | Bombers | — |
| 124 | Helicopters | — |
| 11 | Attack Helicopters | — |
| 750 | Military Drones (UAV) | — |
| Land | ||
| 1,513 | Main Battle Tanks | 1,769 |
| 610 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 300 |
| 640 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 1,380 |
| 3,798 | Artillery Systems | 2,950 |
| Naval | ||
| 4 | Submarines | 6 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 0 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 0 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
| 9 | Ballistic Missile Systems | — |
| 0 | ICBM Systems | — |
| 3 | Cruise Missile Systems | — |
| 1 | Hypersonic Systems | — |
| 3,000 km | Longest Missile Range | — |
Vietnam leads in 5 of the 9 measured categories, Iran in 4. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.