Indonesiavs Iran
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Indonesia (#13) holds a narrow edge over Iran (#16).
- Iran fields 8.1× as many tanks.
- Iran fields 6.3× as many submarines.
- Iran fields 4.6× as many fighters.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyIndonesia leads 3 of 4
- Land forcesIran leads 5 of 5
- Air powerIran leads 4 of 7
- Naval forcesIndonesia 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.
$15.0B
Military spending
$7.4B405K
Active personnel
610K401K
Reserves
350K250K
Paramilitary
220KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Iran: 2.1% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
331
Tanks
2,67528K
Armored vehicles
76K153
Self-propelled artillery
424396
Towed artillery
1,80367
Rocket artillery
1,550Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
460
Total aircraft
55141
Fighters
18834
Attack aircraft
21212
Helicopters
12915
Attack helicopters
131
Tankers
673
Transports
86Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
338
Total fleet
1090
Aircraft carriers
00
Helicopter carriers
04
Submarines
250
Destroyers
010
Frigates
726
Corvettes
3Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
0
Warheads
00
Deployed warheads
0Compare other countries
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Profiles: Indonesia and Iran. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.