Israel in Proportion to the League and Iran
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ISRAEL RANKINGS
Israel in Proportion
The Whole Arab League and Iran
Israel Arab League, 22 members Iran
Population
9.4 M and 566.2 M 1.7% 1 to 60
Area
21.9 K km² and 15.06 M km² 0.1% 1 to 686
GDP, exchange rates
$540 bn and $4,126 bn 13.1% 1 to 8
GDP, purchasing power
$472 bn and $9,618 bn 4.9% 1 to 20
Defense budget
$34.6 bn and $189.6 bn 18.2% 1 to 5
Active soldiers
169,500 and 3,192,640 5.3% 1 to 19
Reserve soldiers
465,000 and 1,878,000 24.8% 1 to 4
Fighter aircraft
239 and 1,473 16.2% 1 to 6
Tanks
1,300 and 15,912 8.2% 1 to 12
Israel against the combined Arab League and Iran, on one scale per row. The percentage is Israel as a share of the rest, and the right-hand figure is how many times larger the rest is.
The full bar is the Arab League and Iran combined, with the Arab League in tan and Iran in brown at the right-hand end. The blue bar is Israel drawn to the same scale. Israel equals 1.7 percent of the population and 0.15 percent of the area, and its economy is about 13 percent of the combined output at exchange rates.
On the military measures Israel’s share is larger. It has 5 percent of the active soldiers, 25 percent of the reserves, 16 percent of the fighter aircraft and 8 percent of the tanks. The military figures cover the 20 League members that Global Firepower rates, and exclude Comoros, the West Bank and Gaza.
Sources. CIA World Factbook, last edition before its retirement in February 2026, from the public factbook.json archive. Population, area, and GDP at exchange rates and at purchasing power parity. Global Firepower 2026 for the military figures. The West Bank and Gaza are one entry in the economic figures.
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