Azerbaijan vs Iran
Azerbaijan vs Iran: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 82,000 people in Azerbaijan and 650,000 people in Iran, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Iran, by 568,000 people, or 7.93 times that in Azerbaijan.
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What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2020, Azerbaijan ranked 55 and Iran ranked 10 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Azerbaijan | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 82,000 | 650,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 82,000 | 650,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 81,950 | 650,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 82,000 | 563,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 81,950 | 563,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 81,950 | 563,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 81,950 | 563,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 81,950 | 563,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 81,950 | 563,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 81,950 | 563,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 81,940 | 563,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 81,940 | 563,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 82,000 | 563,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 82,000 | 563,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 82,000 | 585,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 82,000 | 585,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 81,000 | 460,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 81,500 | 580,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 87,100 | 560,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 87,100 | 553,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 87,100 | 753,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 84,900 | 785,600 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 87,150 | 820,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 106,700 | 868,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 110,700 | 863,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 126,700 | 763,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 50,000 | 528,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 45,000 | 528,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 43,000 | 528,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | – | 465,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | – | 440,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | – | 604,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | – | 610,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | – | 335,000 | – |
| 1983 | – | 240,000 | – |
| 1982 | – | 240,000 | – |
| 1981 | – | 260,000 | – |
| 1980 | – | 305,000 | – |
| 1979 | – | 415,000 | – |
| 1978 | – | 350,000 | – |
| 1977 | – | 350,000 | – |
| 1976 | – | 420,000 | – |
| 1975 | – | 385,000 | – |
| 1974 | – | 310,000 | – |
| 1973 | – | 285,000 | – |
| 1972 | – | 265,000 | – |
| 1971 | – | 255,000 | – |
| 1970 | – | 245,000 | – |
| 1969 | – | 225,000 | – |
| 1968 | – | 210,000 | – |
| 1967 | – | 210,000 | – |
| 1966 | – | 210,000 | – |
| 1965 | – | 205,000 | – |
| 1964 | – | 200,000 | – |
| 1963 | – | 200,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 200,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 185,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 208,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 157,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 147,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 138,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 128,000 | – |
| 1955 | – | 128,000 | – |
| 1954 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1953 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1952 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1951 | – | 123,000 | – |
| 1950 | – | 114,000 | – |
| 1949 | – | 114,000 | – |
| 1948 | – | 92,000 | – |
| 1947 | – | 91,000 | – |
| 1946 | – | 101,000 | – |
| 1945 | – | 90,000 | – |
| 1944 | – | 86,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 80,000 | – |
| 1942 | – | 65,000 | – |
| 1941 | – | 124,000 | – |
| 1940 | – | 120,000 | – |
| 1939 | – | 32,000 | – |
| 1938 | – | 90,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 92,000 | – |
| 1936 | – | 94,000 | – |
| 1935 | – | 95,000 | – |
| 1934 | – | 97,000 | – |
| 1933 | – | 97,000 | – |
| 1932 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1931 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1930 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1929 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1928 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1927 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1926 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1925 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1924 | – | 28,000 | – |
| 1923 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1922 | – | 33,000 | – |
| 1921 | – | 37,000 | – |
| 1920 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1919 | – | 43,000 | – |
| 1918 | – | 46,000 | – |
| 1917 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1916 | – | 59,000 | – |
| 1915 | – | 59,000 | – |
| 1914 | – | 59,000 | – |
| 1913 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1912 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1910 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1909 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1906 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1905 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1904 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1903 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1902 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 18,000 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Azerbaijan vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Iran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025