Air force personnel
14,000
30,000
DEFINITION:
Number of full-time military personnel in the air force.
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 25th.
Ranked 17th. 114% more than Canada
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
112,000,000 constant 1990 US$
290,000,000 constant 1990 US$
DEFINITION:
Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 35th in 2005.
Ranked 22nd in 2005. 159% more than Canada
Army personnel
20,900
375,000
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 39th.
Ranked 8th. 17 times more than Canada
Branches
Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command (LFC), Maritime Command (MARCOM), Air Command (AIRCOM), Canada Command (homeland security)
Iraqi Armed Forces: Iraqi Army (includes Iraqi Special Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force), Iraqi Navy (former Iraqi Coastal Defense Force), Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air Corps)
DEFINITION:
The names of the ground, naval , air, marine, and other defense or security forces
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conscription
No conscription (AI ).
Conscription exists (AI ).
DEFINITION:
A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
SOURCE:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC)
Manpower > Availability > Females
7,813,462
6,808,954
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 34th in 2008. 15% more than Iraq
Ranked 39th in 2008.
Manpower > Availability > Males
8,072,010
7,086,200
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 38th in 2008. 14% more than Iraq
Ranked 43rd in 2008.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
8,417,314
6,547,762
DEFINITION:
The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 36th in 2004. 29% more than Iraq
Ranked 45th in 2004.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
8,391,120
6,339,460
DEFINITION:
The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
Ranked 36th. 32% more than Iraq
Ranked 44th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
7,176,642
3,654,947
DEFINITION:
The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 29th in 2004. 96% more than Iraq
Ranked 47th in 2004.
Manpower > Military age
16 years of age
18 years of age
DEFINITION:
The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription .
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
227,435
302,926
DEFINITION:
The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 50th in 2008.
Ranked 38th in 2008. 33% more than Canada
Navy personnel
9,000
2,000
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 28th. 4 times more than Iraq
Ranked 38th.
personnel
71,000
227,000
DEFINITION:
Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 64th in 2005.
Ranked 26th in 2005. 2 times more than Canada
personnel > % of total labor force
0.4 %
2.72 %
DEFINITION:
Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 131st in 2005.
Ranked 23rd in 2005. 6 times more than Canada
Service age and obligation
17 years of age for male and female voluntary military service (with parental consent); 16 years of age for reserve and military college applicants; Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status required; maximum 34 years of age; service obligation 3-9 years
18-49 years of age for voluntary military service
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Weapon holdings
1,774,000
7,266,000
SOURCE:
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Ranked 44th.
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Canada
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