Air force personnel
14,000
1,500
DEFINITION:
Number of full-time military personnel in the air force.
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 25th. 8 times more than Qatar
Ranked 42nd.
Armed forces growth
-29
105
DEFINITION:
Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
SOURCE:
calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Ranked 102nd.
Ranked 16th.
Armed forces personnel
59,000
12,000
DEFINITION:
Total armed forces (2000)
SOURCE:
IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Ranked 58th. 4 times more than Qatar
Ranked 103rd.
Army personnel
20,900
8,500
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 39th. 146% more than Qatar
Ranked 44th.
Branches
Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command (LFC), Maritime Command (MARCOM), Air Command (AIRCOM), Canada Command (homeland security)
Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN), Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF)
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 ).
No conscription .
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)
Expenditures
1.1 % of GDP
10 % of GDP
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 62nd in 2005.
Ranked 3rd in 2005. 8 times more than Canada
Gulf War Coalition Forces
2,000
2,600
DEFINITION:
Number of troops who served on active duty in the Gulf War theater of operations between August 2, 1990, and June 13, 1991.
SOURCE:
"Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999
Ranked 14th.
Ranked 12th. 30% more than Canada
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
8,391,120
320,835
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. 25 times more than Qatar
Ranked 149th.
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
6,224
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. 36 times more than Qatar
Ranked 164th in 2008.
Navy personnel
9,000
1,800
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 28th. 4 times more than Qatar
Ranked 39th.
personnel
71,000
12,000
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. 5 times more than Qatar
Ranked 121st in 2005.
personnel > % of total labor force
0.4 %
2.54 %
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 25th in 2005. 5 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 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
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
346,000
SOURCE:
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Ranked 44th. 4 times more than Qatar
Ranked 93rd.
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