Air force personnel
30,000
17,400
DEFINITION:
Number of full-time military personnel in the air force.
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 17th. 72% more than Philippines
Ranked 21st.
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
290,000,000 constant 1990 US$
38,000,000 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 22nd in 2005. 7 times more than Philippines
Ranked 46th in 2005.
Army personnel
375,000
74,500
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Philippines
Ranked 28th.
Branches
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)
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force
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
Conscription exists (AI ).
Conscription exists (FWCC).
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
6,808,954
23,177,487
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 39th in 2008.
Ranked 12th in 2008. 2 times more than Iraq
Manpower > Availability > Males
7,086,200
23,547,252
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 43rd in 2008.
Ranked 13th in 2008. 2 times more than Iraq
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
6,547,762
22,435,982
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 45th in 2004.
Ranked 13th in 2004. 2 times more than Iraq
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
6,339,460
21,923,300
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 44th.
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Iraq
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
3,654,947
15,780,602
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 47th in 2004.
Ranked 12th in 2004. 3 times more than Iraq
Manpower > Military age
18 years of age
20 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
302,926
1,012,779
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 38th in 2008.
Ranked 10th in 2008. 2 times more than Iraq
Navy personnel
2,000
25,900
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 38th.
Ranked 18th. 12 times more than Iraq
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict
2003
1967
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts
personnel
227,000
147,000
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 26th in 2005. 54% more than Philippines
Ranked 43rd in 2005.
personnel > % of total labor force
2.72 %
0.4 %
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 23rd in 2005. 6 times more than Philippines
Ranked 133rd in 2005.
Weapon holdings
7,266,000
794,000
SOURCE:
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Ranked 11th. 8 times more than Philippines
Ranked 71st.
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