Air force personnel
12,500
68,000
DEFINITION:
Number of full-time military personnel in the air force.
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 28th.
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Malaysia
Army personnel
85,000
240,000
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 27th.
Ranked 9th. 182% more than Malaysia
Branches
Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM)
Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command
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
Manpower > Availability > Females
6,280,826
6,098,599
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 43rd in 2008. 3% more than Taiwan
Ranked 45th in 2008.
Manpower > Availability > Males
6,440,338
6,283,134
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 46th in 2008. 3% more than Taiwan
Ranked 47th in 2008.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
6,193,587
6,556,484
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 46th in 2004.
Ranked 44th in 2004. 6% more than Malaysia
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
6,067,160
6,583,600
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 47th.
Ranked 43rd. 9% more than Malaysia
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males
5,374,006
5,112,737
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 41st in 2008. 5% more than Taiwan
Ranked 46th in 2008.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
3,746,960
4,992,737
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 45th in 2004.
Ranked 39th in 2004. 33% more than Malaysia
Manpower > Military age
21 years of age
19 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
260,725
164,883
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 45th in 2008. 58% more than Taiwan
Ranked 59th in 2008.
Navy personnel
12,500
68,000
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Malaysia
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service
19-40 years of age for military service (being lowered to 35 years of age in July 2005); service obligation 22 months (being shortened to 18 months in July 2005 and 12 months in 2008)
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
US military exports
$75,953.00 thousand
$1,662,730.00 thousand
DEFINITION:
U.S. Military Exports , for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars )
SOURCE:
Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy
Ranked 11th.
Ranked 2nd. 21 times more than Malaysia
Weapon holdings
1,108,000
5,341,000
SOURCE:
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Ranked 64th.
Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Malaysia
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