Air force personnel
17,400
68,000
DEFINITION:
Number of full-time military personnel in the air force.
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 21st.
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Philippines
Army personnel
74,500
240,000
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 28th.
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Philippines
Branches
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force
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
23,177,487
6,098,599
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 12th in 2008. 3 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 45th in 2008.
Manpower > Availability > Males
23,547,252
6,283,134
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 13th in 2008. 3 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 47th in 2008.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
22,435,982
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 13th in 2004. 2 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 44th in 2004.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
21,923,300
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 13th. 2 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 43rd.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males
18,232,050
5,112,737
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 13th in 2008. 3 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 46th in 2008.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
15,780,602
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 12th in 2004. 2 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 39th in 2004.
Manpower > Military age
20 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
1,012,779
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 10th in 2008. 5 times more than Taiwan
Ranked 59th in 2008.
Navy personnel
25,900
68,000
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 18th.
Ranked 3rd. 163% more than Philippines
Service age and obligation
18-25 years of age (officers 21-29) for compulsory and voluntary military service; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens
19-35 years of age for male compulsory military service; service obligation 16 months (to be shortened to 14 months as of July 2007 and to 12 months in 2008); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; reserve obligation to age 30
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
$44,450.00 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 15th.
Ranked 2nd. 36 times more than Philippines
Weapon holdings
794,000
5,341,000
SOURCE:
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Ranked 71st.
Ranked 18th. 6 times more than Philippines
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