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Military > Army personnel: Countries Compared

Edria Murray, Staff Editor

Author: Edria Murray, Staff Editor

In response to<em> Manish</em>;<p>China has 2,810,000 <a href=/graph/mil_arm_for_per>armed forces personnel</a> and 206 million men of military age who are <a href=/graph/mil_man_fit_for_mil_ser_mal_age_154>fit for military service</a>. In both of these statistics, China hold first rank.</p>

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Iraq 375,000 2001
2 Israel 134,000 1998
3 Angola 106,000 1999
4 Algeria 105,000 1999
5 United Arab Emirates 59,000 1998
6 South Africa 54,300 1999
7 Libya 35,000 1998
8 Cameroon 11,500 1998
9 Senegal 10,000 1998
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000 1998
11 Ghana 7,000 1998
12 Cote d'Ivoire 6,800 1999

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Military > Army personnel: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Military > Army personnel

  • 3 of the top 4 countries by army personnel are Hot countries.
  • All of the top 2 countries by army personnel are Middle East and North African.
  • 3 of the top 5 countries by army personnel are Muslim.
  • 4 of the top 5 countries by army personnel are OPEC.
  • 2 of the bottom 3 countries by army personnel are Failed states’ .
  • 3 of the top 11 countries by army personnel are Religious.
  • Iraq ranked first for army personnel globally in 2001.

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In response to<em> Manish</em>;<p>China has 2,810,000 <a href=/graph/mil_arm_for_per>armed forces personnel</a> and 206 million men of military age who are <a href=/graph/mil_man_fit_for_mil_ser_mal_age_154>fit for military service</a>. In both of these statistics, China hold first rank.</p>

Posted on 18 Apr 2005

Edria Murray, Staff Editor

Edria Murray, Staff Editor

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China has compulsory <a href=http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html#Military>military</a> service for 24 months for men and women, after attaining 18 years of age. The exact figures of its military strength are notknown, but the <a href=http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html#Military>CIA estimates</a> are that, in 2004, over 200 million were fit for military duty. It also estimated that China's military budget is anything between 3.5% and 5% of its total GDP and that its military expenditure was around USD60 billion in 2003.

Posted on 01 Apr 2005

Suchita Vemuri, Staff Editor

Suchita Vemuri, Staff Editor

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You really sound like you know what your talking about. You can't even spell. You sound like an american thinking your invincible but I think you are wrong.

Posted on 16 Feb 2010

AEGIAN

AEGIAN

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If anyone goes to war with any one of the 30 contreys in the United Nations, they would be blown to bits by uprisings,lack of resourses, and the massive wall of millions of soldiers. Were going to be safe for a very very long time. If anyone even tries to lanch a nuke at the americas, it will be shot down FAST.

Posted on 15 Feb 2010

The U.N.

The U.N.

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"So basically if we go to war against the N. Koreans.... and China side with them..... we're in trouble??????"

Actually, no. Going to war with U.S.A. would be like throwing rocks at a mountain... Numbers mean nothing.

Posted on 25 Jan 2010

REM

REM

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The Soviet Red Army used to twice a year draft every boy who had turned 18 in the last six months. The Red Army was full of kids from 18-20, few of whom reenlisted. An interesting statistic would be to find how many "lifers' are full time pros in different armies.

Posted on 21 Oct 2009

prezjonson

prezjonson

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Russia is also missing...

Posted on 12 Sep 2009

Zas

Zas

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So basically if we go to war against the N. Koreans.... and China side with them..... we're in trouble??????

Posted on 15 Apr 2009

Rich

Rich

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