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Africa > Botswana > Military

MOTSWANA -BATSWANA MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 125 [14th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 9,000 [113rd of 166]
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
Conventional arms imports $10,000,000.00 [72nd of 85]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $207,300,000.00 [88th of 170]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 381,056 [144th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 201,402 [145th of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 [72nd of 129]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 20,476 [113rd of 128]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 361,642 [95th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 350,649 [105th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 136,315 [102nd of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 136,322 [116th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 21,379 [77th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 21,103 [113rd of 157]
personnel 11,000 ... [127th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.79 % ... [41st of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 is the apparent age of voluntary military service; the official qualifications for determining minimum age are unknown (2001)
US military exports $1,534.00 thousand [35th of 109]
Weapon holdings 178,000 [103rd of 137]

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SOURCES: 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; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Botswana, Republic of Botswana

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