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Armed forces growth
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85 |
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[22nd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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344,000 |
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[12th of 166]
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(per capita)
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7.31962 per 1,000 people |
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[30th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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20,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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...
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[57th of 100]
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(per capita)
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0.396 constant 1990 US$
per c |
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[67th of 170]
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Branches
Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw): Army, Navy, Air Force (2005) |
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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature
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25 NOV 1996 |
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Conscription
No conscription (FWCC). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$65,000,000.00 |
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[41st of 85]
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(per $ GDP)
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0.875 per $1,000 |
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[22nd of 85]
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(per capita)
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1.383 per 1 population |
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[63rd of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.3 %
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...
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[100th of 145]
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expenditure > current LCU
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73065250000 |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$39,000,000.00 |
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[131st of 170]
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP
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2.1 %
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[77th of 171]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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12,349,900 |
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[24th of 175]
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(per capita)
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262.781 per 1,000 people |
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[56th of 174]
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(per capita)
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0.249
per capita |
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[106th of 169]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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6,566,120 |
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[30th of 174]
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(per capita)
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139.714 per 1,000 people |
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[119th of 173]
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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; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
; 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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Burma, Union of Burma, Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar), Myanma Naingngandaw, burma (myanmar), myanmar (burma), myanmar
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