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Asia > Bhutan > Military

BHUTANESE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 100 [19th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 6,000 [125th of 166]
Branches
Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard and Royal Bhutan Police)
Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC).
Expenditures 1 % of GDP Time series [64th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $13,700,000.00 Time series [75th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1% Time series [131st of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 167,289 Time series [145th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 190,104 Time series [158th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 530,860 [140th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 544,560 Time series [140th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 131,193 Time series [144th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 146,063 Time series [156th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 290,843 Time series [140th of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 7,847 Time series [158th of 226]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 483,860 [102nd of 164]
personnel 6,000 Time series [145th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 2.8 % Time series [35th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription

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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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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