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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]
    (per capita) 2.68817 per 1,000 people [95th of 166]
Branches
Royal Bhutan Army: Royal Bodyguard, Royal Bhutan Police (2005)
Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC).
Expenditures > Dollar figure $9,300,000.00 [159th of 170]
    (per $ GDP) $0.14 per $10 of GDP [81st of 162]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1 % [133rd of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 530,860 [140th of 175]
    (per capita) 237.84 per 1,000 people [123rd of 174]
    (per capita) 0.884 per capita ... [1st of 169]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 283,493 [140th of 174]
    (per capita) 127.013 per 1,000 people [139th of 173]
    (per capita) 0.472 per capita ... [1st of 168]
Manpower > Military age 18 [94th of 129]
    (per capita) 34.524 per 1,000 people ... [1st of 127]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 22,755 [112nd of 128]
    (per capita) 37.602 per 1,000 people ... [1st of 153]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 453,683 [93rd of 120]
    (per capita) 0.195 per capita [93rd of 120]

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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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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