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Armed forces growth
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141 |
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[12th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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5,000 |
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[130th of 166]
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Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC). |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$20,540,000.00 |
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[147th of 170]
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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600 |
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[18th of 30]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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2,379,480 |
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[81st of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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1,288,400 |
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[87th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 |
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[90th of 129]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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119,367 |
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[57th of 128]
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Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49
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2,217,568
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[50th of 120]
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Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49
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2,367,828
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[55th of 164]
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Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49
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1,256,569
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[56th of 119]
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Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49
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1,349,863
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[56th of 161]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49
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121,230
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[40th of 91]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49
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129,045
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[58th of 157]
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personnel
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10,000
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[131st of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.17 %
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[152nd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004) |
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US military exports
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$1.00 thousand |
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[108th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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1,206,000 |
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[58th 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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999; 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:
Niger, Republic of Niger, Republique du Niger
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