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Africa > Niger > Military

NIGERIEN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 141 [12th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 5,000 [130th of 166]
Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC).
Expenditures > Dollar figure $20,540,000.00 [147th of 170]
Gulf War Coalition Forces 600 [18th of 30]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,379,480 [81st of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,288,400 [87th of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 [90th of 129]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 119,367 [57th of 128]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 2,217,568 [50th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 2,367,828 [55th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 1,256,569 [56th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 1,349,863 [56th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 121,230 [40th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 129,045 [58th of 157]
personnel 10,000 ... [131st of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.17 % ... [152nd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)
US military exports $1.00 thousand [108th of 109]
Weapon holdings 1,206,000 [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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