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Armed forces growth
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-51 |
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[117th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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52,000 |
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[67th of 166]
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Branches
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police |
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$211,000,000.00 |
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[10th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$183,000,000.00 |
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[29th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.59 %
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[59th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$9,408,000,000.00 |
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[5th of 111]
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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135 |
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[15th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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283 |
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[17th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Helicopters
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22 |
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[16th of 22]
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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600 |
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[17th of 30]
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Iraq Coalition casualties
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2 |
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[12th of 18]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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4,071,890 |
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[58th of 175]
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personnel
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60,000
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[67th of 170]
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Service age and obligation
20 years of age for an all-volunteer force |
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Weapon holdings
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2,024,000 |
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[39th of 137]
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WWII > Jew killed
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105,000
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[5th of 14]
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WWII > Jewish population before war
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140,000
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[6th of 16]
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WWII > Percent of Jew killed
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75
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[4th of 14]
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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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; World Development Indicators database; Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003; "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; Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands
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