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Air force personnel
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6,700 |
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[35th of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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-28 |
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[101st of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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27,000 |
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[87th of 166]
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Army personnel
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28,900 |
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[36th of 49]
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Branches
Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret, RNoN; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret, RNoAF), Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) |
Conscription
Conscription exists. |
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Conventional arms exports
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$51,000,000.00 |
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[20th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$1,000,000.00 |
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[84th of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.65 %
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[57th of 145]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$4,033,500,000.00 |
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[20th of 111]
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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66 |
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[22nd of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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165 |
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[22nd of 24]
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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50 |
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[30th of 30]
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Navy personnel
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6,100 |
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[33rd of 49]
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personnel
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47,000
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[78th of 170]
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Service age and obligation
18-44 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women; 12-month service obligation, in practice shortened to 8 to 9 months; although all males between ages of 18 and 44 are liable for service, in practice they are seldom called to duty after age 30; reserve obligation to age 35-60; 16 years of age for volunteers to the Home Guard, who serve 6-month duty tours |
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Weapon holdings
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613,000 |
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[78th of 137]
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WWII > Jew killed
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900
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[14th of 14]
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WWII > Jewish population before war
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1,800
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[16th of 16]
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WWII > Percent of Jew killed
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50
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[8th of 14]
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Norway, Kingdom of Norway, Kongeriket Norge, Norge
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