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| PORTUGUESE MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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-39 |
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[110th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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45,000 |
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[71st of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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406,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[16th of 100]
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Branches
Portuguese Army (Exercito Portugues), Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps), Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP) |
Conscription
Conscription exists. |
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Conventional arms imports
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$59,000,000.00 |
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[42nd of 85]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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2.15 %
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[36th of 145]
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Expenditures
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2.3 % of GDP |
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[32nd of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$3,497,800,000.00 |
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[22nd of 111]
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Forces in Europe > Aircraft
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100 |
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[18th of 24]
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Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
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187 |
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[21st of 24]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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2,498,262 |
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[70th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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2,520,850 |
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[76th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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20 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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64,910 |
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[95th of 226]
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Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities
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1 |
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[12th of 13]
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personnel
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93,000
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[55th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.67 %
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[48th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; compulsory military service ended in 2004; women serve in the armed forces, on naval ships since 1993, but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties; reserve obligation to age 35 |
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Weapon holdings
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756,000 |
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[74th 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; World Development Indicators database; 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.; 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; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Operation Enduring Freedom, icasualties.org, May 18, 2006; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Portugal, Portuguese Republic, Republica Portuguesa
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