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Air force personnel
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1,500 |
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[42nd of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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105 |
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[16th of 132]
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DEFINITION: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled. |
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SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
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Armed forces personnel
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12,000 |
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[103rd of 166]
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DEFINITION: Total armed forces (2000) |
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SOURCE: 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 |
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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10,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[67th of 100]
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DEFINITION: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. |
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SOURCE: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
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Army personnel
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8,500 |
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[44th of 49]
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Branches
Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN), Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF) |
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DEFINITION: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces |
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SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
Conscription
No conscription. |
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DEFINITION: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Expenditures
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10 % of GDP |
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[3rd of 87]
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SOURCE: 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) |
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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2,600 |
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[12th of 30]
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DEFINITION: Number of troops who served on active duty in the Gulf War theater of operations between August 2, 1990, and June 13, 1991. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid
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$100,000,000.00 |
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[11th of 40]
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DEFINITION: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund.
Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait.
"The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute.
UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005.
The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. |
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SOURCE: "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 |
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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167,475 |
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[143rd of 162]
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SOURCE: US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006. |
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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320,835 |
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[149th of 175]
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DEFINITION: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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DEFINITION: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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6,224 |
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[164th of 226]
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DEFINITION: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Navy personnel
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1,800 |
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[39th of 49]
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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personnel
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12,000
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[121st of 170]
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DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. |
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SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
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personnel > % of total labor force
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2.54 %
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[25th of 168]
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DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription |
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DEFINITION: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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US military exports
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$1,034.00 thousand |
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[40th of 109]
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DEFINITION: U.S. Military Exports, for the year 1998 (in thousands of US dollars) |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Weapon holdings
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346,000 |
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[93rd of 137]
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SOURCE: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy |
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