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Armed forces growth
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222 |
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[7th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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202,000 |
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[25th of 166]
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Conscription
There is no conscription. |
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Conventional arms imports
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$838,000,000.00 |
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[5th of 85]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$18,300,000,000.00 |
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[8th of 170]
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Gulf War Coalition Forces
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100,000 |
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[2nd of 30]
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Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid
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$500,000,000.00 |
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[4th of 40]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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6,123,780 |
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[45th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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17 |
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[114th of 129]
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Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49
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4,659,347
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[25th of 119]
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Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49
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6,592,709
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[20th of 161]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49
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234,500
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[27th of 91]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49
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247,334
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[36th of 157]
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military expenditures > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures > Date of information
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2005 |
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military expenditures > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures > Military expenditures, USD
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25,200,000,000
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[8th of 15]
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personnel
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216,000
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[29th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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2.9 %
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[18th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004) |
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US military exports
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$4,319,300.00 thousand |
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[1st of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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4,810,000 |
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[22nd 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; 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; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: List of countries by military expenditures
; 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:
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah, Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah , saudi arabia b, saudi-arabia
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