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Armed forces growth
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85 |
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[23rd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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104,000 |
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[40th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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270,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[19th of 100]
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Branches
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Land Forces, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Forces; Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA): Land Forces |
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$270,000,000.00 |
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[22nd of 85]
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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52.99 %
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[1st of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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2.26 %
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[45th of 145]
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Expenditures
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3 % of GDP |
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[25th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$587,000,000.00 |
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[10th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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9,321,106 |
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[31st of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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9,639,923 |
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[33rd of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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9,032,830 |
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[33rd of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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5,743,783 |
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[33rd of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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488,679 |
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[21st of 226]
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personnel
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123,000
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[48th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.17 %
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[74th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation |
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Weapon holdings
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1,718,000 |
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[46th 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.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Jumhuriyat as-Sudan, As-Sudan
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