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Africa > Sudan > Military

SUDANESE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 85 [23rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 104,000 [40th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 270,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [19th of 100]
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).
Conventional arms imports $270,000,000.00 [22nd of 85]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 52.99 % Time series [1st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 2.26 % Time series [45th of 145]
Expenditures 3 % of GDP Time series [25th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $587,000,000.00 Time series [10th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 9,321,106 Time series [31st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 9,639,923 Time series [33rd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 9,032,830 [33rd of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 5,743,783 Time series [33rd of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 488,679 Time series [21st of 226]
personnel 123,000 Time series [48th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.17 % Time series [74th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation
Weapon holdings 1,718,000 [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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