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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]
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI).
Conventional arms imports $270,000,000.00 [22nd of 85]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $581,000,000.00 [67th of 170]
Iraqi insurgency > Foreign fighter nationality distribution > Sorted alphabeticallyality 41 [3rd of 25]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 9,032,830 [33rd of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 5,558,460 [34th of 174]
Manpower > Military age 18 [67th of 129]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 429,334 [21st of 128]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 8,135,683 [20th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 8,291,695 [22nd of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 5,649,566 [20th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 5,427,474 [23rd of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 426,320 [15th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 442,915 [21st of 157]
personnel 123,000 ... [48th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.17 % ... [74th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 3 years (2004)
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; 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; Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Jumhuriyat as-Sudan, As-Sudan

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