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Southeast Asia > Thailand > Military

THAI MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 40,000 [14th of 49]
Armed forces growth 28 [49th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 301,000 [15th of 166]
Army personnel 150,000 [16th of 49]
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC).
Conventional arms exports $5,000,000.00 [34th of 40]
Conventional arms imports $105,000,000.00 [36th of 85]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $1,775,000,000.00 [39th of 170]
Iraq Coalition casualties 2 [11th of 18]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 17,904,300 [18th of 175]
Manpower > Military age 18 [49th of 129]
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3
Nawa Tri (Lieutenant Commander)
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Nawa Tho (Commander)
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Nawa Ek (Captain)
Navy personnel 64,000 [4th of 49]
personnel 421,000 ... [16th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.18 % ... [71st of 168]
Service age and obligation
21 years of age for compulsory military service; males are registered at 18 years of age; conscript service obligation - 2 years; 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2004)
US military exports $177,899.00 thousand [8th of 109]
Weapon holdings 2,563,000 [32nd of 137]

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand

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