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| VENEZUELAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Armed forces growth
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14 |
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[57th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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56,000 |
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[63rd of 166]
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Conscription
Conscription exists (NISBCO). |
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Conventional arms exports
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$1,000,000.00 |
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[39th of 40]
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Conventional arms imports
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$12,000,000.00 |
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[69th of 85]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$934,000,000.00 |
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[54th of 170]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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6,767,860 |
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[41st of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 |
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[88th of 129]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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249,319 |
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[38th of 128]
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Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49
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6,137,622
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[25th of 120]
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Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49
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6,236,012
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[29th of 164]
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Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49
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5,151,843
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[23rd of 119]
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Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49
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4,907,947
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[27th of 161]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49
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237,300
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[26th of 91]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49
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252,396
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[34th of 157]
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personnel
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82,000
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[59th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.64 %
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[107th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 30 months; all citizens of military service age (between 18 and 50 years old) are obligated to register for military service (2007) |
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US military exports
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$69,975.00 thousand |
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[12th of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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855,000 |
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[70th 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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; 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:
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Venezuela, RB
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