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Military > Weapon holdings: Countries Compared

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 United States 38.54 million 2001
2 China 34.28 million 2001
3 North Korea 17.63 million 2001
4 Israel 15.98 million 2001
5 Syria 11.9 million 2001
6 Egypt 11.25 million 2001
7 India 10.54 million 2001
8 South Korea 10.3 million 2001
9 Turkey 10.05 million 2001
10 Ukraine 9.52 million 2001
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 9.14 million 2001
11 Iraq 7.27 million 2001
12 Vietnam 6.68 million 2001
13 France 6 million 2001
14 Iran 5.9 million 2001
Non-religious countries average (profile) 5.88 million 2001
15 Belarus 5.76 million 2001
16 Greece 5.49 million 2001
17 Pakistan 5.41 million 2001
18 Taiwan 5.34 million 2001
19 Italy 5.24 million 2001
20 Bulgaria 4.84 million 2001
21 Libya 4.83 million 2001
22 Saudi Arabia 4.81 million 2001
Emerging markets average (profile) 4.62 million 2001
South Asia average (profile) 4.56 million 2001
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 4.53 million 2001
High income OECD countries average (profile) 4.15 million 2001
23 Poland 4.07 million 2001
24 Romania 4.04 million 2001
25 Algeria 3.77 million 2001
26 Spain 3.55 million 2001
27 Japan 3.31 million 2001
=28 Serbia and Montenegro 3.25 million 2001
=28 Kazakhstan 3.25 million 2001
OPEC countries average (profile) 3.02 million 2001
30 Jordan 2.86 million 2001
31 South Africa 2.67 million 2001
NATO countries average (profile) 2.62 million 2001
32 Thailand 2.56 million 2001
Muslim countries average (profile) 2.53 million 2001
33 Cuba 2.49 million 2001
34 Switzerland 2.43 million 2001
South and Central Asia average (profile) 2.41 million 2001
35 Hungary 2.39 million 2001
Religious countries average (profile) 2.37 million 2001
36 Finland 2.26 million 2001
37 Morocco 2.19 million 2001
European Union average (profile) 2.17 million 2001
38 Brazil 2.15 million 2001
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 2.14 million 2001
39 Netherlands 2.02 million 2001
40 Turkmenistan 2.01 million 2001
41 Sweden 1.97 million 2001
42 Angola 1.91 million 2001
43 Lebanon 1.88 million 2001
44 Canada 1.77 million 2001
45 Afghanistan 1.76 million 2001
46 Sudan 1.72 million 2001
47 Singapore 1.62 million 2001
48 United Arab Emirates 1.57 million 2001
49 Uzbekistan 1.53 million 2001
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.52 million 2001
51 Albania 1.51 million 2001
52 Argentina 1.44 million 2001
Former French colonies average (profile) 1.39 million 2001
53 Mongolia 1.35 million 2001
54 Denmark 1.25 million 2001
55 Mexico 1.24 million 2001
56 Austria 1.22 million 2001
=57 Nigeria 1.21 million 2001
=57 Niger 1.21 million 2001
59 Australia 1.19 million 2001
60 Croatia 1.17 million 2001
61 Azerbaijan 1.17 million 2001
62 Indonesia 1.17 million 2001
63 Chile 1.12 million 2001
64 Malaysia 1.11 million 2001
65 Kyrgyzstan 974,000 2001
66 Peru 948,000 2001
67 Ethiopia 937,000 2001
=68 Slovakia 898,000 2001
=68 Czech Republic 898,000 2001
70 Venezuela 855,000 2001
71 Philippines 794,000 2001
72 Belgium 793,000 2001
73 Cambodia 762,000 2001
74 Portugal 756,000 2001
75 Kuwait 751,000 2001
76 Burma 746,000 2001
77 Cyprus 691,000 2001
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 630,444.44 2001
78 Norway 613,000 2001
79 Tunisia 581,000 2001
80 Bahrain 580,000 2001
81 Zimbabwe 554,000 2001
82 Bangladesh 547,000 2001
83 Ecuador 542,000 2001
84 Oman 503,000 2001
=85 Armenia 481,000 2001
=85 Nicaragua 481,000 2001
87 Mozambique 397,000 2001
=88 Tanzania 387,000 2001
=88 Moldova 387,000 2001
90 Sri Lanka 379,000 2001
91 Georgia 377,000 2001
92 Colombia 373,000 2001
93 Qatar 346,000 2001
94 Uruguay 310,000 2001
95 Uganda 286,000 2001
96 Kenya 251,000 2001
97 Zambia 247,000 2001
98 Slovenia 218,000 2001
99 Laos 214,000 2001
100 Bolivia 209,000 2001
101 Democratic Republic of the Congo 190,000 2001
102 Botswana 178,000 2001
103 El Salvador 159,000 2001
104 Chad 152,000 2001
105 Burundi 148,000 2001
106 Guatemala 145,000 2001
107 New Zealand 134,000 2001
108 Mali 133,000 2001
109 Tajikistan 121,000 2001
110 Burkina Faso 119,000 2001
111 Cameroon 114,000 2001
112 Ireland 112,000 2001
113 Rwanda 107,000 2001
114 Guinea-Bissau 101,000 2001
=115 Honduras 89,000 2001
=115 Namibia 89,000 2001
117 Lithuania 81,000 2001
118 Ghana 75,000 2001
=119 Dominica 72,000 2001
=119 Dominican Republic 72,000 2001
=121 Madagascar 71,000 2001
=121 Paraguay 71,000 2001
123 Benin 69,000 2001
124 Togo 65,000 2001
125 Gabon 60,000 2001
126 Senegal 48,000 2001
=127 Central African Republic 43,000 2001
=127 Cote d'Ivoire 43,000 2001
129 Djibouti 37,000 2001
130 Lesotho 24,000 2001
131 Nepal 14,000 2001
132 Jamaica 13,000 2001
133 Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2001
134 Malawi 9,000 2001
135 Guyana 6,000 2001
136 Sierra Leone 3,000 2001
137 Germany 0.0 2001

Citation

Military > Weapon holdings: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Military > Weapon holdings

  • United States ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Christian countries in 2001.
  • Syria ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Muslim countries in 2001.
  • China ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Emerging markets in 2001.
  • Egypt ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Hot countries in 2001.
  • France ranked first for weapon holdings amongst European Union in 2001.
  • Turkey ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Europe in 2001.
  • Israel ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2001.
  • India ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Religious countries in 2001.
  • South Africa ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2001.
  • Belarus ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Landlocked countries in 2001.
  • Iraq ranked first for weapon holdings amongst OPEC countries in 2001.
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