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Middle East > Bahrain > Military

BAHRAINI MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 1,500 [43rd of 49]
    Air force personnel (per capita) 0.218 per 100 population [7th of 49]
Armed forces growth 293 [5th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 11,000 [105th of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 15.9804 per 1,000 people [8th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 2,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [38th of 45]
    Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 2,920.1 constant 1990 US$ per 1 Time series [27th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 10,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [73rd of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 13.97 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [21st of 170]
Army personnel 8,500 [45th of 49]
    Army personnel (per capita) 12.3485 per 1,000 people [6th of 49]
Branches
Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air Defense), Naval Force, Air Force, National Guard
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 12 APR 2004
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
No conscription.
Conventional arms imports $10,000,000.00 [73rd of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP) 0.769 per $1,000 [26th of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per capita) 14.528 per 1 population [16th of 85]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 18.03 % Time series [12th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 4.34 % Time series [12th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 179900000 Time series
Expenditures 4.5 % of GDP Time series [13th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $628,900,000.00 Time series [21st of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $57.11 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [4th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $878.57 per capita Time series [2nd of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 4.5% Time series [13th of 154]
Gulf War Coalition Forces 400 [22nd of 30]
    Gulf War Coalition Forces (per capita) 0.581 per capita [9th of 30]
Manpower > Availability > Females 170,471 Time series [142nd of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 210,938 Time series [156th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 222,242 [154th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 221,661 Time series [154th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.31 per capita Time series [9th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 322.864 per 1,000 people [3rd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 142,714 Time series [143rd of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 171,536 Time series [153rd of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 121,484 Time series [155th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 121,739 [155th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.17 per capita Time series [91st of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 176.858 per 1,000 people [76th of 173]
Manpower > Military age 15 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 6,429 Time series [162nd of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 8.95 per 1,000 people Time series [124th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 6,543 Time series [162nd of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 9.109 per 1,000 people Time series [128th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 151,734 [104th of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.214 per capita [66th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 202,126 [118th of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.285 per capita [3rd of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 125,488 [103rd of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.177 per capita [59th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 161,372 [111st of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.228 per capita [5th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 5,852 [86th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 6,013 [125th of 157]
Navy personnel 1,000 [44th of 49]
    Navy personnel (per capita) 1.45276 per 1,000 people [7th of 49]
personnel 21,000 Time series [101st of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 28.901 per 1,000 people Time series [5th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 6.23 % Time series [6th of 168]
Service age and obligation
17 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of age for NCOs, technicians, and cadets; no conscription
US military exports $82,851.00 thousand [10th of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $120.36 thousand per 1,000 peopl [4th of 109]
Weapon holdings 580,000 [80th of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 842,601 per 1 million people [4th of 137]

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; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; 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.; "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; 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: Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain, Mamlakat al Bahrayn, Al Bahrayn

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