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Asia > Bangladesh > Military

BANGLADESHI MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 9,500 [32nd of 49]
Armed forces growth 50 [34th of 132]
Definition: Military > Armed forces growth
Armed forces personnel 137,000 [34th of 166]
Definition: Military > Armed forces personnel
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 27,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [51st of 100]
Definition: Military > Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
Army personnel 101,000 [24th of 49]
Definition: Military > Army personnel
Branches
Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini, BAF)
Definition: Military > Branches
Conscription
No conscription (AI).
Definition: Military > Conscription
Conventional arms imports $26,000,000.00 [55th of 85]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports
expenditure > % of GDP 1.14 % Time series [84th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Expenditures 1.5 % of GDP Time series [53rd of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Expenditures > Dollar figure $995,300,000.00 Time series [18th of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Gulf War Coalition Forces 2,200 [13th of 30]
Definition: Military > Gulf War Coalition Forces
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 38,436,900 [6th of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 1,311,850 Time series [8th of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
Navy personnel 10,500 [27th of 49]
Definition: Military > Navy personnel
personnel 252,000 Time series [24th of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
personnel > % of total labor force 0.39 % Time series [135th of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
Service age and obligation
16 years of age for voluntary military service; 17 years of age for officers (both with parental consent); conscription legally possible in emergency, but has never been implemented
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
US military exports $4,541.00 thousand [31st of 109]
Definition: Military > US military exports
Weapon holdings 547,000 [82nd of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings

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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; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh

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