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Aid to Afghanistan > Gross disbursements as a percent of ODA	2.6%		[4th of 17]
Aid to Afghanistan > Total development aid, estimates	$35,208,861,000.00		[4th of 24]
Aid to Afghanistan > Total development aid, estimates (per $ GDP)	$359.36 per $10,000 of GDP		[3rd of 24]
Aid to Afghanistan > Total development aid, estimates (per capita)	$1,073.28 per capita		[4th of 24]
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-6 Brigadier-General brigadier-général
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-7 Major-General major-général
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-8 Lieutenant-General lieutenant-général
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-9	General général
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2	Captain Capitaine
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3	Major Major
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5	Colonel Colonel
Air force personnel	14,000		[25th of 49]
Air force personnel (per capita)	0.043 per 100 population		[29th of 49]
Allies of World War I > Casualties as % of total personnel	34 %		[8th of 14]
Allies of World War I > Killed in action	64,944		[8th of 15]
Allies of World War I > Personnel	628,964		[9th of 15]
Allies of World War I > Total casualties	214,676		[8th of 15]
Allies of World War I > Wounded in action	149,732		[7th of 15]
Armed forces growth	-29		[102nd of 132]
Armed forces personnel	59,000		[58th of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita)	1.79851 per 1,000 people		[116th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$	365,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[9th of 45]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	11.301 constant 1990 US$ per 1		[11th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	112,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[35th of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	3.468 constant 1990 US$ per c		[39th of 170]
Army personnel	20,900		[39th of 49]
Army personnel (per capita)	0.637098 per 1,000 people		[45th of 49]
Branches Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command (LFC), Maritime Command (MARCOM), Air Command (AIRCOM), Canada Command (homeland security)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	18 DEC 1998
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	24 SEP 1996
Conscription No conscription (AI).
Conventional arms exports	$543,000,000.00		[5th of 40]
Conventional arms exports (per $ GDP)	0.531 per $1,000		[15th of 40]
Conventional arms exports (per capita)	16.552 per 1 population		[8th of 40]
Conventional arms imports	$340,000,000.00		[14th of 85]
Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP)	0.332 per $1,000		[47th of 85]
Conventional arms imports (per capita)	10.364 per 1 population		[23rd of 85]
Employment in arms production	25,000		[22nd of 56]
Employment in arms production (per capita)	762.079 per 1 million people		[31st of 56]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure	6.28 %		[28th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP	1.14 %		[82nd of 145]
expenditure > current LCU	15379250000
Expenditures	1.1 % of GDP		[62nd of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$9,801,700,000.00		[13th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$11.47 per 1,000 $ of GDP		[80th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita)	$309.89 per capita		[20th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	1.1%		[123rd of 154]
Gulf War Coalition Forces	2,000		[14th of 30]
Gulf War Coalition Forces (per capita)	0.061 per capita		[13th of 30]
International Military Tribunal for the Far East > Judges > Judge	Edward Stuart McDougall
International Military Tribunal for the Far East > Judges > Remarks Former Judge, King's Bench Appeal Side
International Military Tribunal for the Far East > Prosecutors > Prosecutor	Brigadier Henry Nolan
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid	$187,470,000.00		[10th of 40]
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid (per $ GDP)	$19.13 per $100,000 of GDP		[11th of 40]
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid (per capita)	$571.47 per 100 people		[9th of 40]
M2 Browning machine gun > International usage > NATO Member	Yes
Manpower > Availability > Females	7,813,462		[34th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males	8,072,010		[38th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	8,391,120		[36th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	8,417,314		[36th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.263 per capita		[71st of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	255.788 per 1,000 people		[73rd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	6,417,924		[32nd of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	6,646,281		[34th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	7,176,642		[29th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	7,158,020		[29th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.224 per capita		[10th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	218.199 per 1,000 people		[10th of 173]
Manpower > Military age	16 years of age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	215,556		[50th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)	6.49 per 1,000 people		[182nd of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	227,435		[50th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)	6.848 per 1,000 people		[178th of 225]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	223,821		[41st of 157]
military expenditures > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures > Date of information	2005
military expenditures > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures > Military expenditures, USD	10,600,000,000		[12th of 15]
NATO > Current members > Date	April 4 1949
NATO > Current members > Expansion	Founders
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-6 Commodore (in English) Commodore (in French)
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-7 Rear-Admiral (in English) Contre-Amiral (in French)
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-8 Vice-Admiral (in English) Vice-Amiral (in French)
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-9 Admiral (in English) Amiral (in French)
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2 Lieutenant lieutenant de vaisseau
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Lieutenant-Commander capitaine de corvette
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Commander capitaine de frégate
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Captain capitaine de vaisseau
Navy personnel	9,000		[28th of 49]
Navy personnel (per capita)	0.274348 per 1,000 people		[33rd of 49]
Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities	16		[4th of 13]
Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities (per capita)	4.877 per 10 million people		[3rd of 13]
personnel	71,000		[64th of 170]
personnel (per capita)	2.198 per 1,000 people		[123rd of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force	0.4 %		[131st of 168]
Service age and obligation 17 years of age for male and female voluntary military service (with parental consent); 16 years of age for reserve and military college applicants; Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status required; maximum 34 years of age; service obligation 3-9 years
Weapon holdings	1,774,000		[44th of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita)	54,077.1 per 1 million people		[75th of 137]

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