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Asia > Sri Lanka > Military

SRI LANKAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-6 Air Commodore
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-7 Air Vice-Marshal
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-8 Air Marshal
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-9 Air Chief Marshal
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2 Flight Lieutenant
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Squadron Leader
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4
Wing Commander
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Group Captain
Armed forces growth 432 [3rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 115,000 [36th of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 5.73137 per 1,000 people [42nd of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 8,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [69th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 0.408 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [66th of 170]
Branches
Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 OCT 1996
Conscription
No conscription (AI).
Conventional arms imports $6,000,000.00 [77th of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP) 0.074 per $1,000 [75th of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per capita) 0.299 per 1 population [79th of 85]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 12.67 % Time series [13th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 2.66 % Time series [25th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 62785000000 Time series
Expenditures 2.6 % of GDP Time series [31st of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $514,800,000.00 Time series [24th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $25.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [25th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $26.45 per capita Time series [36th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 2.6% Time series [35th of 154]
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid $75,500.00 [38th of 40]
    Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid (per $ GDP) $0.38 per $100,000 of GDP [39th of 40]
    Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid (per capita) $0.38 per 100 people [40th of 40]
Manpower > Availability > Females 5,594,006 Time series [47th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 5,458,720 Time series [51st of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 5,383,660 [50th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 5,418,496 Time series [50th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.278 per capita Time series [39th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 268.311 per 1,000 people [41st of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 4,683,716 Time series [44th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 4,477,437 Time series [48th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 4,195,736 Time series [44th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 4,172,920 [43rd of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.216 per capita Time series [21st of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 207.97 per 1,000 people [29th of 173]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 168,593 Time series [58th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 7.979 per 1,000 people Time series [143rd of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 174,065 Time series [57th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 8.238 per 1,000 people Time series [146th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 5,153,597 [30th of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.246 per capita [20th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 4,933,217 [35th of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.236 per capita [51st of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 4,281,043 [28th of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.205 per capita [16th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 3,789,627 [33rd of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.181 per capita [59th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 167,201 [36th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 174,049 [50th of 157]
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 1983
personnel 200,000 Time series [32nd of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 10.191 per 1,000 people Time series [26th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 2.38 % Time series [26th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service
US military exports $1,259.00 thousand [39th of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $0.06 thousand per 1,000 peopl [70th of 109]
Weapon holdings 379,000 [90th of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 18,888.6 per 1 million people [99th of 137]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks ; 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.; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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