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Asia > Sri Lanka > Military

SRI LANKAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 432 [3rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 115,000 [36th of 166]
Definition: Military > Armed forces personnel
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 8,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [69th of 100]
Definition: Military > Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
Branches
Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force
Definition: Military > Branches
Conscription
No conscription (AI).
Definition: Military > Conscription
Conventional arms imports $6,000,000.00 [77th of 85]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports
expenditure > % of GDP 2.66 % Time series [25th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Expenditures 2.6 % of GDP Time series [31st of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Expenditures > Dollar figure $514,800,000.00 Time series [24th of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid $75,500.00 [38th of 40]
Definition: Military > Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid
Manpower > Availability > Females 5,594,006 Time series [47th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 5,383,660 [50th of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 174,065 Time series [57th of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 1983
Definition: Military > Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict
personnel 200,000 Time series [32nd of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
personnel > % of total labor force 2.38 % Time series [26th of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
US military exports $1,259.00 thousand [39th of 109]
Definition: Military > US military exports
Weapon holdings 379,000 [90th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings

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SOURCES: 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.; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; 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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