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Air force personnel	63,600		[7th of 49]
Armed forces growth	-35		[105th of 132]
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Armed forces personnel	251,000		[19th of 166]
Source: 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
Army personnel	165,600		[14th of 49]
Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches Italian Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Italian Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC)
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Conscription Conscription exists (WRI).
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms exports	$261,000,000.00		[8th of 40]
Source: 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)
Conventional arms imports	$317,000,000.00		[16th of 85]
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
expenditure > % of GDP	1.77 %		[52nd of 145]
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$28,182,800,000.00		[6th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Forces in Europe > Aircraft	493		[6th of 24]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks	1,183		[10th of 24]
Source: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003
Gulf War Coalition Forces	1,200		[15th of 30]
Source: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003
Iraq coalition forces > Troop strength	2,600		[4th of 10]
Source: "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
Navy personnel	40,000		[14th of 49]
Source: US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.
personnel	445,000		[15th of 170]
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
US deployment	0.7%
Source: World Development Indicators database
Weapon holdings	5,243,000		[19th of 137]
Source: Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04)
WWII > Jew killed	8,000		[12th of 14]
Source: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
WWII > Jewish population before war	40,000		[12th of 16]
Source: Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

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