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Armed forces growth	49		[35th of 132]
Armed forces personnel	44,000		[72nd 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
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	98,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[38th of 100]
Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF): Royal Army of Oman, Royal Navy of Oman, Royal Air Force of Oman
Source: World Development Indicators database
Conscription No conscription.
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms imports	$123,000,000.00		[35th of 85]
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)
expenditure > % of GDP	12.25 %		[1st of 145]
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Expenditures	11.4 % of GDP		[1st of 87]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$252,990,000.00		[29th of 111]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Gulf War Coalition Forces	6,300		[9th of 30]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid	$3,000,000.00		[28th of 40]
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
Manpower > Availability > Females	626,841		[127th of 162]
Source: US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	788,429		[132nd of 175]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Military age	14 years of age
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	34,238		[120th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel	46,000		[79th of 170]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel > % of total labor force	4.81 %		[11th of 168]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
Source: World Development Indicators database
US military exports	$10,384.00 thousand		[17th of 109]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Weapon holdings	503,000		[84th of 137]
Source: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

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