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Air force personnel	12,500		[28th of 49]
Armed forces growth	-13		[85th of 132]
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Armed forces personnel	96,000		[42nd 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	85,000		[27th of 49]
Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM)
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Conscription No conscription (AI).
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms imports	$277,000,000.00		[20th 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	1.9 %		[43rd of 145]
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Expenditures	2.03 % of GDP		[35th of 87]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$1,690,000,000.00		[4th of 111]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Females	6,280,826		[43rd of 162]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	6,067,160		[47th of 175]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Military age	21 years of age
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	260,725		[45th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Navy personnel	12,500		[26th of 49]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel	135,000		[45th of 170]
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
personnel > % of total labor force	1.23 %		[64th of 168]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation 18 years of age for voluntary military service
Source: World Development Indicators database
US military exports	$75,953.00 thousand		[11th of 109]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Weapon holdings	1,108,000		[64th of 137]
Source: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

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