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Europe > Netherlands > Military

DUTCH MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -51 [117th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 52,000 [67th of 166]
Definition: Military > Armed forces personnel
Branches
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police
Definition: Military > Branches
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
Definition: Military > Conscription
Conventional arms exports $211,000,000.00 [10th of 40]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms exports
Conventional arms imports $183,000,000.00 [29th of 85]
Definition: Military > Conventional arms imports
expenditure > % of GDP 1.59 % Time series [59th of 145]
Definition: Military > expenditure > % of GDP
Expenditures > Dollar figure $9,408,000,000.00 Time series [5th of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Forces in Europe > Aircraft 135 [15th of 24]
Definition: Military > Forces in Europe > Aircraft
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks 283 [17th of 24]
Definition: Military > Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks
Forces in Europe > Helicopters 22 [16th of 22]
Definition: Military > Forces in Europe > Helicopters
Gulf War Coalition Forces 600 [17th of 30]
Definition: Military > Gulf War Coalition Forces
Iraq Coalition casualties 2 [12th of 18]
Definition: Military > Iraq Coalition casualties
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 4,071,890 [58th of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
personnel 60,000 Time series [67th of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
Service age and obligation
20 years of age for an all-volunteer force
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
Weapon holdings 2,024,000 [39th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings
WWII > Jew killed 105,000 [5th of 14]
Definition: Military > WWII > Jew killed
WWII > Jewish population before war 140,000 [6th of 16]
Definition: Military > WWII > Jewish population before war
WWII > Percent of Jew killed 75 [4th of 14]
Definition: Military > WWII > Percent of Jew killed

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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; 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.; World Development Indicators database; 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 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; Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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