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Air force personnel
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15,000 |
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[22nd of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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-10 |
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[83rd of 132]
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Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
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Armed forces personnel
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115,000 |
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[37th of 166]
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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 |
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Army personnel
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85,000 |
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[26th of 49]
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Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press |
Branches
Army of Peru (Ejercito Peruano), Navy of Peru (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and Coast Guard)), Air Force of Peru (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) |
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Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
Conscription
Conscription exists. |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Conventional arms exports
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$5,000,000.00 |
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[33rd of 40]
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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) |
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Conventional arms imports
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$14,000,000.00 |
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[66th of 85]
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Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm. |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.25 %
|
|
[77th of 145]
|
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Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm. |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$829,300,000.00 |
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[33rd of 111]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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7,510,880 |
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[38th of 175]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Manpower > Military age
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17 years of age |
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|
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Navy personnel
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25,000 |
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[19th of 49]
|
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict
|
1980 |
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|
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Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
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personnel
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157,000
|
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[42nd of 170]
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Source: Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.18 %
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[72nd of 168]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
Service age and obligation
18-30 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier > National examples > Description
It contains the remains of a soldier who died in 1881 during the War of the Pacific. |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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US military exports
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$3,166.00 thousand |
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[33rd of 109]
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Source: Wikipedia: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Weapon holdings
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948,000 |
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[66th of 137]
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Source: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy |
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