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Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-6	Generał brygady
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-7	Generał dywizji
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-8	Generał broni
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-9	Generał
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2	Kapitan
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3	Major
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4	Podpułkownik
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5	Pułkownik
Armed forces growth	-32		[103rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel	217,000		[22nd of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita)	5.62789 per 1,000 people		[44th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$	124,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[14th of 45]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	3.249 constant 1990 US$ per 1		[16th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	96,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[39th of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	2.515 constant 1990 US$ per c		[44th of 170]
Branches Polish Armed Forces: Land Forces (includes Navy (Marynarka Wojenna, MW)), Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SPRP)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	25 MAY 1999
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	24 SEP 1996
Conscription Conscription exists (WRI).
Conventional arms exports	$86,000,000.00		[15th of 40]
Conventional arms exports (per $ GDP)	0.186 per $1,000		[19th of 40]
Conventional arms exports (per capita)	2.23 per 1 population		[22nd of 40]
Conventional arms imports	$256,000,000.00		[25th of 85]
Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP)	0.553 per $1,000		[34th of 85]
Conventional arms imports (per capita)	6.639 per 1 population		[28th of 85]
Employment in arms production	55,000		[11th of 56]
Employment in arms production (per capita)	1,426.42 per 1 million people		[19th of 56]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure	4.93 %		[37th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP	1.79 %		[48th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU	17538000000
Expenditures	1.71 % of GDP		[45th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$3,500,000,000.00		[11th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$17.67 per 1,000 $ of GDP		[34th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita)	$91.55 per capita		[17th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	1.71%		[87th of 154]
Forces in Europe > ACVs	1,388		[14th of 25]
Forces in Europe > ACVs (per capita)	35.9977 per 1 million people		[19th of 25]
Forces in Europe > Aircraft	195		[13th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Aircraft (per capita)	5.05732 per 1 million people		[19th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Artillery	1,132		[11th of 25]
Forces in Europe > Artillery (per capita)	29.3584 per 1 million people		[17th of 25]
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks	947		[12th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks (per capita)	24.5604 per 1 million people		[16th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Helicopters	111		[8th of 22]
Forces in Europe > Helicopters (per capita)	2.87878 per 1 million people		[10th of 22]
Gulf War Coalition Forces	200		[27th of 30]
Gulf War Coalition Forces (per capita)	0.005 per capita		[28th of 30]
Iraq Coalition casualties	17		[5th of 18]
Iraq Coalition casualties (per capita)	4.409 per 10 million people		[8th of 18]
Iraq coalition forces > Troop strength	1,400		[5th of 10]
Iraq coalition forces > Troop strength (per capita)	3.631 per 100,000 people		[9th of 10]
Manpower > Availability > Females	9,514,843		[30th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males	9,741,508		[31st of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	10,355,000		[30th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	10,291,628		[30th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.27 per capita		[58th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	268.556 per 1,000 people		[40th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	7,949,677		[29th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	7,937,840		[30th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	8,034,577		[26th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	8,077,710		[24th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.21 per capita		[37th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	209.495 per 1,000 people		[24th of 173]
Manpower > Military age	19 years of age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	245,832		[47th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)	6.385 per 1,000 people		[184th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	257,605		[46th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)	6.691 per 1,000 people		[181st of 225]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	275,446		[32nd of 157]
NATO > Current members > Date	12 March 1999
NATO > Current members > Expansion	Fourth
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-7	Kontradmirał
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-8	Wiceadmirał
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-9 Admirał ---- Admirał floty(Polish Admirał Floty was added in 2002, but, along with Admirał, both are OF-09. Contrary to its English translation, Admirał Floty is a lower rank)
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2	Kapitan marynarki
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3	Komandor podporucznik
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4	Komandor porucznik
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5	Komandor
personnel	162,000		[40th of 170]
personnel (per capita)	4.245 per 1,000 people		[83rd of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force	0.93 %		[86th of 168]
Service age and obligation 17 years of age for male compulsory military service after January 1st of the year of 18th birthday; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscript service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; by 2008, plans call for at least 60% of military personnel to be volunteers; only soldiers who have completed their conscript service are allowed to volunteer for professional service; as of April 2004, women are only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers
Tanks	3,200 tanks		[4th of 22]
Tanks (per capita)	82.9919 tanks per 1 million peop		[7th of 22]
Weapon holdings	4,073,000		[23rd of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita)	105,633 per 1 million people		[51st of 137]
WWII > Jew killed	3,000,000		[1st of 14]
WWII > Jewish population before war	3,300,000		[1st of 16]
WWII > Percent of Jew killed	90		[1st of 14]

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