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Air force personnel	17,400		[21st of 49]
Armed forces growth	-8		[82nd of 132]
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Armed forces personnel	106,000		[39th 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	74,500		[28th of 49]
Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Conscription Conscription exists (FWCC).
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Conventional arms imports	$59,000,000.00		[43rd 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	0.82 %		[99th of 145]
Source: SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$805,500,000.00		[19th of 111]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	21,923,300		[13th of 175]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Military age	20 years of age
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	1,012,779		[10th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Navy personnel	25,900		[18th of 49]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict	1967
Source: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
personnel	147,000		[43rd of 170]
Source: Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts
personnel > % of total labor force	0.4 %		[133rd of 168]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation 18-25 years of age (officers 21-29) for compulsory and voluntary military service; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens
Source: World Development Indicators database
US deployment	0.8%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
US military exports	$44,450.00 thousand		[15th of 109]
Source: Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04)
Weapon holdings	794,000		[71st of 137]
Source: Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

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