Military Stats: compare key data on China & United States

Author: chris.lockyer781

To accurately compare the military force of each country, it is highly advisable to take in consideration two critical factors: Military technology and soldier population.

China is the giant of the East. According to the last population census, China reaches the astonishing number of 7,148,800,000 citizens. On the other hand, USA has only 317,666,000 citizens, or 22.5 times less citizens than China. The Chinese soldier population is estimated to be 7,054,000 in total, while the American army consists of less than 3 million soldiers. Obviously, Chinese can staff more men in a potent fight with USA.

However, the American army is the best-equipped one, spending more than 682 billion dollars annually on military expenditures. China seems to rely mostly on its soldier population. For the same purpose, Chinese army spends almost 166 billion dollars annually, or 4 times less than American one.

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Definitions

Air force > Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
Army > Main battle tanks: Number of main battle tanks.
Battle-related deaths > Number of people: Battle-related deaths (number of people). Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths.
Budget: Annual defense budget in billion USD.
Global Peace Index: The Global Peace Index is comprised of 22 indicators in the three categories ongoing domestic or international conflicts; societal safety; and security and militarization. A low index value indicates a peaceful and safe country.
Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
Navy > Corvette warships: Number of corvettes.
Navy > Nuclear submarines: Number of nuclear submarines.
Navy > Submarines: Number of patrol boats (includes minesweepers).
Paramilitary personnel: Paramilitary.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Personnel > Per capita: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
WMD > Missile: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of missile weapons of mass destruction
WMD > Nuclear: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons
War deaths: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
Navy > Aircraft carriers: Number of aircraft carriers.
Arms trade > Arms exports, top countries: Compares the world's largest arms exporters, in millions of US Dollars. Data corresponds to the year 2010, and was compiled by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), a think tank dedicated to the research of conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament in the world, with presence in Stockholm, Beijing and Washington DC.
Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
Military expenditures: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
Armed forces personnel > Total: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces."
Personnel: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
Navy > Frigates: Number of frigates.
Navy > Destroyers: Number of destroyers.
Nuclear weapons > Nuclear warheads: Total nuclear warheads.
Navy > Cruisers: Number of cruisers.
Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
Air force > Bombers: Number of bomber combat aircrafts.
Battle-related deaths > Number of people per million: Battle-related deaths (number of people). Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Navy > Amphibious warfare ships: Number of amphibious warfare ships.
Nuclear weapons > Total yield of all tests: Total yield, kt.
Weapons of mass destruction > Chemical weapons possession:
Status of possession of chemical weapons of countries that either declared chemical weapon stockpiles, are suspected of secretly stockpiling them, or are running chemical weapons research programs.
Arms trade > Arms exports, top countries per million people: Compares the world's largest arms exporters, in millions of US Dollars. Data corresponds to the year 2010, and was compiled by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), a think tank dedicated to the research of conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament in the world, with presence in Stockholm, Beijing and Washington DC. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Air force > Fighters: Number of fighter combat aircrafts.
Military expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
Nuclear weapons > Nuclear tests: Tests.
Highest military decorations > Name: Name of each country’s highest military decoration.
Air force > Aircraft carriers > Total: Total amount of aircraft carriers possessed by each country.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
Air force > Aircraft carriers > Commissioned:
Amount of aircraft carriers in full service in each country. These numbers can also be interpreted as the amount of each country's commissioned aircraft carriers.
Nuclear weapons > Atmospheric tests: Atmospheric tests.
Nuclear weapons > Share of all nuclear tests: By test count.
Nuclear weapons > Peaceful use tests: Peaceful tests.
Nuclear weapons > Share of all nuclear tests by yield: By yield.
Nuclear weapons > Test detonations: Detonations.
Armed forces personnel per 1000: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
Personnel per 1000: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries: Compares the world's largest arms importers, in millions of US Dollars. Data corresponds to the year 2010, and was compiled by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), a think tank dedicated to the research of conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament in the world, with presence in Stockholm, Beijing and Washington DC. For more comprehensive statistics, visit the intitute's databases section
Weapons of mass destruction > Chemical Weapons Convention ratification: Date of ratification of the Chemical Weapon Convention (CWC) of countries who either declared chemical weapon stockpiles, are suspected of secretly stockpiling them, or are running chemical weapons research programs.
Conscription: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
Armed forces growth: Growth in the number of armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
Imports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
Defence spending > Percent of GDP: Defense expenditure as percentage of GDP. Figures are for the year 2010.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
Air force > Aircraft carriers > In reserve: Total amount of reserve aircraft carriers in each country.
WMD > Biological: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of biological weapons of mass destruction
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
Conventional arms > Exports: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).
WMD > Chemical: A description of the nation's situation with regards to the possession and manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction
Weapon holdings per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Military spending > 2009 > USD billions: Defense expenditure of some countries in the year 2010.
Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people: Compares the world's largest arms importers, in millions of US Dollars. Data corresponds to the year 2010, and was compiled by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), a think tank dedicated to the research of conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament in the world, with presence in Stockholm, Beijing and Washington DC. For more comprehensive statistics, visit the intitute's databases section. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
Exports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
Conventional arms > Exports per capita: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Conventional arms imports: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre).
Manpower > Military age: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
Conventional arms > Exports > Per $ GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
Exports to developing nations: Arms Deliveries to Developing Nations, by supplier, total of years 1992-99. Major suppliers listed only. In the same period, the total figure for all other European suppliers was $18,043 million (US); the total for all other nations was $8,211 million (US). This makes the overall total $214,576 million (US)
Employment in arms > Production per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Conventional arms imports per capita: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Exports to developing nations > Per $ GDP: Arms Deliveries to Developing Nations, by supplier, total of years 1992-99. Major suppliers listed only. In the same period, the total figure for all other European suppliers was $18,043 million (US); the total for all other nations was $8,211 million (US). This makes the overall total $214,576 million (US) Per $ GDP figures expressed per $1 million of Gross Domestic Product.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Exports to developing nations per million: Arms Deliveries to Developing Nations, by supplier, total of years 1992-99. Major suppliers listed only. In the same period, the total figure for all other European suppliers was $18,043 million (US); the total for all other nations was $8,211 million (US). This makes the overall total $214,576 million (US). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid > Per $ GDP: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 100,000 $ gross domestic product.
Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organisation's definition of the economically active population."
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
Personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Expenditure > % of central government expenditure: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid, % of GDP: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid per capita: Amount pledged by donor countries for reconstruction in Iraq, as of December 31, 2005. NOTES ON PLEDGES OF RECONSTRUCTION AID TABLE: The European Commission has pledged $518,119,988, which includes an additional January 2005 pledge of 200 million Euros (approximately $260 million), not yet formally committed to UNDG or World Bank Iraqi Trust Fund. Not incuded in this graph is $65,000,000 in additional pledges from Kuwait. "The World Bank, United Nations and CPA estimated Iraq will need $56 billion for reconstruction and stabilization efforts from 2004 to 2007, but that estimate is probably too low." -Brookings Institute. UPDATE ON 2003 MADRID CONFERENCE PLEDGES: Of the $13.5 billion pledged by donors other than the United States, $3.2 billion has been disbursed as of December 2005. The figure for the United States is derived from the IRRF 1 and 2. Status of the IRRF 2 as of January 6, 2006: $16.9 billion as been committed, and just over $10.1 billion has been expended. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Exports to developing nations, % of GDP: Arms Deliveries to Developing Nations, by supplier, total of years 1992-99. Major suppliers listed only. In the same period, the total figure for all other European suppliers was $18,043 million (US); the total for all other nations was $8,211 million (US). This makes the overall total $214,576 million (US). Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Conventional arms imports, % of GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
Military expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Conventional arms > Exports, % of GDP: Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions) Refers to the voluntary transfer by the supplier (and thus excludes captured weapons and weapons obtained through defectors) of weapons with a military purpose destined for the armed forces, paramilitary forces or intelligence agencies of another country. These include major conventional weapons or systems in six categories: ships, aircraft, missiles, artillery, armoured vehicles and guidance and radar systems (excluded are trucks, services, ammunition, small arms, support items, components and component technology and towed or naval artillery under 100-millimetre calibre). Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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Air force > Combat aircraft	1,500 Ranked 1st.	3,318 Ranked 1st. 2 times more than China
Army > Main battle tanks	9,000 Ranked 1st. 3% more than United States	8,725 Ranked 1st.
Battle-related deaths > Number of people	1 Ranked 26th.	233 Ranked 18th. 233 times more than China
Budget	166 US$ BN Ranked 1st.	682 US$ BN Ranked 1st. 4 times more than China
Global Peace Index	2.14 Ranked 62nd. 1% more than United States	2.13 Ranked 4th.
Military service age and obligation	18-24 years of age for selective compulsory military service, with a 2-year service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service (all officers are volunteers); 18-19 years of age for women high school graduates who meet requirements for specific military jobs; a recent military decision allows women in combat roles; the first class of women warship commanders was in 2011	18 years of age (17 years of age with parental consent) for male and female voluntary service; no conscription; maximum enlistment age 42 (Army), 27 (Air Force), 34 (Navy), 28 (Marines); service obligation 8 years, including 2-5 years active duty (Army), 2 years active (Navy), 4 years active (Air Force, Marines); DoD is eliminating prohibitions restricting women from assignments in units smaller than brigades or near combat units
Navy > Corvette warships	15 Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than United States	2 Ranked 8th.
Navy > Nuclear submarines	3 Ranked 1st.	71 Ranked 1st. 24 times more than China
Navy > Submarines	40 Ranked 1st. 20 times more than United States	2 Ranked 8th.
Paramilitary personnel	3.97 million Ranked 1st. 360 times more than United States	11,035 Ranked 1st.
Personnel > Per capita	2.88 per 1,000 people Ranked 107th.	5.22 per 1,000 people Ranked 70th. 81% more than China
Service age and obligation	18-22 years of age for selective compulsory military service, with 24-month service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service (all officers are volunteers); 18-19 years of age for women high school graduates who meet requirements for specific military jobs	18 years of age (17 years of age with parental consent) for male and female voluntary service; maximum enlistment age 42 (Army), 27 (Air Force), 34 (Navy), 28 (Marines); service obligation 8 years, including 2-5 years active duty (Army), 2 years active (Navy), 4 years active (Air Force, Marines)
WMD > Missile	China has produced and deployed a wide range of ballistic missiles, ranging from short-range missiles to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). China's missiles are operated by the Second Artillery Corps, and include about 650 DF-11 (M-11) and DF-15 (M-9) missiles opposite Taiwan; several dozens of DF-3, DF-4, and DF-21 medium-range missiles that can reach Japan, India, and Russia; and 18-24 DF-5 ICBMs that can reach the United States and Europe. A transition is currently underway from relatively inaccurate, liquid-fueled, silo/cave-based missiles (DF-3, DF-4, DF-5) to more accurate, solid-fueled, mobile missiles (DF-11, DF-15, and DF-21, and a new ICBM [the DF-31] and SLBM [the JL-2], which are currently under development). China is replacing its older DF-5 missiles with new DF-5A variants, which may eventually be equipped with multiple warheads. A key question is how US deployment of ballistic missile defense (former known as theater and national missile defense) will affect the pace and scope of Chinese strategic modernization. Chinese missile exports have been a problem for more than a decade. China transferred 36 DF-3 medium-range missiles to Saudi Arabia in 1988, and supplied Pakistan with 34 M-11 short-range missiles in 1992. China has provided technology and expertise to the missile programs of several countries, including Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea. China has not joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), but has pledged to abide by its main parameters. In November 2000, China promised not to assist any country in the development of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles. In August 2002, China issued regulations and a control list restricting the export of missiles and missile technology. Since 2004, China has been engaged in consultation with the MTCR; however, its application for membership was not successful in the regime's latest plenary meeting in Seoul, South Korea, in October 2004. Concerns about Chinese missile technology transfers continue.	The United States has the capability to produce highly sophisticated liquid- and solid-fueled missiles of all ranges. It currently deploys 500 Minuteman and 10 MX/Peacekeeper nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at three bases in Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming. The number of warheads on Minuteman missiles was scheduled to be reduced from three to one by 2007 under the defunct START II agreement, but this plan may be revised to assign between 700 to 800 warheads to the 500 Minutemen missiles. Deactivation of the MX/Peacekeeper force began in October 2002 and will conclude in 2005, at the cost of $600 million. In 2004, the Defense Department retired 17 additional MX/Peacekeeper missiles as part of this plan, and the final 10 MX missiles will be withdrawn from alert status by October 1, 2005. These remaining missiles will not be destroyed as prescribed under START II, but will be retained as stipulated in the 2001 NPR for potential use as space launch vehicles, target vehicles, or for redeployment. The Minuteman missile force is also undergoing a $6.0 billion modernization program to improve the weapon's accuracy, reliability, and to extend its service life beyond 2020. A new, longer-range ICBM, to be ready in 2018, is being considered by the Pentagon. As of early 2005, the U.S. Navy had 14 operational Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), having reduced its level by one in 2004 to meet NPR specifications. The four oldest subs in the original class of 18 have been converted to carry non-nuclear cruise missiles. The 14 operational SSBNs carry a total of 336 Trident-1 and Trident-II submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM), each carrying between six and eight warheads, for an estimated total of 2,016. All SSBNs will be modified to carry the Trident II missiles, and the navy has extended the service life of the Trident-II from 30 to 49 years. The Pentagon is planning to introduce a new SSBN in 2029 when the oldest of the current subs will be retired. Previous predictions indicated that the U.S. Navy would station the 14 SSBNs evenly among the Atlantic and Pacific fleets; however, recent planning shifts have called for an SSBN fleet of 9 to be stationed in the Pacific with only 5 submarines in the Atlantic. Also, in 2004, the Navy initiated the Enhanced Effectiveness (E2) Reentry Body Program that would allow missiles to be targeted within 10-meter accuracy, expanding the list of potential targets to be attacked by W76 warheads. Finally, the Navy plans to resume SLBM flight tests in 2005 and plans to develop a submarine-launched intermediate-range ballistic missile (SLIRBM) that would carry nuclear and conventional payloads. The U.S. bomber force consists of 94 B-52 bombers stationed at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana and Minot AFB in North Dakota, and 21 B-2 bombers stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The B-52 can deliver air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM), advanced cruise missiles (ACM), or gravity bombs. The B-2 carries only gravity bombs. It is estimated that 450 ALCMs are deployed as well as around 400 operational ACMs, which have a longer range, greater accuracy, and more difficult to intercept than an ALCM. The B-2s are scheduled to undergo upgrades allowing them to make mission and target changes in route. The U.S. Air Force intends to expedite the process of finding a replacement for its current bomber force, considering long- and mid-range options, unmanned aircraft, and new bombers. The United States is a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), whose goal is to control the transfer of nuclear-capable missiles and unmanned delivery systems capable of carrying all types of WMD.
WMD > Nuclear	China's nuclear weapons program began in 1955 and culminated in a successful nuclear test in 1964. Since then, China has conducted 45 nuclear tests, including tests of thermonuclear weapons and a neutron bomb. The series of nuclear tests in 1995-96 prior to China's signature of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) may have resulted in a smaller and lighter warhead design for the new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) now under development. China is estimated to have about 400 strategic and tactical nuclear weapons, and stocks of fissile material sufficient to produce a much larger arsenal. China joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1984 and acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1992 as a nuclear weapon state. China provided nuclear reactors and technology to several countries in the 1980s and early 1990s, including design information and fissile material that reportedly helped Pakistan develop nuclear weapons. Since the early 1990s, China has improved its export controls, including the promulgation of regulations on nuclear and nuclear dual-use exports and has pledged to halt exports of nuclear technology to un-safeguarded facilities. In 2002 China ratified the IAEA Additional Protocol, the first and only nuclear weapons state to do so.	As one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the United States maintains a sizeable arsenal of nuclear weapons, including approximately 10,350 intact warheads, 5300 of which are considered active or operational. Approximately 4,530 strategic warheads are operational, 1,150 of which are deployed on land-based missile systems (Minuteman and Peacekeeper ICBMs), 1,050 on bombers (B-52 and B-2), and 2,016 on submarines (Ohio-class subs). 780 are tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs), and consist of an estimated 200 Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles (TLAM/N), and 580 B61 bombs. The remaining warheads are stockpiled. The only remaining U.S. weapons in forward deployment, aside from those on SSBNs, are approximately 480 of the 580 operational B61 bombs, located at eight bases in six European NATO countries. According to the May 2002 Treaty of Moscow (the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, or SORT) between the United States and the Russian Federation, both countries are required to reduce their strategic nuclear arsenals to 1,700-2,200 operationally deployed warheads by 2012. In June 2004, the US Department of Energy announced that "almost half" of these warheads would be retired for dismantlement by 2012. This statement suggests that the total stockpile of 10,350 warheards would be reduced to about 6,000 by this date. Over 5,000 warheads have been removed from deployment by the United States and placed in a "responsive reserve force" (active but not deployed or in overhaul). These "spares," or warheads on inactive status, have not been dismantled, in keeping with past practice under previous U.S. arms control agreements. The Bush administration has rejected U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, but calls for a continued moratorium on nuclear testing. The NPR calls for a reduction in the amount of time needed (now 18 months as mandated by Congress, but this could be reduced to as little as 12 months) to test a nuclear weapon, suggesting that the United States might decide to resume nuclear testing, although Bush administration officials deny that this is currently planned and explain the shortening of test-site readiness time as a logical extension of the U.S. decision to maintain a testing option. The NPR also calls for discussion on possible development of new, low-yield, bunker-busting TNW. A law barring research and development that could lead to the production by the United States of a new low-yield "bunker buster" nuclear weapon (warheads with a yield of 5 kilotons or less) was passed by Congress in 1994. In its FY2004 budget request, however, the Department of Defense requested a repeal of the 1994 law, suggesting that the U.S. government intends to proceed with development of new nuclear weapons. The repeal was approved by the Senate on 20 May 2003. The Bush administration has requested an additional $8.5 million in its 2006 budget in order to continue research of nuclear "bunker busters" under the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) Project. Congress rejected RNEP funding and resources for the Advanced Concepts Initiative, one that would develop mini-nukes or exotic designs, completely for FY2005. Weapons laboratories under the Department of Energy began research on the RNEP Project in 2003, and the study is expected to be complete in 2006. The United States used nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, making it the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons during a conflict. It ratified the NPT in March 1970.
War deaths	0.0 Ranked 78th.	0.0 Ranked 73th.
Navy > Aircraft carriers	1 Ranked 2nd.	10 Ranked 1st. 10 times more than China
Arms trade > Arms exports, top countries	1,783 Ranked 3rd.	8,760 Ranked 1st. 5 times more than China
Armed forces personnel	2.81 million Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United States	1.37 million Ranked 3rd.
Military expenditures	2.6% of GDP Ranked 19th.	4.6% of GDP Ranked 1st. 77% more than China
Military branches	People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (PLAN; includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun, PLAAF; includes Airborne Forces), and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (Renmin Wuzhuang Jingcha Budui, PAP); PLA Reserve Force	United States Armed Forces: US Army, US Navy (includes Marine Corps), US Air Force, US Coast Guard
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	4.3% Ranked 14th. 6% more than United States	4.06% Ranked 22nd.
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49	None	None
Armed forces personnel > Total	2.88 million Ranked 1st. 87% more than United States	1.54 million Ranked 4th.
Personnel	3.75 million Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United States	1.55 million Ranked 3rd.
Navy > Frigates	48 Ranked 1st. 85% more than United States	26 Ranked 3rd.
Navy > Destroyers	27 Ranked 1st.	62 Ranked 1st. 2 times more than China
Nuclear weapons > Nuclear warheads	250 Ranked 4th.	7,700 Ranked 2nd. 31 times more than China
Navy > Cruisers	0.0 Ranked 28th.	22 Ranked 1st.
Branches	People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces), and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (PAP); PLA Reserve Force	US Army, US Navy (includes Marine Corps), US Air Force, US Coast Guard; note - Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of Homeland Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy
Air force > Bombers	118 Ranked 3rd.	171 Ranked 2nd. 45% more than China
Battle-related deaths > Number of people per million	0.000751 Ranked 26th.	0.818 Ranked 27th. 1088 times more than China
Navy > Amphibious warfare ships	27 Ranked 2nd.	30 Ranked 1st. 11% more than China
Nuclear weapons > Total yield of all tests	24,409 Kt Ranked 2nd.	196,513 Kt Ranked 1st. 8 times more than China
Weapons of mass destruction > Chemical weapons possession	Probable	Known
Arms trade > Arms exports, top countries per million people	1.32 Ranked 14th.	27.91 Ranked 5th. 21 times more than China
Air force > Fighters	1,130 Ranked 3rd.	3,043 Ranked 1st. 3 times more than China
Military expenditure > Current LCU	686 billion Ranked 12th. 4% more than United States	661.05 billion Ranked 13th.
Nuclear weapons > Nuclear tests	47 Ranked 1st.	1,032 Ranked 1st. 22 times more than China
Highest military decorations > Name	The Hero's Medal	The Medal of Honor
Air force > Aircraft carriers > Total	1 Ranked 13th.	68 Ranked 1st. 68 times more than China
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males	10.41 million Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than United States	2.16 million Ranked 5th.
Air force > Aircraft carriers > Commissioned	1 Ranked 6th.	19 Ranked 1st. 19 times more than China
Nuclear weapons > Atmospheric tests	23 Ranked 3rd.	231 Ranked 1st. 10 times more than China
Weapon holdings	34.28 million Ranked 2nd.	38.54 million Ranked 1st. 12% more than China
Nuclear weapons > Share of all nuclear tests	2.22% Ranked 3rd.	48.7% Ranked 1st. 22 times more than China
Nuclear weapons > Peaceful use tests	0.0 Ranked 4th.	27 Ranked 1st.
Nuclear weapons > Share of all nuclear tests by yield	4.51% Ranked 2nd.	36.3% Ranked 1st. 8 times more than China
Nuclear weapons > Test detonations	47 Ranked 3rd.	1,127 Ranked 1st. 24 times more than China
Armed forces personnel per 1000	2.23 Ranked 108th.	4.84 Ranked 57th. 2 times more than China
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	10.76 million Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than United States	2.19 million Ranked 3rd.
Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49	None	None
Personnel per 1000	2.88 Ranked 107th.	5.23 Ranked 70th. 82% more than China
Expenditure > Current LCU	363000000000	507089000000
Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries	559 Ranked 10th.	893 Ranked 6th. 60% more than China
Weapons of mass destruction > Chemical Weapons Convention ratification	April 4, 1997	April 25, 1997
Conscription	Selective <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>conscription</a> (FWCC).	No <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>conscription</a>.
Armed forces growth	-28% Ranked 98th.	-37% Ranked 107th. 32% more than China
Imports > USD	1.24 billion Ranked 4th. 37% more than United States	904 million Ranked 7th.
Defence spending > Percent of GDP	2% Ranked 7th.	4.3% Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than China
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$	2.7 billion constant 1990 US$ Ranked 1st. 7 times more than United States	387 million constant 1990 US$ Ranked 19th.
Air force > Aircraft carriers > In reserve	0.0 Ranked 4th.	1 Ranked 1st.
WMD > Biological	China ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in December 1996, declaring two former chemical weapons (CW) production facilities that may have produced mustard gas and Lewisite. Since 1997, China has hosted 14 on-site inspections by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Although China claims that it no longer possesses any CW stockpiles, the U.S. government believes that China has not revealed the full scope of its program. China has signed a bilateral agreement with Japan to destroy CW that Japan abandoned in Chinese territory during World War II.	The U.S. offensive biological warfare (BW) program was launched in 1943 and terminated in 1969, by executive order. During this period, the U.S. weaponized a variety of pathogens and toxins for use against humans and plants. The anti-human agents it developed for weapons purposes were Bacillus anthracis (anthrax), Francisella tularensis (tularemia), Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, and staphylococcal enterotoxin B. The anti-plant agents were the fungi that cause wheat rust and rice blast. In addition, U.S. military scientists conducted research on pathogens that cause smallpox, glanders, and plague, as well as several toxins, such as botulinum toxin, saxitoxin, and ricin. The entire U.S. BW stockpile was destroyed in 1969 and 1970; since that time, it has not had an offensive BW program. The U.S. ratified the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention (BWC) in March 1975 and had an important role in the process of developing confidence-building measures (CBMs) during several BWC review conferences. However, in 2001, the Bush administration rejected an effort by other signatories to conclude a protocol that would provide verification measures. Since then, the remaining parties to the BWC have conducted semiannual meetings to discuss, among other things, national measures for the implementation of biosecurity regulations and penal legislation, leading up to the Sixth Review Conference in 2006.[2] In addition, the United States has conducted an active biodefense program for many years in accordance with BWC provisions that permit the use of agents of types and in quantities appropriate for prophylactic, protective, or other peaceful purposes. These activities are reported each year to Congress and in an annual information exchange on biodefense activities under the BWC. A 4 September 2001 New York Times article identified previously undisclosed U.S. government biodefense projects involving a model of a germ bomb, a factory to make biological agents, and the development of more potent anthrax. The United States denied allegations that this research was anything other than defensive in nature and asserted that it did not violate any BWC provisions or CBMs. On 28 April 2004, President Bush outlined the administration's perspective on biological weapons by issuing National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD-33) called "Biodefense for the 21st Century", an initiative to strengthen the country's biodefense capabilities through programs in threat awareness, prevention and protection, surveillance and detection, and response and recovery. The Bush administration also faces criticism that financial resources have been redirected from non-biodefense research in order to fund additional biodefense research.
Expenditures	4.3% of GDP Ranked 14th. 6% more than United States	4.06% of GDP Ranked 10th.
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP	4.3% of GDP Ranked 12th. 6% more than United States	4.06% of GDP Ranked 10th.
Conventional arms > Exports	$125.00 million Ranked 13th.	$5.45 billion Ranked 2nd. 44 times more than China
WMD > Chemical	China ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in December 1996, declaring two former chemical weapons (CW) production facilities that may have produced mustard gas and Lewisite. Since 1997, China has hosted 14 on-site inspections by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Although China claims that it no longer possesses any CW stockpiles, the U.S. government believes that China has not revealed the full scope of its program. China has signed a bilateral agreement with Japan to destroy CW that Japan abandoned in Chinese territory during World War II.	The U.S. chemical warfare (CW) program began with the establishment of the Chemical Warfare Service in June 1918. During World War I, the United States manufactured, stockpiled, and used chemical weapons. Chemical weapons development and production continued during and after World War II, but the production of unitary chemical munitions was terminated in 1969. During the Reagan administration, the production of binary chemical weapons was restarted, but was discontinued in 1990. Since then, the United States no longer has an active CW program. The United States ratified the Geneva Protocol in 1975, with the reservation that the treaty not apply to defoliants and riot control agents such as were used in Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War. Currently, the United States has what is believed to be the world's second largest stockpile of chemical weapons, including bombs, rockets, and artillery shells that are loaded with lewisite, mustard, sarin, soman, VX, or binary nerve agents. Under terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which the United States ratified in April 1997, the United States has committed to destroying all chemical stockpiles by April 2004. However in September 2003, the Pentagon announced that it would be unable to meet this deadline and would ask for an extension at the Fall 2003 CWC meeting. As of 28 December 2004, the Chemical Materials Agency of the U.S. Army announced that only 33.34% of the nation's stored chemical agent, including 70% of the remaining mustard agent stockpile, and 42% of the nation's chemical weapons munitions had been destroyed. Former chemical production facilities and recovered chemical warfare materials are also being destroyed under the U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program (NSCMP). The NSCMP also destroyed 80% of the nation's original chemical weapons production facilities in 2003, 16 months ahead of schedule, and will meet the final deadline of 100% destruction by April 2007.
Weapon holdings per 1000	26.95 Ranked 88th.	135.24 Ranked 43th. 5 times more than China
Military spending > 2009 > USD billions	100	661
Arms trade > Arms imports, top countries per million people	0.418 Ranked 15th.	2.89 Ranked 12th. 7 times more than China
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49	None	None
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$	129 million constant 1990 US$ Ranked 13th.	7.1 billion constant 1990 US$ Ranked 1st. 55 times more than China
Employment in arms > Production	2.5 million Ranked 1st. 8% more than United States	2.32 million Ranked 2nd.
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49	281.24 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	54.61 million Ranked 2nd.
Exports > USD	428 million Ranked 9th.	6.16 billion Ranked 1st. 14 times more than China
Conventional arms > Exports per capita	$0.11 Ranked 34th.	$21.84 Ranked 9th. 198 times more than China
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49	342.96 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	67.74 million Ranked 2nd.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people	7.7 Ranked 144th. 12% more than United States	6.89 Ranked 163th.
Conventional arms imports	$2.24 billion Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than United States	$533.00 million Ranked 8th.
Manpower > Availability > Males	375.01 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	72.72 million Ranked 3rd.
Manpower > Military age	18 years of age	18 years of age
Conventional arms > Exports > Per $ GDP	0.017 per $1,000 Ranked 33th.	0.464 per $1,000 Ranked 15th. 27 times more than China
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	24 SEP 1996	24 SEP 1996
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	13.19 million Ranked 1st. 6 times more than United States	2.14 million Ranked 4th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males	10.41 million Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than United States	2.16 million Ranked 5th.
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49	363789674	None
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita	2.07 constant 1990 US$ Ranked 47th. 58% more than United States	1.31 constant 1990 US$ Ranked 56th.
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita	98.89 constant 1990 US$ per 1 Ranked 33th.	23,956.65 constant 1990 US$ per 1 Ranked 5th. 242 times more than China
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 per 1000	213.4 Ranked 13th. 18% more than United States	181.29 Ranked 50th.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49	269.03 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	54.7 million Ranked 2nd.
Exports to developing nations	$6,372.00 million Ranked 5th.	$90,929.00 million Ranked 1st. 14 times more than China
Military expenditures > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures > Date of information	2005 est.	2005
Employment in arms > Production per 1000	1.97 Ranked 14th.	8.14 Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than China
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	313.32 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	59.41 million Ranked 3rd.
Manpower > Availability > Females	354.31 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	71.64 million Ranked 3rd.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	375.52 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	73.6 million Ranked 3rd.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita	2.07 constant 1990 US$ per c Ranked 47th. 58% more than United States	1.31 constant 1990 US$ per c Ranked 57th.
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 per 1000	260.23 Ranked 18th. 16% more than United States	224.89 Ranked 74th.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 per 1000	9.33 Ranked 44th. 38% more than United States	6.76 Ranked 70th.
Conventional arms imports per capita	$1.97 Ranked 52nd.	$2.14 Ranked 51st. 8% more than China
Exports to developing nations > Per $ GDP	$0.00 million per $1 million Ranked 6th.	$0.01 million per $1 million Ranked 4th. 9 times more than China
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females	9.13 million Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than United States	2.06 million Ranked 5th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people	6.83 Ranked 156th. 3% more than United States	6.65 Ranked 159th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	295.95 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	59.19 million Ranked 3rd.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000	288.04 Ranked 19th. 16% more than United States	249.05 Ranked 85th.
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid	$25.00 million Ranked 17th.	$20.90 billion Ranked 1st. 836 times more than China
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49	12.3 million Ranked 1st. 6 times more than United States	2.04 million Ranked 3rd.
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49	324.7 million Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States	67.07 million Ranked 2nd.
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000	10.01 Ranked 57th. 41% more than United States	7.12 Ranked 107th.
Exports to developing nations per million	$5.47 million Ranked 7th.	$354.48 million Ranked 3rd. 65 times more than China
Conventional arms imports > Per $ GDP	0.308 per $1,000 Ranked 49th. 7 times more than United States	0.045 per $1,000 Ranked 81st.
Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000	283.1 Ranked 25th. 18% more than United States	239.12 Ranked 119th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000	223.42 Ranked 29th. 15% more than United States	194.63 Ranked 73th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	9.71 million Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than United States	2.08 million Ranked 4th.
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid > Per $ GDP	$1.52 per $100,000 of GDP Ranked 33th.	$179.13 per $100,000 of GDP Ranked 5th. 118 times more than China
Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force	0.37% Ranked 124th.	0.97% Ranked 71st. 3 times more than China
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 per 1000	246.38 Ranked 20th. 11% more than United States	222.65 Ranked 51st.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000	8.12 Ranked 136th. 13% more than United States	7.19 Ranked 148th.
Expenditure > % of GDP	1.98% Ranked 39th.	4.08% Ranked 11th. 2 times more than China
Personnel > % of total labor force	0.48% Ranked 120th.	0.99% Ranked 83th. 2 times more than China
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female	9131990	2055685
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male	10406544	2161727
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita	7.3 per 1,000 people Ranked 160th. 7% more than United States	6.84 per 1,000 people Ranked 168th.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita	0.293 per capita Ranked 20th. 17% more than United States	0.251 per capita Ranked 103th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita	8.09 per 1,000 people Ranked 152nd. 12% more than United States	7.2 per 1,000 people Ranked 165th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people	6.83 Ranked 155th. 3% more than United States	6.65 Ranked 158th.
Expenditure > % of central government expenditure	18.22% Ranked 10th.	19.26% Ranked 7th. 6% more than China
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid, % of GDP	0.000716% Ranked 35th.	0.15% Ranked 2nd. 209 times more than China
Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid per capita	$0.02 Ranked 36th.	$69.38 Ranked 3rd. 3657 times more than China
Exports to developing nations, % of GDP	1.51e-06% Ranked 4th. 4% more than United States	1.45e-06% Ranked 5th.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 per 1000	204.13 Ranked 21st. 12% more than United States	181.58 Ranked 48th.
Conventional arms imports, % of GDP	0.627% Ranked 20th. 68 times more than United States	0.00927% Ranked 75th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females	9.13 million Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than United States	2.06 million Ranked 5th.
Military expenditure > % of GDP	2.01% Ranked 43th.	4.64% Ranked 8th. 2 times more than China
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita	0.0989 constant 1990 US$ Ranked 33th.	24.03 constant 1990 US$ Ranked 5th. 243 times more than China
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000	7.33 Ranked 142nd. 7% more than United States	6.84 Ranked 151st.
Conventional arms > Exports, % of GDP	0.035% Ranked 20th.	0.0948% Ranked 14th. 3 times more than China
Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000	267.48 Ranked 34th. 14% more than United States	235.58 Ranked 92nd.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people	7.71 Ranked 143th. 13% more than United States	6.83 Ranked 165th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000	236.53 Ranked 20th. 21% more than United States	195.38 Ranked 85th.

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