|
Air force
>
Combat aircraft
|
306
Ranked 1st.
|
3,318
Ranked 1st.
11 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Army
>
Attack helicopters
|
39
Ranked 3rd.
|
6,417
Ranked 1st.
165 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Army
>
Main battle tanks
|
527
Ranked 4th.
|
8,725
Ranked 1st.
17 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Battle-related deaths
>
Number of people
|
0.0
Ranked 41st.
|
233
Ranked 18th.
|
|
|
Budget
|
62.5 US$ BN
Ranked 1st.
|
682 US$ BN
Ranked 1st.
11 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Global Peace Index
|
1.86
Ranked 6th.
|
2.13
Ranked 4th.
14% more than
France
|
|
|
Navy
>
Corvette warships
|
15
Ranked 1st.
8 times more
than
United States
|
2
Ranked 8th.
|
|
|
Navy
>
Nuclear submarines
|
10
Ranked 1st.
|
71
Ranked 1st.
7 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Navy
>
Submarines
|
0.0
Ranked 1st.
|
2
Ranked 8th.
|
|
|
Paramilitary personnel
|
98,155
Ranked 1st.
9 times more
than
United States
|
11,035
Ranked 1st.
|
|
|
Personnel
>
Per capita
|
5.9
per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd.
13% more than
United States
|
5.22
per 1,000 people
Ranked 70th.
|
|
|
Service age and obligation
|
17-40 years of age for male or female voluntary military service); no conscription; 12-month service obligation; women serve in noncombat military posts
|
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)
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|
|
WMD
>
Missile
|
France has an estimated 60 operational Air-Sol-Moyenne Porte (ASMP) supersonic missiles with a 300-kilometer range. The ASMP Ameliore (ASMP-A), with a range of 500 kilometers, is expected to enter service in 2007. The ASMPs are carried on 3 squads (60 total) of Mirage 2000N bombers and carrier-based aircraft. France's four operational nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) carry a total of 48 M4 and M45 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) with 288 total warheads. A new SLBM, the M51, will enter service in 2010 and eventually will be carried on all four operating SSBNs. The M51 will have a range of 8,000 to 10,000 kilometers and be capable of carrying up to six warheads. In December 2004. the French Arms Procurement Agency (DGA) placed a 3.0 billion euro order with EADS Aeronautics Company for new M51 ballistic missiles. The French government was also in its final stages of development of the ASMP-A ramjet-powered air-launched cruise missile as of January 2005. France deactivated and dismantled its 18 S3D intermediate-range missiles on the Plateau d'Albion in the 1990s. France is a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime.
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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.
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|
|
WMD
>
Nuclear
|
France is a nuclear weapon state party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). France maintains approximately 350 nuclear warheads on 60 Mirage 2000N bombers, four nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), and on carrier-based aircraft. From the time it detonated its first nuclear bomb in 1960 until its final test on January 26, 1996, France conducted 200 tests at sites on Pacific atolls and in the Sahara. In 1996, President Jacques Chirac introduced reforms for the country's nuclear forces, including scaling down its SSBNs from five to four, withdrawing aging Mirage IVP bombers from service, reducing its number of launchers by 50%, and dismantling its Plateau d'Albion land-based ballistic missile system. It dismantled its nuclear test facilities in the Pacific and ratified the Treaty of Rarotonga and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. France ceased production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium in 1992 and 1996, respectively, and, in 1998, began to dismantle the Marcoule reprocessing plant and the Pierrelatte enrichment facility. The French Navy operates about 80% of the total nuclear arsenal.
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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.
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|
|
War deaths
|
0.0
Ranked 179th.
|
0.0
Ranked 73th.
|
|
|
Military service age and obligation
|
17-40 years of age for male and female voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; 1-year service obligation; women serve in noncombat posts
|
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
>
Aircraft carriers
|
1
Ranked 1st.
|
10
Ranked 1st.
10 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Arms trade
>
Arms exports, top countries
|
1,139
Ranked 6th.
|
8,760
Ranked 1st.
8 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Armed forces personnel
|
294,000
Ranked 17th.
|
1.37 million
Ranked 3rd.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Military expenditures
|
2.6% of GDP
Ranked 8th.
|
4.6% of GDP
Ranked 1st.
77% more than
France
|
|
|
Military branches
|
Army (Armee de Terre; includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation), Navy (Marine Nationale), Air Force (Armee de l'Air (AdlA); includes Air Defense)
|
United States Armed Forces: US Army, US Navy (includes Marine Corps), US Air Force, US Coast Guard
|
|
|
Expenditures
>
Percent of GDP
|
2.6%
Ranked 51st.
|
4.06%
Ranked 22nd.
56% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower fit for military service
>
Males age 16-49
|
None
|
None
|
|
|
Armed forces personnel
>
Total
|
353,000
Ranked 17th.
|
1.54 million
Ranked 4th.
4 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Personnel
|
359,000
Ranked 18th.
|
1.55 million
Ranked 3rd.
4 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Navy
>
Frigates
|
11
Ranked 1st.
|
26
Ranked 3rd.
2 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Navy
>
Destroyers
|
11
Ranked 1st.
|
62
Ranked 1st.
6 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Nuclear weapons
>
Nuclear warheads
|
300
Ranked 3rd.
|
7,700
Ranked 2nd.
26 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Navy
>
Cruisers
|
0.0
Ranked 1st.
|
22
Ranked 1st.
|
|
|
Branches
|
Army (Armee de Terre; includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation), Navy (Marine Nationale, includes Naval Air), Air Force (Armee de l'Air, includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie
|
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
|
|
|
Battle-related deaths
>
Number of people per million
|
0.0
Ranked 41st.
|
0.818
Ranked 27th.
|
|
|
Navy
>
Amphibious warfare ships
|
5
Ranked 1st.
|
30
Ranked 1st.
6 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Nuclear weapons
>
Total yield of all tests
|
13,567 Kt
Ranked 3rd.
|
196,513 Kt
Ranked 1st.
14 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Arms trade
>
Arms exports, top countries per million people
|
17.34
Ranked 7th.
|
27.91
Ranked 5th.
61% more than
France
|
|
|
Military expenditure
>
Current LCU
|
45.99 billion
Ranked 40th.
|
661.05 billion
Ranked 13th.
14 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Highest military decorations
>
Name
|
The Legion of Honour
|
The Medal of Honor
|
|
|
Air force
>
Aircraft carriers
>
Total
|
8
Ranked 4th.
|
68
Ranked 1st.
9 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Navy
>
Helicopter carriers
|
3
Ranked 2nd.
|
9
Ranked 1st.
3 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower reaching military age annually
>
Males
|
396,050
Ranked 28th.
|
2.16 million
Ranked 5th.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Gulf War Coalition Forces
|
14,600
Ranked 5th.
|
697,000
Ranked 1st.
48 times more
than
France
|
|
|
NATO
>
NATO reserves provided
|
419,000
Ranked 4th.
|
1.46 million
Ranked 1st.
3 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Air force
>
Aircraft carriers
>
Commissioned
|
4
Ranked 2nd.
|
19
Ranked 1st.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Nuclear weapons
>
Atmospheric tests
|
57
Ranked 2nd.
|
231
Ranked 1st.
4 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Weapon holdings
|
6 million
Ranked 13th.
|
38.54 million
Ranked 1st.
6 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Nuclear weapons
>
Share of all nuclear tests
|
10.2%
Ranked 2nd.
|
48.7%
Ranked 1st.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Nuclear weapons
>
Peaceful use tests
|
4
Ranked 2nd.
|
27
Ranked 1st.
7 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Nuclear weapons
>
Share of all nuclear tests by yield
|
2.51%
Ranked 3rd.
|
36.3%
Ranked 1st.
14 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Nuclear weapons
>
Test detonations
|
217
Ranked 2nd.
|
1,127
Ranked 1st.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Armed forces personnel per 1000
|
4.83
Ranked 59th.
|
4.84
Ranked 57th.
About the same as
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Reaching military age annually
>
Males
|
401,379
Ranked 27th.
|
2.19 million
Ranked 3rd.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower available for military service
>
Males age 16-49
|
None
|
None
|
|
|
Expenditure
>
Current LCU
|
42502000000
|
507089000000
|
|
|
Personnel per 1000
|
5.68
Ranked 64th.
9% more than
United States
|
5.23
Ranked 70th.
|
|
|
Conscription
|
<a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists.
|
No <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>conscription</a>.
|
|
|
Armed forces growth
|
-37%
Ranked 108th.
The same as
United States
|
-37%
Ranked 107th.
|
|
|
Imports
>
USD
|
68 million
Ranked 44th.
|
904 million
Ranked 7th.
13 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Defence spending
>
Percent of GDP
|
2.32%
Ranked 3rd.
|
4.3%
Ranked 2nd.
85% more than
France
|
|
|
Arms imports
>
Constant 1990 US$
|
3 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 75th.
|
387 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 19th.
129 times more
than
France
|
|
|
NATO
>
Current members
>
Date
|
April 4 1949
|
April 4 1949
|
|
|
Air force
>
Aircraft carriers
>
In reserve
|
0.0
Ranked 8th.
|
1
Ranked 1st.
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
Artillery
|
750
Ranked 12th.
2 times more
than
United States
|
312
Ranked 19th.
|
|
|
WMD
>
Biological
|
France possessed a biological weapons program from 1921 to 1926 and again from 1935 to 1940. During these periods, France weaponized the potato beetle and conducted research on pathogens that cause anthrax, salmonella, cholera, and rinderpest. Its scientists also investigated botulinum toxin and ricin. It acceded to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) on September 27, 1984.
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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
|
2.6% of GDP
Ranked 26th.
|
4.06% of GDP
Ranked 10th.
56% more than
France
|
|
|
Military expenditures
>
Percent of GDP
|
2.6% of GDP
Ranked 25th.
|
4.06% of GDP
Ranked 10th.
56% more than
France
|
|
|
Conventional arms
>
Exports
|
$2.12 billion
Ranked 3rd.
|
$5.45 billion
Ranked 2nd.
3 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Terrorism
>
2002 Bali bombing deaths
|
4
Ranked 7th.
|
7
Ranked 4th.
75% more than
France
|
|
|
WMD
>
Chemical
|
France developed and used chemical weapons in WWI and maintained stockpiles of mustard gas and phosgene at the beginning of WWII. In a 1988 speech to the United Nations, French President Mitterrand claimed that France had no chemical weapons and would produce none in the future. Having no evidence to the contrary, it should be accepted that France no longer has a chemical warfare (CW) program nor does it have chemical weapons stockpiles. France ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) on March 2, 1995.
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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
|
97.79
Ranked 52nd.
|
135.24
Ranked 43th.
38% more than
France
|
|
|
Military spending
>
2009
>
USD billions
|
63.9
|
661
|
|
|
Manpower fit for military service
>
Females age 16-49
|
None
|
None
|
|
|
Arms
>
Exports
>
Constant 1990 US$
|
2.4 billion constant 1990 US$
Ranked 3rd.
|
7.1 billion constant 1990 US$
Ranked 1st.
3 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
Battle Tanks
|
1,069
Ranked 10th.
56% more than
United States
|
684
Ranked 13th.
|
|
|
Employment in arms
>
Production
|
250,000
Ranked 4th.
|
2.32 million
Ranked 2nd.
9 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Exports
>
USD
|
1.58 billion
Ranked 4th.
|
6.16 billion
Ranked 1st.
4 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Gulf War Coalition Forces per million
|
249.33
Ranked 12th.
|
2,755.15
Ranked 5th.
11 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Conventional arms
>
Exports per capita
|
$36.33
Ranked 3rd.
66% more than
United States
|
$21.84
Ranked 9th.
|
|
|
ISAF troops in Afghanistan
>
2010-12-14
|
3,850
Ranked 3rd.
|
90,000
Ranked 1st.
23 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
Aircraft
|
577
Ranked 3rd.
2 times more
than
United States
|
235
Ranked 9th.
|
|
|
Manpower reaching military age annually
>
Males per thousand people
|
6.03
Ranked 184th.
|
6.89
Ranked 163th.
14% more than
France
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
Helicopters
|
255
Ranked 2nd.
2 times more
than
United States
|
115
Ranked 6th.
|
|
|
Terrorism
>
2002 Bali bombing deaths per million people
|
0.0647
Ranked 14th.
3 times more
than
United States
|
0.0243
Ranked 19th.
|
|
|
Conventional arms imports
|
$89.00 million
Ranked 37th.
|
$533.00 million
Ranked 8th.
6 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Availability
>
Males
|
14.65 million
Ranked 21st.
|
72.72 million
Ranked 3rd.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Military age
|
18 years of age
|
18 years of age
|
|
|
Conventional arms
>
Exports
>
Per $ GDP
|
1.22 per $1,000
Ranked 8th.
3 times more
than
United States
|
0.464 per $1,000
Ranked 15th.
|
|
|
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
>
Signatures and Ratifications
>
Signature
|
24 SEP 1996
|
24 SEP 1996
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
Helicopters per million
|
3.98
Ranked 6th.
10 times more
than
United States
|
0.382
Ranked 22nd.
|
|
|
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
>
Males
|
396,050
Ranked 28th.
|
2.16 million
Ranked 5th.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
ACVs
|
3,323
Ranked 3rd.
2 times more
than
United States
|
1,397
Ranked 12th.
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
Artillery per million
|
11.87
Ranked 24th.
11 times more
than
United States
|
1.06
Ranked 25th.
|
|
|
Manpower available for military service
>
Females age 16-49
|
14238434
|
None
|
|
|
Arms imports
>
Constant 1990 US$ per capita
|
0.0475 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 79th.
|
1.31 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 56th.
28 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Arms
>
Exports
>
Constant 1990 US$
>
Per capita
|
39,409.92 constant 1990 US$
per 1
Ranked 4th.
65% more than
United States
|
23,956.65 constant 1990 US$
per 1
Ranked 5th.
|
|
|
Exports to developing nations
|
$22,632.00 million
Ranked 3rd.
|
$90,929.00 million
Ranked 1st.
4 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Aid to Afghanistan
>
Total development aid
>
Estimates
|
$2.48 billion
Ranked 14th.
|
$83.44 billion
Ranked 1st.
34 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Military expenditures
>
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures
>
Date of information
|
2005
|
2005
|
|
|
Employment in arms
>
Production per 1000
|
4.07
Ranked 9th.
|
8.14
Ranked 2nd.
Twice as much
as
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Fit for military service
>
Males
|
12.11 million
Ranked 20th.
|
59.41 million
Ranked 3rd.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Availability
>
Females
|
14.38 million
Ranked 19th.
|
71.64 million
Ranked 3rd.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Availability
>
Males age 15-49
|
14.52 million
Ranked 21st.
|
73.6 million
Ranked 3rd.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Arms imports
>
Constant 1990 US$
>
Per capita
|
0.049 constant 1990 US$
per c
Ranked 79th.
|
1.31 constant 1990 US$
per c
Ranked 57th.
27 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Conventional arms imports per capita
|
$1.52
Ranked 62nd.
|
$2.14
Ranked 51st.
40% more than
France
|
|
|
Commitment to Development Index (security)
|
3.7
Ranked 20th.
|
4.6
Ranked 16th.
24% more than
France
|
|
|
Allies of World War I
>
Personnel and casualties
>
Wounded in action per 1000
|
67.06
Ranked 1st.
97 times more
than
United States
|
0.689
Ranked 11th.
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
Battle Tanks per million
|
16.8
Ranked 21st.
7 times more
than
United States
|
2.29
Ranked 24th.
|
|
|
Exports to developing nations
>
Per $ GDP
|
$0.01 million per $1 million
Ranked 3rd.
68% more than
United States
|
$0.01 million per $1 million
Ranked 4th.
|
|
|
Manpower reaching military age annually
>
Females
|
377,839
Ranked 28th.
|
2.06 million
Ranked 5th.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower reaching military age annually
>
Females per thousand people
|
5.81
Ranked 187th.
|
6.65
Ranked 159th.
14% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Fit for military service
>
Females
|
11.85 million
Ranked 18th.
|
59.19 million
Ranked 3rd.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
ISAF troops in Afghanistan
>
2009-12-09
|
3,750
Ranked 3rd.
|
45,780
Ranked 1st.
12 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Availability
>
Males age 15-49 per 1000
|
229.88
Ranked 127th.
|
249.05
Ranked 85th.
8% more than
France
|
|
|
Allies of World War I
>
Personnel and casualties
>
Wounded in action
|
4.27 million
Ranked 2nd.
21 times more
than
United States
|
205,690
Ranked 4th.
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
ACVs per million
|
53.39
Ranked 13th.
11 times more
than
United States
|
4.82
Ranked 25th.
|
|
|
Exports to developing nations per million
|
$384.58 million
Ranked 2nd.
8% more than
United States
|
$354.48 million
Ranked 3rd.
|
|
|
Conventional arms imports
>
Per $ GDP
|
0.051 per $1,000
Ranked 78th.
13% more than
United States
|
0.045 per $1,000
Ranked 81st.
|
|
|
Expenditure
>
% of GDP
|
2.49%
Ranked 28th.
|
4.08%
Ranked 11th.
64% more than
France
|
|
|
Armed forces personnel
>
% of total labor force
|
1.23%
Ranked 49th.
27% more than
United States
|
0.97%
Ranked 71st.
|
|
|
Expenditure
>
% of central government expenditure
|
5.39%
Ranked 31st.
|
19.26%
Ranked 7th.
4 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Conventional arms imports, % of GDP
|
0.00715%
Ranked 77th.
|
0.00927%
Ranked 75th.
30% more than
France
|
|
|
Exports to developing nations, % of GDP
|
1.65e-06%
Ranked 3rd.
14% more than
United States
|
1.45e-06%
Ranked 5th.
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Reaching military age annually
>
Males per 1000
|
6.24
Ranked 175th.
|
7.19
Ranked 148th.
15% more than
France
|
|
|
Aid to Afghanistan
>
Total development aid
>
Estimates
>
Per $ GDP
|
$12.36 per $10,000 of GDP
Ranked 19th.
|
$71.51 per $10,000 of GDP
Ranked 12th.
6 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
>
Females
|
377,839
Ranked 28th.
|
2.06 million
Ranked 5th.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
>
Female
|
377839
|
2055685
|
|
|
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
>
Male
|
396050
|
2161727
|
|
|
Military expenditure
>
% of GDP
|
2.41%
Ranked 32nd.
|
4.64%
Ranked 8th.
93% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Fit for military service
>
Males per 1000
|
188.14
Ranked 107th.
|
195.38
Ranked 85th.
4% more than
France
|
|
|
Personnel
>
% of total labor force
|
1.32%
Ranked 57th.
33% more than
United States
|
0.99%
Ranked 83th.
|
|
|
Arms
>
Exports
>
Constant 1990 US$ per capita
|
37.97 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 4th.
58% more than
United States
|
24.03 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 5th.
|
|
|
Aid to Afghanistan
>
Total development aid
>
Estimates per capita
|
$38.90
Ranked 18th.
|
$279.63
Ranked 12th.
7 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Reaching military age annually
>
Females per 1000
|
5.94
Ranked 175th.
|
6.84
Ranked 151st.
15% more than
France
|
|
|
Iraqi insurgency
>
Foreign fighter nationality distribution
>
Number
|
1
Ranked 16th.
|
15
Ranked 6th.
15 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Aid to Afghanistan
>
Total development aid
>
Estimates, % of GDP
|
0.11%
Ranked 19th.
|
0.627%
Ranked 12th.
6 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Conventional arms
>
Exports, % of GDP
|
0.171%
Ranked 10th.
80% more than
United States
|
0.0948%
Ranked 14th.
|
|
|
Operation Enduring Freedom
>
Afghanistan coalition fatalities
|
5
Ranked 7th.
|
295
Ranked 1st.
59 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Reaching military age annually
>
Females
>
Per capita
|
6.12 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
|
6.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 168th.
12% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Availability
>
Males age 15-49
>
Per capita
|
0.239 per capita
Ranked 130th.
|
0.251 per capita
Ranked 103th.
5% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Reaching military age annually
>
Males
>
Per capita
|
6.39 per 1,000 people
Ranked 139th.
|
7.2 per 1,000 people
Ranked 165th.
13% more than
France
|
|
|
Operation Enduring Freedom
>
Afghanistan coalition fatalities per million
|
0.0786
Ranked 12th.
|
0.989
Ranked 1st.
13 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Iraqi insurgency
>
Foreign fighter nationality distribution
>
Number per million
|
0.0158
Ranked 20th.
|
0.0508
Ranked 17th.
3 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Forces in Europe
>
Aircraft per million
|
9.2
Ranked 13th.
11 times more
than
United States
|
0.803
Ranked 24th.
|
|
|
Defence minister
|
Jean-Yves Le Drian
|
Chuck Hagel
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Reaching military age annually
>
Females
|
382,409
Ranked 28th.
|
2.08 million
Ranked 4th.
5 times more
than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Availability
>
Females per 1000
|
223.39
Ranked 120th.
|
235.58
Ranked 92nd.
5% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
>
Males per thousand people
|
6.01
Ranked 186th.
|
6.83
Ranked 165th.
14% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Fit for military service
>
Females per 1000
|
184.09
Ranked 97th.
|
194.63
Ranked 73th.
6% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower
>
Availability
>
Males per 1000
|
227.53
Ranked 152nd.
|
239.12
Ranked 119th.
5% more than
France
|
|
|
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
>
Females per thousand people
|
5.81
Ranked 185th.
|
6.65
Ranked 158th.
14% more than
France
|
|