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Military Stats: compare key data on Saint Lucia & United Kingdom

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  • Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
  • Armed forces personnel per 1000: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
  • Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
  • 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."
  • 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 > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 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 > Fit for military service > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population 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.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Saint Lucia United Kingdom HISTORY
Armed forces personnel 0.0
Ranked 156th.
212,000
Ranked 23th.
Armed forces personnel per 1000 0.0
Ranked 156th.
3.6
Ranked 89th.
Branches no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard) Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air Force
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 04 OCT 1996 24 SEP 1996
Manpower > Availability > Males 48,358
Ranked 178th.
14.73 million
Ranked 20th. 305 times more than Saint Lucia

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 1,591
Ranked 186th.
400,927
Ranked 28th. 252 times more than Saint Lucia
Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 41414 None
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 36289 11779679
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 1,574
Ranked 185th.
383,989
Ranked 30th. 244 times more than Saint Lucia
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 1,574
Ranked 185th.
383,989
Ranked 30th. 244 times more than Saint Lucia

Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 8.7
Ranked 122nd. 43% more than United Kingdom
6.07
Ranked 183th.

Military branches no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Marine Unit) Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air Force
Military service age and obligation 18 years of age for voluntary security service; no national army 16-33 years of age (officers 17-28) for voluntary military service (with parental consent under 18); no conscription; women serve in military services, but are excluded from ground combat positions and some naval postings; as of October 2009, women comprised 12.1% of officers and 9% of enlisted personnel in the regular forces; must be citizen of the UK, Commonwealth, or Republic of Ireland; reservists serve a minimum of 3 years, to age 45 or 55; 17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service by Nepalese citizens in the Brigade of Gurkhas; 16-34 years of age for voluntary military service by Papua New Guinean citizens
War deaths 0.0
Ranked 89th.
0.0
Ranked 125th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 38,660
Ranked 177th.
12.12 million
Ranked 19th. 314 times more than Saint Lucia

Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 1,502
Ranked 186th.
365,491
Ranked 31st. 243 times more than Saint Lucia
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 8.47
Ranked 124th. 44% more than United Kingdom
5.87
Ranked 184th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 8.71
Ranked 112th. 39% more than United Kingdom
6.25
Ranked 166th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 9.42 per 1,000 people
Ranked 111th. 50% more than United Kingdom
6.29 per 1,000 people
Ranked 185th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 9.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 108th. 52% more than United Kingdom
6.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 184th.
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 223.81
Ranked 29th. 13% more than United Kingdom
197.44
Ranked 78th.

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 1,504
Ranked 186th.
383,593
Ranked 27th. 255 times more than Saint Lucia
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 1,502
Ranked 185th.
365,491
Ranked 31st. 243 times more than Saint Lucia
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 1502 365491
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 1574 383989
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 05 APR 2001 06 APR 1998
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 9.67
Ranked 93th. 60% more than United Kingdom
6.06
Ranked 184th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 9.21
Ranked 112th. 41% more than United Kingdom
6.53
Ranked 165th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 8.47
Ranked 123th. 44% more than United Kingdom
5.87
Ranked 182nd.
Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 279.96
Ranked 28th. 17% more than United Kingdom
239.92
Ranked 114th.

SOURCES: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Uppsala Conflict Data Program, http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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