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note: Carabineros and Investigations Police are normally
administered by the Ministry of Interior, but in times of national
emergency, they are considered part of the military

China:
People's Liberation Army (PLA) - which includes Ground
Forces, Navy (includes Marines and Naval Aviation), Air Force,
Second Artillery Corps (the strategic missile force), People's Armed
Police (internal security troops, nominally subordinate to Ministry
of Public Security, but included by the Chinese as part of the
"armed forces" and considered to be an adjunct to the PLA in wartime)

Colombia:
Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, includes
Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana),
National Police (Policia Nacional)

Comoros:
Comoran Security Force

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Special
Presidential Security Group

Congo, Republic of the:
Army, Air Force, Navy, Gendarmerie

Costa Rica:
Coast Guard, Air Section, Ministry of Public Security
Force (Fuerza Publica)

note: Costa Rica has no military, only domestic police forces,
including the Coast Guard and Air Section

Cote d'Ivoire:
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie,
Republican Guard (includes Presidential Guard), Sapeur-Pompier
(Military Fire Group)

Croatia:
Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces

Cuba:
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) includes ground forces,
Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR),
Territorial Troops Militia (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); the
Border Guard (TGF) is controlled by the Interior Ministry

Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG;
includes air and naval elements), Hellenic Forces Contingent on
Cyprus (ELDYK), Greek Cypriot Police; Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish
Cypriot Security Force (TCSF), Turkish mainland army units

Czech Republic:
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Territorial
Defense, Railroad Units

Denmark:
Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air
Force, Home Guard

Djibouti:
Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)

Dominica:
Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Special
Service Unit, Coast Guard)

Dominican Republic:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police

Ecuador:
Army (Ejercito Ecuatoriano), Navy (Armada Ecuatoriana,
includes Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana), National
Police (Policia Nacional)

Egypt:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command

El Salvador:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Equatorial Guinea:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Rapid Intervention Force,
National Police

Eritrea:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Estonia:
Ground Forces, Navy/Coast Guard, Air and Air Defense Force
(not officially sanctioned), Maritime Border Guard, Volunteer
Defense League (Kaitseliit), Security Forces (internal and border
troops)

Ethiopia:
Ground Forces, Air Force, Police, Militia

note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the
independence of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in
Eritrean possession and ships which belonged to the former Ethiopian
Navy and based at Djibouti have been sold

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
British Forces Falkland Islands
(includes Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, and Royal Marines),
Police Force

Faroe Islands:
defense is the responsibility of Denmark; no
organized native military forces; only a small Police Force and
Coast Guard are maintained

Fiji:
Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF; includes ground and
naval forces)

Finland:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Frontier Guard (includes Sea Guard)

France:
Army (includes Marines), Navy (includes Naval Air), Air
Force (includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie

French Guiana:
French Forces, Gendarmerie

French Polynesia:
French Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),
Gendarmerie

Gabon:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard (charged with
protecting the president and other senior officials), National
Gendarmerie, National Police

Gambia, The:
Army (includes marine unit), National Police,
Presidential Guard

Gaza Strip:
NA

Georgia:
Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Forces,
National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Germany:
Army, Navy (includes Naval Air Arm), Air Force, Medical
Corps, Border Police, Coast Guard

Ghana:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police Force, Palace Guard,
Civil Defense

Gibraltar:
British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force

Greece:
Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force, National
Guard, Police

Grenada:
Royal Grenada Police Force (includes Special Service Unit),
Coast Guard

Guadeloupe:
French Forces, Gendarmerie

Guatemala:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Guinea:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard,
paramilitary National Gendarmerie, National Police Force (Surete
National)

Guinea-Bissau:
People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; includes
Army, Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary force

Guyana:
Guyana Defense Force (GDF; includes Ground Forces, Coast
Guard, and Air Corps), Guyana People's Militia (GPM), Guyana
National Service (GNS), Guyana Police Force

Haiti:
Haitian National Police (HNP)

note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been
demobilized but still exist on paper until constitutionally abolished

Honduras:
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force

Hong Kong:
Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army
(PLA) including elements of the PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA
Air Force; these forces are under the direct leadership of the
Central Military Commission in Beijing and under administrative
control of the adjacent Guangzhou Military Region

Hungary:
Ground Forces, Air Force; note - there is a paramilitary
Border Guard which is under the Ministry of Interior

Iceland:
no regular armed forces; Police, Coast Guard; note -
Iceland's defense is provided by the US-manned Icelandic Defense
Force (IDF) headquartered at Keflavik

India:
Army, Navy (including naval air arm), Air Force, various
security or paramilitary forces (includes Border Security Force,
Assam Rifles, Rashtriya Rifles, and National Security Guards)

Indonesia:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines

note: as of 1 July 2000, the National Police became an independent
organization that reports directly to the president

Iran:
Islamic Republic of Iran regular forces (includes Ground
Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces), Revolutionary Guards
(includes Ground, Air, Navy, Qods, and Basij-mobilization-forces),
Law Enforcement Forces

Iraq:
Army, Republican Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force,
Border Guard Force, Fedayeen Saddam

Ireland:
Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps), National
Police (Garda Siochana)

Israel:
Israel Defense Forces (includes ground, naval, and air
components), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal), Frontier Guard, Chen
(women); note - historically there have been no separate Israeli
military services

Italy:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Carabinieri

Jamaica:
Jamaica Defense Force (includes Ground Forces, Coast Guard,
and Air Wing), Jamaica Constabulary Force

Japan:
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Army), Japan Maritime
Self-Defense Force (Navy), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Air Force)

Jordan:
Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF; includes Royal Jordanian Land
Force, Royal Naval Force, and Royal Jordanian Air Force); Ministry
of the Interior's Public Security Force (falls under JAF only in
wartime or crisis situations)

Kazakhstan:
General Purpose Forces (Army), Air Force, Border Guards,
Navy, Republican Guard

Kenya:
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary General Service Unit of
the Police

Kiribati:
no regular military forces; Police Force (carries out law
enforcement functions and paramilitary duties; small police posts
are on all islands)

Korea, North:
Korean People's Army (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),
Civil Security Forces

Korea, South:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime
Police (Coast Guard)

Kuwait:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police Force, National
Guard, Coast Guard

Kyrgyzstan:
Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces, Border Troops

Laos:
Lao People's Army (LPA; includes riverine element), Air Force,
National Police Department

Latvia:
Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Security
Forces, Border Guard, Home Guard (Zemessardze)

Lebanon:
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; includes Army, Navy, and Air
Force)

Lesotho:
Lesotho Defense Force (LDF; includes Army and Air Wing),
Royal Lesotho Mounted Police (RLMP)

Liberia:
Army, Air Force, Navy

Libya:
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Command

Lithuania:
Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force, Security
Forces (internal and border troops), National Guard (Skat)

Luxembourg:
Army; note - the government abolished the Gendarmerie

Macau:
Macau garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA)
includes about 500 troops

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
Army (includes Air and
Air Defense Forces), Police Force

Madagascar:
Popular Armed Forces (includes Intervention Forces,
Development Forces, Aeronaval Forces - includes Navy and Air Force),
Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment

Malawi:
Army (includes Air Wing and Naval Detachment), Police
(includes paramilitary Mobile Force Unit)

Malaysia:
Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air
Force, Royal Malaysian Police Force, Marine Police, Sarawak Border
Scouts

Maldives:
National Security Service

Mali:
Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, National
Guard, National Police (Surete Nationale)

Malta:
Armed Forces (including land forces, an air squadron, a
maritime squadron, and the Revenue Security Corps), Maltese Police
Force

Marshall Islands:
no regular military forces (a coast guard may be
established); Police Force

Martinique:
French forces (Army, Navy, Air Force), Gendarmerie

Mauritania:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National
Guard, National Police, Presidential Guard

Mauritius:
National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special
Mobile Force or SMF and National Coast Guard)

Mexico:
National Defense Secretariat (includes Army and Air Force),
Navy Secretariat (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry)

Moldova:
Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Republic
Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Mongolia:
Mongolian Armed Forces (includes General Purpose Forces,
Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense Troops); note - Border
Troops are under Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs in peacetime

Montserrat:
Police Force

Morocco:
Royal Armed Forces (includes Army, Navy, Air Force),
Gendarmerie, Auxiliary Forces

Mozambique:
Army, Naval Command, Air and Air Defense Forces, Militia

Namibia:
National Defense Force (Army), Police

Nauru:
no regular armed forces; Directorate of the Nauru Police Force

Nepal:
Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air
Service), Nepalese Police Force

Netherlands:
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy
(includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air
Force, Royal Constabulary

Netherlands Antilles:
Royal Netherlands Navy, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard, National Guard, Police Force

New Caledonia:
French Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force,
Gendarmerie); Police Force

New Zealand:
New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New
Zealand Air Force

Nicaragua:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Niger:
Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, Republican Guard,
National Police

Nigeria:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Niue:
Police Force

Norway:
Norwegian Army, Royal Norwegian Navy (includes Coast
Artillery and Coast Guard), Royal Norwegian Air Force, Home Guard

Oman:
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary (includes Royal Oman
Police)

Pakistan:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Armed Forces, National Guard

Palau:
NA

Panama:
an amendment to the Constitution abolished the armed forces,
but there are security forces (Panamanian Public Forces or PPF
includes the Panamanian National Police, National Maritime Service,
and National Air Service)

Papua New Guinea:
Papua New Guinea Defense Force (includes Ground,
Naval, and Air Forces, and Special Forces Unit)

Paraguay:
Army, Navy (includes Naval Air and Marines), Air Force

Peru:
Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru;
includes Naval Air, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza
Aerea del Peru), National Police (Policia Nacional)

Philippines:
Army, Navy (includes Coast Guard and Marine Corps), Air
Force

Poland:
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force

Portugal:
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force, National
Republican Guard

Puerto Rico:
paramilitary National Guard, Police Force

Qatar:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Public Security

Reunion:
French forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Gendarmerie)

Romania:
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Paramilitary
Forces, Civil Defense

Russia:
Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Strategic Rocket Forces

Rwanda:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force,
Coast Guard, Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force

Saint Lucia:
Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special
Service Unit), Coast Guard

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
Royal Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard

Samoa:
no regular armed services; Samoa Police Force

San Marino:
Voluntary Military Force, Police Force

Sao Tome and Principe:
Army, Navy, Security Police

Saudi Arabia:
Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force,
National Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)

Senegal:
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National
Police (Surete Nationale)

Seychelles:
Army, Coast Guard, air wing, National Guard,
Presidential Protection Unit, Police Force

Sierra Leone:
Army

Singapore:
Army, Navy, Air Force, People's Defense Force, Police
Force

Slovakia:
Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Territorial
Defense Forces, Civil Defense Force

Slovenia:
Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)

Solomon Islands:
no regular military forces; Solomon Islands
National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon
Islands Police (RSIP)

Somalia:
A Somali National Army is being reformed under the interim
government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent
militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments
maintain their own security and police forces

South Africa:
South African National Defense Force or SANDF
(includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services), South
African Police Service or SAPS

Spain:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard, National Police,
Coastal Civil Guard

Sri Lanka:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force

Sudan:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Popular Defense Force Militia

Suriname:
National Army (includes small Navy and Air Force
elements), Civil Police

Swaziland:
Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force (Army), Royal Swaziland
Police Force

Sweden:
Swedish Army, Royal Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force

Switzerland:
Army, Air Force, Frontier Guards, Fortification Guards

Syria:
Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force,
Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces, Police and Security Force

Tajikistan:
Army, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Presidential
National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Tanzania:
Tanzanian People's Defense Force or TPDF (includes Army,
Navy, and Air Force), paramilitary Police Field Force Unit, Militia

Thailand:
Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal Thai
Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, Paramilitary Forces

Togo:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie

Tonga:
Tonga Defense Services (includes Royal Tongan Marines, Tongan
Royal Guards, Maritime Force, Police); note - a new Air Wing which
will be subordinate to the Defense Ministry is being developed

Trinidad and Tobago:
Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (includes
Ground Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Wing), Trinidad and Tobago
Police Service

Tunisia:
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces, National Guard

Turkey:
Land Force, Navy (includes Naval Air and Naval Infantry),
Air Force, Coast Guard, Gendarmerie

Turkmenistan:
Ministry of Defense (Army, Air and Air Defense, Navy,
Border Troops, and Internal Troops), National Guard

Tuvalu:
no regular military forces; Police Force includes Maritime
Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance
operations

Uganda:
Army, Air Wing, Marine Unit

Ukraine:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Internal Troops,
Border Troops

United Arab Emirates:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense,
paramilitary (includes Federal Police Force)

United Kingdom:
Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air
Force

United States:
Department of the Army, Department of the Navy
(includes Marine Corps), Department of the Air Force

note: the Coast Guard is normally subordinate to the Department of
Transportation, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy

Uruguay:
Army, Navy (includes Naval Air Arm, Coast Guard, Marines),
Air Force, Police (Coracero Guard, Grenadier Guard)

Uzbekistan:
Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Security Forces
(internal and border troops), National Guard

Vanuatu:
no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF;
includes the paramilitary Vanuatu Mobile Force or VMF)

Venezuela:
National Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales or FAN)
includes Ground Forces or Army (Fuerzas Terrestres or Ejercito),
Naval Forces (Fuerzas Navales or Armada), Air Force (Fuerzas Aereas
or Aviacion), Armed Forces of Cooperation or National Guard (Fuerzas
Armadas de Cooperacion or Guardia Nacional)

Vietnam:
People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) (includes Ground Forces,
Navy, and Air Force), Coast Guard

West Bank:
NA

Western Sahara:
NA

Yemen:
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Air Defense Forces,
Presidential Guards, paramilitary (includes Police)

Yugoslavia:
Army (including ground forces with border troops, naval
forces, air and air defense forces)

Zambia:
Army, Air Force, National Service, police

Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)

Taiwan:
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force, Coastal Patrol and
Defense Command, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service
Forces

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@Military expenditures - dollar figure

Afghanistan:
$NA

Albania:
$42 million (FY99)

Algeria:
$1.87 billion (FY99)

Angola:
$1.2 billion (FY97)

Antigua and Barbuda:
$NA

Argentina:
$4.3 billion (FY99)

Armenia:
$75 million (FY99)

Australia:
$6.9 billion (FY98/99)

Austria:
$1.7 billion (FY98)

Azerbaijan:
$121 million (FY99)

Bahamas, The:
$20 million (FY95/96)

Bahrain:
$318 million (FY99)

Bangladesh:
$559 million (FY96/97)

Barbados:
$NA

Belarus:
$156 million (FY98)

Belgium:
$2.5 billion (FY01)

Belize:
$17 million (FY98/99)

Benin:
$27 million (FY96)

Bermuda:
$NA

Bhutan:
$NA

Bolivia:
$147 million (FY99)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
$NA

Botswana:
$61 million (FY99)

Brazil:
$13.408 billion (FY99)

Brunei:
$343 million (FY98)

Bulgaria:
$344 million (FY00)

Burkina Faso:
$66 million (FY96)

Burma:
$39 million (FY97/98)

Burundi:
$57 million (FY97)

Cambodia:
$112 million (FY01 est.)

Cameroon:
$118.6 million (FY00/01)

Canada:
$7.5 billion (FY00/01)

Cape Verde:
$4 million (FY96)

Central African Republic:
$29 million (FY96)

Chad:
$39 million (FY96)

Chile:
$2.5 billion (FY99)

China:
$12.608 billion (FY99); note - China's real defense spending
may be several times higher than the official figure because a
number of significant items are funded elsewhere

Colombia:
$3 billion (FY00)

Comoros:
$NA

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
$250 million (FY97)

Congo, Republic of the:
$110 million (FY93)

Costa Rica:
$69 million (FY99)

Cote d'Ivoire:
$94 million (FY96)

Croatia:
$575 million (2000)

Cuba:
$NA

Cyprus:
$370 million (FY00)

Czech Republic:
$1.2 billion (FY01)

Denmark:
$2.47 billion (FY99)

Djibouti:
$23 million (FY97)

Dominica:
$NA

Dominican Republic:
$180 million (FY98)

Ecuador:
$720 million (FY98)

Egypt:
$4.04 billion (FY99/00)

El Salvador:
$112 million (FY99)

Equatorial Guinea:
$3 million (FY97/98)

Eritrea:
$160 million (2000 est.)

Estonia:
$70 million (FY99)

Ethiopia:
$138 million (FY98/99)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
$NA

Faroe Islands:
$NA

Fiji:
$24 million (FY98)

Finland:
$1.8 billion (FY98)

France:
$39.831 billion (FY97)

French Guiana:
$NA

Gabon:
$91 million (FY96)

Gambia, The:
$2.6 million (2001 est.)

Gaza Strip:
$NA

Georgia:
$23 million (FY00)

Germany:
$32.8 billion (FY98)

Ghana:
$53 million (FY99)

Greece:
$6.12 billion (FY99/00 est.)

Grenada:
$NA

Guatemala:
$120 million (FY99)

Guinea:
$56 million (FY96)

Guinea-Bissau:
$8 million (FY96)

Guyana:
$7 million (FY94)

Haiti:
$NA; note - mainly for police and security activities

Honduras:
$35 million (FY99)

Hong Kong:
$NA; note - separate budget for Hong Kong not established
by China

Hungary:
$822 million (FY00)

Iceland:
$0

India:
$13.02 billion (FY01)

Indonesia:
$1 billion (FY98/99)

Iran:
$5.787 billion (FY98/99)

Iraq:
$NA

Ireland:
$738 million (2001 est.)

Israel:
$8.7 billion (FY99)

Italy:
$20.7 billion (FY00/01)

Jamaica:
$30 million (FY95/96 est.)

Japan:
$43 billion (FY01)

Jordan:
$608.9 million (FY98/99)

Kazakhstan:
$322 million (FY99)

Kenya:
$197 million (FY98/99)

Kiribati:
$NA

Korea, North:
$3.7 billion to $4.9 billion (FY98 est.)

Korea, South:
$12 billion (2000)

Kuwait:
$1.9 billion (FY00/01)

Kyrgyzstan:
$12 million (FY99)

Laos:
$55 million (FY98)

Latvia:
$60 million (FY99)

Lebanon:
$343 million (FY99/00)

Lesotho:
$34 million (1999)

Liberia:
$1 million (FY98)

Libya:
$1.3 billion (FY99/00)

Lithuania:
$181 million (FY99)

Luxembourg:
$131 million (FY98/99)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
$76.3 million (FY00/01)

Madagascar:
$29 million (FY94)

Malawi:
$9.5 million (FY00/01)

Malaysia:
$1.69 billion (FY00 est.)

Maldives:
$NA

Mali:
$49 million (FY96)

Malta:
$201 million (FY98)

Marshall Islands:
$NA

Mauritania:
$41 million (FY97/98)

Mauritius:
$11 million (FY97/98)

Mexico:
$4 billion (FY99)

Moldova:
$6 million (FY99)

Mongolia:
$25.5 million (FY01)

Morocco:
$1.4 billion (FY99/00)

Mozambique:
$35.1 million (2000 est.)

Namibia:
$104.4 million (2001)

Nauru:
$NA

Nepal:
$44 million (FY96/97)

Netherlands:
$6.5 billion (FY00/01 est.)

New Caledonia:
$192.3 million (1996)

New Zealand:
$883 million (FY97/98)

Nicaragua:
$26 million (FY98)

Niger:
$20 million (FY96)

Nigeria:
$360 million (FY00)

Norway:
$3.113 billion (FY98)

Oman:
$2.4 billion (FY00)

Pakistan:
$2.435 billion (FY99/00)

Palau:
$NA

Panama:
$128 million (FY99)

Papua New Guinea:
$42 million (FY98)

Paraguay:
$125 million (FY98)

Peru:
$1 billion (FY00)

Philippines:
$995 million (FY98)

Poland:
$3.17 billion (FY00)

Portugal:
$2.458 billion (FY97)

Qatar:
$723 million (FY00/01)

Romania:
$720 million (FY00)

Russia:
$NA

Rwanda:
$58 million (FY01)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
$NA

Saint Lucia:
$5 million (FY91/92)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
$NA

Samoa:
$NA

San Marino:
$700,000 (FY00)

Sao Tome and Principe:
$1 million (FY94)

Saudi Arabia:
$18.3 billion (FY00)

Senegal:
$68 million (FY97)

Seychelles:
$13 million (FY93)

Sierra Leone:
$46 million (FY96/97)

Singapore:
$5 billion (FY00/01 est.)

Slovakia:
$380 million (FY00)

Slovenia:
$370 million (FY00)

Solomon Islands:
$NA

Somalia:
$NA

South Africa:
$2 billion (FY00/01)

Spain:
$6 billion (FY97)

Sri Lanka:
$719 million (FY98)

Sudan:
$550 million (FY98)

Suriname:
$8.5 million (FY97 est.)

Swaziland:
$19.198 million (FY00/01)

Sweden:
$5 billion (FY98)

Switzerland:
$3.1 billion (FY98)

Syria:
$921 million (FY00 est.); note - based on official budget
data that may understate actual spending

Tajikistan:
$17 million (FY97)

Tanzania:
$21 million (FY98/99)

Thailand:
$1.775 billion (FY00)

Togo:
$27 million (FY96)

Tonga:
$NA

Trinidad and Tobago:
$83 million (FY94)

Tunisia:
$356 million (FY99)

Turkey:
$10.6 billion (FY99)

Turkmenistan:
$90 million (FY99)

Tuvalu:
$NA

Uganda:
$95 million (FY98/99)

Ukraine:
$500 million (FY99)

United Arab Emirates:
$1.6 billion (FY00)

United Kingdom:
$36.884 billion (FY97)

United States:
$276.7 billion (FY99 est.)

Uruguay:
$172 million (FY98)

Uzbekistan:
$200 million (FY97)

Vanuatu:
$NA

Venezuela:
$934 million (FY99)

Vietnam:
$650 million (FY98)

West Bank:
$NA

Western Sahara:
$NA

World:
aggregate real expenditure on arms worldwide in 1999 remained
at approximately the 1998 level, about three-quarters of a trillion
dollars (1999 est.)

Yemen:
$414 million (FY99)

Yugoslavia:
$760 million (FY00)

Zambia:
$76 million (FY97)

Zimbabwe:
$127 million (FY99/00)

Taiwan:
$8.042 billion (FY98/99)

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@Military expenditures - percent of GDP

Afghanistan:
NA%

Albania:
1.5% (FY99)

Algeria:
4.1% (FY99)

Angola:
22% (1999)

Antigua and Barbuda:
NA%

Argentina:
1.3% (FY99)

Armenia:
4% (FY99)

Australia:
1.9% (FY98/99)

Austria:
1.2% (FY98)

Azerbaijan:
2.6% (FY99)

Bahamas, The:
NA%

Bahrain:
5.2% (FY99)

Bangladesh:
1.8% (FY96/97)

Barbados:
NA%

Belarus:
1.2% (FY98)

Belgium:
1.2% (FY99)

Belize:
2.4% (FY98/99)

Benin:
1.2% (FY96)

Bermuda:
NA%

Bhutan:
NA%

Bolivia:
1.8% (FY99)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
NA%

Botswana:
1.2% (FY99)

Brazil:
1.9% (FY99)

Brunei:
5.1% (FY98)

Bulgaria:
2.4% (FY00)

Burkina Faso:
2% (FY96)

Burma:
2.1% (FY97/98)

Burundi:
6.1% (FY97)

Cambodia:
3% (FY01 est.)

Cameroon:
1.4% (FY98/99)

Canada:
1.3% (FY00/01)

Cape Verde:
1.8% (FY96)

Central African Republic:
2.2% (FY96)

Chad:
3.5% (FY96)

Chile:
3.1% (FY99)

China:
1.2% (FY99)

Colombia:
3.4% (FY00)

Comoros:
NA%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
4.6% (FY97)

Congo, Republic of the:
3.8% (FY93)

Costa Rica:
1.6% (FY99)

Cote d'Ivoire:
1% (FY96)

Croatia:
3.8% (2000)

Cuba:
roughly 4% (FY95 est.)

Cyprus:
4.2% (FY00)

Czech Republic:
2.2% (FY01)

Denmark:
1.4% (FY99)

Djibouti:
4.5% (FY97)

Dominica:
NA%

Dominican Republic:
1.1% (FY98)

Ecuador:
3.4% (FY98)

Egypt:
4.1% (FY99/00)

El Salvador:
0.7% (FY99)

Equatorial Guinea:
0.6% (FY97/98)

Eritrea:
29.4% (2000 est.)

Estonia:
1.2% (FY99)

Ethiopia:
2.5% (FY98/99)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
NA%

Faroe Islands:
NA%

Fiji:
1.1% (FY98)

Finland:
2% (FY98)

France:
2.5% (FY97)

French Guiana:
NA%

Gabon:
1.6% (FY96)

Gambia, The:
2% (FY96/97)

Gaza Strip:
NA%

Georgia:
0.59% (FY00)

Germany:
1.5% (FY98)

Ghana:
0.7% (FY99)

Greece:
4.91% (FY99/00 est.)

Grenada:
NA%

Guatemala:
0.6% (FY99)

Guinea:
1.4% (FY96)

Guinea-Bissau:
2.8% (FY96)

Guyana:
1.7% (FY94)

Haiti:
NA%

Honduras:
0.6% (FY99)

Hong Kong:
NA%

Hungary:
1.6% (FY00)

India:
2.5% (FY00)

Indonesia:
1.3% (FY98/99)

Iran:
2.9% (FY98/99)

Iraq:
NA%

Ireland:
0.75% (2001 est.)

Israel:
9.4% (FY99)

Italy:
1.7% (FY00/01)

Jamaica:
NA%

Japan:
0.96% (FY01)

Jordan:
7.8% (FY98/99)

Kazakhstan:
1.5% (FY99)

Kenya:
1.9% (FY98/99)

Kiribati:
NA%

Korea, North:
25% to 33% (FY98 est.)

Korea, South:
3.2% (FY98/99)

Kuwait:
8.7% (FY00/01)

Kyrgyzstan:
1% (FY99)

Laos:
4.2% (FY96/97)

Latvia:
0.9% (FY99)

Lebanon:
4.8% (FY99/00)

Lesotho:
NA%

Liberia:
2% (FY98)

Libya:
3.9% (FY99/00)

Lithuania:
1.66% (FY00)

Luxembourg:
1% (FY98/99)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
2.17% (FY00/01)

Madagascar:
1% (FY94)

Malawi:
0.76% (FY00/01)

Malaysia:
2.03% (FY00)

Maldives:
NA%

Mali:
2% (FY96)

Malta:
5.5% (FY98)

Marshall Islands:
NA%

Mauritania:
2.7% (FY97/98)

Mauritius:
0.3% (FY97/98)

Mexico:
1% (FY99)

Moldova:
1% (FY99)

Mongolia:
2.3% (FY01)

Morocco:
4% (FY99/00)

Mozambique:
1% (2000 est.)

Namibia:
2.6% (FY97/98)

Nauru:
NA%

Nepal:
0.9% (FY96/97)

Netherlands:
1.5% (FY00/01 est.)

New Caledonia:
5.3% (1996)

New Zealand:
1.1% (FY97/98)

Nicaragua:
1.2% (FY98)

Niger:
1.1% (FY96)

Nigeria:
10% (FY00)

Norway:
2.1% (FY98)

Oman:
13% (FY00)

Pakistan:
3.9% (FY99/00)

Palau:
NA%

Panama:
1.3% (FY99)

Papua New Guinea:
1% (FY98)

Paraguay:
1.4% (FY98)

Peru:
1.9% (FY00)

Philippines:
1.5% (FY98)

Poland:
1.95% (FY00)

Portugal:
2.6% (FY97)

Qatar:
10% (FY00/01)

Romania:
2.2% (FY00)

Russia:
NA%

Rwanda:
3.2% (FY01)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
NA%

Saint Lucia:
2% (FY91/92)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
NA%

Samoa:
NA%

San Marino:
NA%

Sao Tome and Principe:
1.5% (FY94)

Saudi Arabia:
13% (FY00)

Senegal:
1.4% (FY97)

Seychelles:
2.8% (FY93)

Sierra Leone:
2% (FY96/97)

Singapore:
4.5% (FY00/01 est.)

Slovakia:
1.71% (FY00)

Slovenia:
1.7% (FY00)

Solomon Islands:
NA%

Somalia:
NA%

South Africa:
1.5% (FY99/00)

Spain:
1.1% (FY97)

Sri Lanka:
4.2% (FY98)

Sudan:
NA%

Suriname:
1.6% (FY97 est.)

Swaziland:
4.75% (FY00/01)

Sweden:
2.1% (FY98)

Switzerland:
1.2% (FY98)

Syria:
5.9% (FY98)

Tajikistan:
1.8% (FY97)

Tanzania:
0.2% (FY98/99)

Thailand:
1.4% (FY00)

Togo:
2% (FY96)

Tonga:
NA%

Trinidad and Tobago:
NA%

Tunisia:
1.5% (FY99)

Turkey:
5.6% (FY99)

Turkmenistan:
3.4% (FY99)

Tuvalu:
NA%

Uganda:
1.9% (FY98/99)

Ukraine:
1.4% (FY99)

United Arab Emirates:
3.1% (FY00)

United Kingdom:
2.7% (FY97)

United States:
3.2% (FY99 est.)

Uruguay:
0.9% (FY98)

Uzbekistan:
2% (FY97)

Vanuatu:
NA%

Venezuela:
0.9% (FY99)

Vietnam:
2.5% (FY98)

West Bank:
NA%

Western Sahara:
NA%

World:
roughly 2% of gross world product (1999 est.)

Yemen:
7.6% (FY99)

Yugoslavia:
NA%

Zambia:
1.8% (FY97)

Zimbabwe:
3.1% (FY99/00)

Taiwan:
2.8% (FY98/99)

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@Military manpower - availability

Afghanistan:
males age 15-49: 6,645,023 (2001 est.)

Albania:
males age 15-49: 870,768 (2001 est.)

Algeria:
males age 15-49: 8,794,622 (2001 est.)

Angola:
males age 15-49: 2,480,016 (2001 est.)

Argentina:
males age 15-49: 9,404,434 (2001 est.)

Armenia:
males age 15-49: 905,154 (2001 est.)

Australia:
males age 15-49: 4,990,107 (2001 est.)

Austria:
males age 15-49: 2,091,263 (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan:
males age 15-49: 2,102,780 (2001 est.)

Bahrain:
males age 15-49: 222,141 (2001 est.)

Bangladesh:
males age 15-49: 36,005,553 (2001 est.)

Barbados:
males age 15-49: 78,069 (2001 est.)

Belarus:
males age 15-49: 2,729,956 (2001 est.)

Belgium:
males age 15-49: 2,517,596 (2001 est.)

Belize:
males age 15-49: 62,698 (2001 est.)

Benin:
males age 15-49: 1,455,433

females age 15-49: 1,489,947

note: both sexes are liable for military service (2001 est.)

Bhutan:
males age 15-49: 504,342 (2001 est.)

Bolivia:
males age 15-49: 2,005,660 (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
males age 15-49: 1,127,146 (2001 est.)

Botswana:
males age 15-49: 380,152 (2001 est.)

Brazil:
males age 15-49: 48,298,486 (2001 est.)

Brunei:
males age 15-49: 106,725 (2001 est.)

Bulgaria:
males age 15-49: 1,891,498 (2001 est.)

Burkina Faso:
males age 15-49: 2,592,974 (2001 est.)

Burma:
males age 15-49: 12,050,964

females age 15-49: 12,070,017

note: both sexes liable for military service (2001 est.)

Burundi:
males age 15-49: 1,394,273 (2001 est.)

Cambodia:
males age 15-49: 2,877,137 (2001 est.)

Cameroon:
males age 15-49: 3,762,369 (2001 est.)

Canada:
males age 15-49: 8,325,084 (2001 est.)

Cape Verde:
males age 15-49: 89,543 (2001 est.)

Central African Republic:
males age 15-49: 824,139 (2001 est.)

Chad:
males age 15-49: 1,814,578 (2001 est.)

Chile:
males age 15-49: 4,057,466 (2001 est.)

China:
males age 15-49: 366,306,353 (2001 est.)

Colombia:
males age 15-49: 10,779,148 (2001 est.)

Comoros:
males age 15-49: 141,120 (2001 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
males age 15-49: 11,615,554
(2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
males age 15-49: 684,922 (2001 est.)

Costa Rica:
males age 15-49: 1,035,090 (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
males age 15-49: 3,851,432 (2001 est.)

Croatia:
males age 15-49: 1,085,877 (2001 est.)

Cuba:
males age 15-49: 3,090,633

females age 15-49: 3,029,274 (2001 est.)

Cyprus:
males age 15-49: 198,275 (2001 est.)

Czech Republic:
males age 15-49: 2,653,456 (2001 est.)

Denmark:
males age 15-49: 1,292,619 (2001 est.)

Djibouti:
males age 15-49: 108,038 (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic:
males age 15-49: 2,281,035 (2001 est.)

Ecuador:
males age 15-49: 3,382,567 (2001 est.)

Egypt:
males age 15-49: 18,562,994 (2001 est.)

El Salvador:
males age 15-49: 1,464,898 (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:
males age 15-49: 108,973 (2001 est.)

Estonia:
males age 15-49: 359,677 (2001 est.)

Ethiopia:
males age 15-49: 14,537,884 (2001 est.)

Fiji:
males age 15-49: 227,599 (2001 est.)

Finland:
males age 15-49: 1,251,700 (2001 est.)

France:
males age 15-49: 14,573,199 (2001 est.)

French Guiana:
males age 15-49: 49,495 (2001 est.)

Gabon:
males age 15-49: 281,218 (2001 est.)

Gambia, The:
males age 15-49: 316,873 (2001 est.)

Georgia:
males age 15-49: 1,296,199 (2001 est.)

Germany:
males age 15-49: 20,851,022 (2001 est.)

Ghana:
males age 15-49: 4,890,483 (2001 est.)

Greece:
males age 15-49: 2,673,539 (2001 est.)

Guatemala:
males age 15-49: 3,092,050 (2001 est.)

Guinea:
males age 15-49: 1,764,912 (2001 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:
males age 15-49: 305,071 (2001 est.)

Guyana:
males age 15-49: 204,938 (2001 est.)

Haiti:
males age 15-49: 1,635,253 (2001 est.)

Honduras:
males age 15-49: 1,515,101 (2001 est.)

Hong Kong:
males age 15-49: 2,020,937 (2001 est.)

Hungary:
males age 15-49: 2,573,119 (2001 est.)

Iceland:
males age 15-49: 71,241 (2001 est.)

India:
males age 15-49: 280,204,502 (2001 est.)

Indonesia:
males age 15-49: 64,046,049 (2001 est.)

Iran:
males age 15-49: 18,319,328 (2001 est.)

Iraq:
males age 15-49: 5,902,215 (2001 est.)

Ireland:
males age 15-49: 1,004,469 (2001 est.)

Israel:
males age 15-49: 1,522,003

females age 15-49: 1,482,027 (2001 est.)

Italy:
males age 15-49: 14,248,674 (2001 est.)

Jamaica:
males age 15-49: 736,627 (2001 est.)

Japan:
males age 15-49: 29,926,614 (2001 est.)

Jordan:
males age 15-49: 1,458,571 (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan:
males age 15-49: 4,509,179 (2001 est.)

Kenya:
males age 15-49: 7,712,402 (2001 est.)

Korea, North:
males age 15-49: 5,943,735 (2001 est.)

Korea, South:
males age 15-49: 14,148,552 (2001 est.)

Kuwait:
males age 15-49: 780,559 (2001 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
males age 15-49: 1,203,001 (2001 est.)

Laos:
males age 15-49: 1,319,537 (2001 est.)

Latvia:
males age 15-49: 590,784 (2001 est.)

Lebanon:
males age 15-49: 980,412 (2001 est.)

Lesotho:
males age 15-49: 515,464 (2001 est.)

Liberia:
males age 15-49: 715,753 (2001 est.)

Libya:
males age 15-49: 1,459,400 (2001 est.)

Lithuania:
males age 15-49: 929,389 (2001 est.)

Luxembourg:
males age 15-49: 112,714 (2001 est.)

Macau:
males age 15-49: 125,737 (2001 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
males age 15-49:
548,183 (2001 est.)

Madagascar:
males age 15-49: 3,640,554 (2001 est.)

Malawi:
males age 15-49: 2,466,708 (2001 est.)

Malaysia:
males age 15-49: 5,800,456 (2001 est.)

Maldives:
males age 15-49: 71,856 (2001 est.)

Mali:
males age 15-49: 2,284,632 (2001 est.)

Malta:
males age 15-49: 98,953 (2001 est.)

Mauritania:
males age 15-49: 624,375 (2001 est.)

Mauritius:
males age 15-49: 339,473 (2001 est.)

Mexico:
males age 15-49: 26,703,300 (2001 est.)

Moldova:
males age 15-49: 1,164,018 (2001 est.)

Mongolia:
males age 15-49: 748,779 (2001 est.)

Morocco:
males age 15-49: 8,182,073 (2001 est.)

Mozambique:
males age 15-49: 4,627,052 (2001 est.)

Namibia:
males age 15-49: 427,067 (2001 est.)

Nauru:
males age 15-49: 3,018 (2001 est.)

Nepal:
males age 15-49: 6,295,990 (2001 est.)

Netherlands:
males age 15-49: 4,083,349 (2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
males age 15-49: 54,284 (2001 est.)

New Zealand:
males age 15-49: 1,000,102 (2001 est.)

Nicaragua:
males age 15-49: 1,269,322 (2001 est.)

Niger:
males age 15-49: 2,202,608 (2001 est.)

Nigeria:
males age 15-49: 29,940,922 (2001 est.)

Norway:
males age 15-49: 1,101,384 (2001 est.)

Oman:
males age 15-49: 771,919 (2001 est.)

Pakistan:
males age 15-49: 35,770,928 (2001 est.)

Panama:
males age 15-49: 775,966 (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea:
males age 15-49: 1,306,159 (2001 est.)

Paraguay:
males age 15-49: 1,388,436 (2001 est.)

Peru:
males age 15-49: 7,205,675 (2001 est.)

Philippines:
males age 15-49: 21,220,191 (2001 est.)

Poland:
males age 15-49: 10,447,931 (2001 est.)

Portugal:
males age 15-49: 2,530,466 (2001 est.)

Qatar:
males age 15-49: 312,116

note: includes non-nationals (2001 est.)

Reunion:
males age 15-49: 190,846 (2001 est.)

Romania:
males age 15-49: 5,899,536 (2001 est.)

Russia:
males age 15-49: 38,866,147 (2001 est.)

Rwanda:
males age 15-49: 1,815,633 (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe:
males age 15-49: 34,205 (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
males age 15-49: 5,894,691 (2001 est.)

Senegal:
males age 15-49: 2,311,063 (2001 est.)

Seychelles:
males age 15-49: 22,951 (2001 est.)

Sierra Leone:
males age 15-49: 1,161,790 (2001 est.)

Singapore:
males age 15-49: 1,316,815 (2001 est.)

Slovakia:
males age 15-49: 1,487,093 (2001 est.)

Slovenia:
males age 15-49: 523,336 (2001 est.)

Somalia:
males age 15-49: 1,825,302 (2001 est.)

South Africa:
males age 15-49: 11,469,812 (2001 est.)

Spain:
males age 15-49: 10,551,945 (2001 est.)

Sri Lanka:
males age 15-49: 5,304,323 (2001 est.)

Sudan:
males age 15-49: 8,436,732 (2001 est.)

Suriname:
males age 15-49: 121,656 (2001 est.)

Swaziland:
males age 15-49: 248,084 (2001 est.)

Sweden:
males age 15-49: 2,062,566 (2001 est.)

Switzerland:
males age 15-49: 1,849,034 (2001 est.)

Syria:
males age 15-49: 4,384,528 (2001 est.)

Tajikistan:
males age 15-49: 1,586,700 (2001 est.)

Tanzania:
males age 15-49: 8,365,337 (2001 est.)

Thailand:
males age 15-49: 17,717,268 (2001 est.)

Togo:
males age 15-49: 1,175,528 (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:
males age 15-49: 346,043 (2001 est.)

Tunisia:
males age 15-49: 2,739,566 (2001 est.)

Turkey:
males age 15-49: 18,882,272 (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan:
males age 15-49: 1,173,500 (2001 est.)

Uganda:
males age 15-49: 5,118,755 (2001 est.)

Ukraine:
males age 15-49: 12,285,623 (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
males age 15-49: 778,842

note: includes non-nationals (2001 est.)

United Kingdom:
males age 15-49: 14,599,199 (2001 est.)

United States:
males age 15-49: 70,819,436 (2001 est.)

Uruguay:
males age 15-49: 817,535 (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan:
males age 15-49: 6,550,587 (2001 est.)

Venezuela:
males age 15-49: 6,524,809 (2001 est.)

Vietnam:
males age 15-49: 21,704,588 (2001 est.)

Yemen:
males age 15-49: 4,103,093 (2001 est.)

Yugoslavia:
males age 15-49: 2,600,362 (2001 est.)

Zambia:
males age 15-49: 2,246,640 (2001 est.)

Zimbabwe:
males age 15-49: 2,996,631 (2001 est.)

Taiwan:
males age 15-49: 6,575,689 (2001 est.)

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@Military manpower - fit for military

Military manpower - fit for military service

Country profile category: Military

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y
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Afghanistan:
males age 15-49: 3,561,957 (2001 est.)

Albania:
males age 15-49: 712,763 (2001 est.)

Algeria:
males age 15-49: 5,383,770 (2001 est.)

Angola:
males age 15-49: 1,246,224 (2001 est.)

Argentina:
males age 15-49: 7,625,425 (2001 est.)

Armenia:
males age 15-49: 715,734 (2001 est.)

Australia:
males age 15-49: 4,303,966 (2001 est.)

Austria:
males age 15-49: 1,731,383 (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan:
males age 15-49: 1,684,673 (2001 est.)

Bahrain:
males age 15-49: 121,833 (2001 est.)

Bangladesh:
males age 15-49: 21,362,279 (2001 est.)

Barbados:
males age 15-49: 53,576 (2001 est.)

Belarus:
males age 15-49: 2,138,743 (2001 est.)

Belgium:
males age 15-49: 2,079,624 (2001 est.)

Belize:
males age 15-49: 37,174 (2001 est.)

Benin:
males age 15-49: 743,980

females age 15-49: 755,149 (2001 est.)

Bhutan:
males age 15-49: 269,251 (2001 est.)

Bolivia:
males age 15-49: 1,306,452 (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
males age 15-49: 895,780 (2001 est.)

Botswana:
males age 15-49: 199,995 (2001 est.)

Brazil:
males age 15-49: 32,388,786 (2001 est.)

Brunei:
males age 15-49: 61,640 (2001 est.)

Bulgaria:
males age 15-49: 1,581,697 (2001 est.)

Burkina Faso:
males age 15-49: 1,329,995 (2001 est.)

Burma:
males age 15-49: 6,425,514

females age 15-49: 6,419,677 (2001 est.)

Burundi:
males age 15-49: 728,326 (2001 est.)

Cambodia:
males age 15-49: 1,610,761 (2001 est.)

Cameroon:
males age 15-49: 1,903,149 (2001 est.)

Canada:
males age 15-49: 7,114,851 (2001 est.)

Cape Verde:
males age 15-49: 50,615 (2001 est.)

Central African Republic:
males age 15-49: 430,922 (2001 est.)

Chad:
males age 15-49: 949,997 (2001 est.)

Chile:
males age 15-49: 3,003,134 (2001 est.)

China:
males age 15-49: 200,886,946 (2001 est.)

Colombia:
males age 15-49: 7,205,211 (2001 est.)

Comoros:
males age 15-49: 83,920 (2001 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
males age 15-49: 5,915,251 (2001
est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
males age 15-49: 347,946 (2001 est.)

Costa Rica:
males age 15-49: 692,973 (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
males age 15-49: 2,010,862 (2001 est.)

Croatia:
males age 15-49: 859,621 (2001 est.)

Cuba:
males age 15-49: 1,911,160

females age 15-49: 1,867,958 (2001 est.)

Cyprus:
males age 15-49: 136,147 (2001 est.)

Czech Republic:
males age 15-49: 2,024,070 (2001 est.)

Denmark:
males age 15-49: 1,106,094 (2001 est.)

Djibouti:
males age 15-49: 63,589 (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic:
males age 15-49: 1,430,776 (2001 est.)

Ecuador:
males age 15-49: 2,280,899 (2001 est.)

Egypt:
males age 15-49: 12,020,059 (2001 est.)

El Salvador:
males age 15-49: 929,263 (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:
males age 15-49: 55,347 (2001 est.)

Estonia:
males age 15-49: 282,418 (2001 est.)

Ethiopia:
males age 15-49: 7,581,815 (2001 est.)

Fiji:
males age 15-49: 125,238 (2001 est.)

Finland:
males age 15-49: 1,033,188 (2001 est.)

France:
males age 15-49: 12,127,793 (2001 est.)

French Guiana:
males age 15-49: 32,052 (2001 est.)

Gabon:
males age 15-49: 145,062 (2001 est.)

Gambia, The:
males age 15-49: 159,764 (2001 est.)

Georgia:
males age 15-49: 1,024,574 (2001 est.)

Germany:
males age 15-49: 17,760,412 (2001 est.)

Ghana:
males age 15-49: 2,713,584 (2001 est.)

Greece:
males age 15-49: 2,040,227 (2001 est.)

Guatemala:
males age 15-49: 2,018,636 (2001 est.)

Guinea:
males age 15-49: 891,166 (2001 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:
males age 15-49: 173,703 (2001 est.)

Guyana:
males age 15-49: 154,259 (2001 est.)

Haiti:
males age 15-49: 888,305 (2001 est.)

Honduras:
males age 15-49: 902,220 (2001 est.)

Hong Kong:
males age 15-49: 1,520,531 (2001 est.)

Hungary:
males age 15-49: 2,050,404 (2001 est.)

Iceland:
males age 15-49: 62,704 (2001 est.)

India:
males age 15-49: 164,410,461 (2001 est.)

Indonesia:
males age 15-49: 37,418,755 (2001 est.)

Iran:
males age 15-49: 10,872,407 (2001 est.)

Iraq:
males age 15-49: 3,301,880 (2001 est.)

Ireland:
males age 15-49: 809,808 (2001 est.)

Israel:
males age 15-49: 1,245,757

females age 15-49: 1,208,973 (2001 est.)

Italy:
males age 15-49: 12,244,166 (2001 est.)

Jamaica:
males age 15-49: 517,077 (2001 est.)

Japan:
males age 15-49: 25,876,484 (2001 est.)

Jordan:
males age 15-49: 1,034,109 (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan:
males age 15-49: 3,598,859 (2001 est.)

Kenya:
males age 15-49: 4,774,889 (2001 est.)

Korea, North:
males age 15-49: 3,574,050 (2001 est.)

Korea, South:
males age 15-49: 8,979,778 (2001 est.)

Kuwait:
males age 15-49: 466,521 (2001 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
males age 15-49: 975,744 (2001 est.)

Laos:
males age 15-49: 710,627 (2001 est.)

Latvia:
males age 15-49: 463,944 (2001 est.)

Lebanon:
males age 15-49: 605,332 (2001 est.)

Lesotho:
males age 15-49: 277,369 (2001 est.)

Liberia:
males age 15-49: 385,460 (2001 est.)

Libya:
males age 15-49: 866,012 (2001 est.)

Lithuania:
males age 15-49: 730,363 (2001 est.)

Luxembourg:
males age 15-49: 92,817 (2001 est.)

Macau:
males age 15-49: 69,191 (2001 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
males age 15-49:
442,053 (2001 est.)

Madagascar:
males age 15-49: 2,159,767 (2001 est.)

Malawi:
males age 15-49: 1,265,893 (2001 est.)

Malaysia:
males age 15-49: 3,514,023 (2001 est.)

Maldives:
males age 15-49: 40,006 (2001 est.)

Mali:
males age 15-49: 1,309,612 (2001 est.)

Malta:
males age 15-49: 78,783 (2001 est.)

Mauritania:
males age 15-49: 302,699 (2001 est.)

Mauritius:
males age 15-49: 171,206 (2001 est.)

Mexico:
males age 15-49: 19,394,184 (2001 est.)

Moldova:
males age 15-49: 921,210 (2001 est.)

Mongolia:
males age 15-49: 486,491 (2001 est.)

Morocco:
males age 15-49: 5,160,374 (2001 est.)

Mozambique:
males age 15-49: 2,670,933 (2001 est.)

Namibia:
males age 15-49: 255,016 (2001 est.)

Nauru:
males age 15-49: 1,661 (2001 est.)

Nepal:
males age 15-49: 3,272,077 (2001 est.)

Netherlands:
males age 15-49: 3,555,501 (2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
males age 15-49: 30,405 (2001 est.)

New Zealand:
males age 15-49: 841,915 (2001 est.)

Nicaragua:
males age 15-49: 779,267 (2001 est.)

Niger:
males age 15-49: 1,190,787 (2001 est.)

Nigeria:
males age 15-49: 17,201,367 (2001 est.)

Norway:
males age 15-49: 913,534 (2001 est.)

Oman:
males age 15-49: 429,811 (2001 est.)

Pakistan:
males age 15-49: 21,897,366 (2001 est.)

Panama:
males age 15-49: 530,916 (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea:
males age 15-49: 723,012 (2001 est.)

Paraguay:
males age 15-49: 1,001,516 (2001 est.)

Peru:
males age 15-49: 4,847,250 (2001 est.)

Philippines:
males age 15-49: 14,942,363 (2001 est.)

Poland:
males age 15-49: 8,139,245 (2001 est.)

Portugal:
males age 15-49: 2,030,759 (2001 est.)

Qatar:
males age 15-49: 163,642 (2001 est.)

Reunion:
males age 15-49: 97,497 (2001 est.)

Romania:
males age 15-49: 4,962,807 (2001 est.)

Russia:
males age 15-49: 30,337,743 (2001 est.)

Rwanda:
males age 15-49: 924,544 (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe:
males age 15-49: 18,043 (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
males age 15-49: 3,291,185 (2001 est.)

Senegal:
males age 15-49: 1,207,360 (2001 est.)

Seychelles:
males age 15-49: 11,452 (2001 est.)

Sierra Leone:
males age 15-49: 563,631 (2001 est.)

Singapore:
males age 15-49: 959,636 (2001 est.)

Slovakia:
males age 15-49: 1,136,811 (2001 est.)

Slovenia:
males age 15-49: 416,237 (2001 est.)

Somalia:
males age 15-49: 1,011,400 (2001 est.)

South Africa:
males age 15-49: 6,977,328 (2001 est.)

Spain:
males age 15-49: 8,448,150 (2001 est.)

Sri Lanka:
males age 15-49: 4,119,511 (2001 est.)

Sudan:
males age 15-49: 5,194,862 (2001 est.)

Suriname:
males age 15-49: 71,344 (2001 est.)

Swaziland:
males age 15-49: 143,618 (2001 est.)

Sweden:
males age 15-49: 1,803,995 (2001 est.)

Switzerland:
males age 15-49: 1,570,918 (2001 est.)

Syria:
males age 15-49: 2,448,630 (2001 est.)

Tajikistan:
males age 15-49: 1,300,252 (2001 est.)

Tanzania:
males age 15-49: 4,841,095 (2001 est.)

Thailand:
males age 15-49: 10,646,818 (2001 est.)

Togo:
males age 15-49: 616,622 (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:
males age 15-49: 247,297 (2001 est.)

Tunisia:
males age 15-49: 1,561,484 (2001 est.)

Turkey:
males age 15-49: 11,432,438 (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan:
males age 15-49: 952,218 (2001 est.)

Uganda:
males age 15-49: 2,778,457 (2001 est.)

Ukraine:
males age 15-49: 9,630,184 (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
males age 15-49: 420,484 (2001 est.)

United Kingdom:
males age 15-49: 12,139,930 (2001 est.)

United States:
NA

Uruguay:
males age 15-49: 661,777 (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan:
males age 15-49: 5,318,418 (2001 est.)

Venezuela:
males age 15-49: 4,701,062 (2001 est.)

Vietnam:
males age 15-49: 13,673,438 (2001 est.)

Yemen:
males age 15-49: 2,303,257 (2001 est.)

Yugoslavia:
males age 15-49: 2,088,595 (2001 est.)

Zambia:
males age 15-49: 1,193,047 (2001 est.)

Zimbabwe:
males age 15-49: 1,860,167 (2001 est.)

Taiwan:
males age 15-49: 5,025,856 (2001 est.)

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@Military manpower - military age

Afghanistan:
22 years of age

Albania:
19 years of age

Algeria:
19 years of age

Angola:
18 years of age

Argentina:
20 years of age

Armenia:
18 years of age

Australia:
17 years of age

Austria:
19 years of age

Azerbaijan:
18 years of age

Bahrain:
15 years of age

Belarus:
18 years of age

Belgium:
19 years of age

Belize:
18 years of age

Benin:
18 years of age

Bhutan:
18 years of age

Bolivia:
19 years of age

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
19 years of age

Botswana:
18 years of age

Brazil:
18 years of age

Brunei:
18 years of age

Bulgaria:
19 years of age

Burma:
18 years of age

Burundi:
16 years of age

Cambodia:
18 years of age

Cameroon:
18 years of age

Canada:
17 years of age

Chad:
20 years of age

Chile:
19 years of age

China:
18 years of age

Colombia:
18 years of age

Congo, Republic of the:
20 years of age

Costa Rica:
18 years of age

Cote d'Ivoire:
18 years of age

Croatia:
19 years of age

Cuba:
17 years of age

Cyprus:
18 years of age

Czech Republic:
18 years of age

Denmark:
18 years of age

Dominican Republic:
18 years of age

Ecuador:
20 years of age

Egypt:
20 years of age

El Salvador:
18 years of age

Estonia:
18 years of age

Ethiopia:
18 years of age

Fiji:
18 years of age

Finland:
17 years of age

France:
18 years of age

Gabon:
20 years of age

Georgia:
18 years of age

Germany:
18 years of age

Ghana:
18 years of age

Greece:
21 years of age

Guatemala:
18 years of age

Haiti:
18 years of age

Honduras:
18 years of age

Hong Kong:
18 years of age

Hungary:
18 years of age

India:
17 years of age

Indonesia:
18 years of age

Iran:
21 years of age

Iraq:
18 years of age

Ireland:
17 years of age

Israel:
18 years of age

Italy:
18 years of age

Jamaica:
18 years of age

Japan:
18 years of age

Jordan:
18 years of age

Kazakhstan:
18 years of age

Korea, North:
18 years of age

Korea, South:
18 years of age

Kuwait:
18 years of age

Kyrgyzstan:
18 years of age

Laos:
18 years of age

Latvia:
18 years of age

Libya:
17 years of age

Lithuania:
18 years of age

Luxembourg:
19 years of age

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
19 years of age

Madagascar:
20 years of age

Malaysia:
21 years of age

Mexico:
18 years of age

note: starting in 2000, females will be allowed to volunteer for
military service

Moldova:
18 years of age

Mongolia:
18 years of age

Morocco:
18 years of age

Nepal:
17 years of age

Netherlands:
20 years of age

Netherlands Antilles:
20 years of age

New Zealand:
20 years of age

Nicaragua:
18 years of age

Niger:
18 years of age

Nigeria:
18 years of age

Norway:
20 years of age

Oman:
14 years of age

Pakistan:
17 years of age

Paraguay:
17 years of age

Peru:
20 years of age

Philippines:
20 years of age

Poland:
19 years of age

Portugal:
20 years of age

Qatar:
18 years of age

Reunion:
18 years of age

Romania:
20 years of age

Russia:
18 years of age

Saudi Arabia:
17 years of age

Senegal:
18 years of age

Slovakia:
18 years of age

Slovenia:
19 years of age

South Africa:
18 years of age

Spain:
20 years of age

Sri Lanka:
18 years of age

Sudan:
18 years of age

Sweden:
19 years of age

Switzerland:
20 years of age

Syria:
19 years of age

Tajikistan:
18 years of age

Thailand:
18 years of age

Tunisia:
20 years of age

Turkey:
20 years of age

Turkmenistan:
18 years of age

Ukraine:
18 years of age

United Arab Emirates:
18 years of age

United States:
18 years of age

Uzbekistan:
18 years of age

Venezuela:
18 years of age

Vietnam:
17 years of age

Yemen:
14 years of age

Yugoslavia:
19 years of age

Taiwan:
19 years of age

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@Military manpower - reaching military

Military manpower - reaching military age annually

Country profile category: Military

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y

Afghanistan:
males: 252,869 (2001 est.)

Albania:
males: 35,792 (2001 est.)

Algeria:
males: 388,939 (2001 est.)

Angola:
males: 103,807 (2001 est.)

Argentina:
males: 335,085 (2001 est.)

Armenia:
males: 34,998 (2001 est.)

Australia:
males: 138,971 (2001 est.)

Austria:
males: 50,580 (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan:
males: 77,099 (2001 est.)

Bahrain:
males: 5,926 (2001 est.)

Belarus:
males: 86,396 (2001 est.)

Belgium:
males: 63,247 (2001 est.)

Belize:
males: 2,847 (2001 est.)

Benin:
males: 70,088

females: 73,618 (2001 est.)

Bhutan:
males: 21,167 (2001 est.)

Bolivia:
males: 90,120 (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
males: 29,757 (2001 est.)

Botswana:
males: 19,479 (2001 est.)

Brazil:
males: 1,762,740 (2001 est.)

Brunei:
males: 3,005 (2001 est.)

Bulgaria:
males: 56,104 (2001 est.)

Burma:
males: 470,667

females: 479,691 (2001 est.)

Burundi:
males: 79,360 (2001 est.)

Cambodia:
males: 162,643 (2001 est.)

Cameroon:
males: 174,308 (2001 est.)

Canada:
males: 215,627 (2001 est.)

Chad:
males: 82,003 (2001 est.)

Chile:
males: 136,830 (2001 est.)

China:
males: 10,089,458 (2001 est.)

Colombia:
males: 379,295 (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
males: 32,350 (2001 est.)

Costa Rica:
males: 39,411 (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
males: 188,411 (2001 est.)

Croatia:
males: 30,037 (2001 est.)

Cuba:
males: 79,562

females: 85,650 (2001 est.)

Cyprus:
males: 6,616 (2001 est.)

Czech Republic:
males: 69,393 (2001 est.)

Denmark:
males: 29,212 (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic:
males: 87,404 (2001 est.)

Ecuador:
males: 132,978 (2001 est.)

Egypt:
males: 712,983 (2001 est.)

El Salvador:
males: 68,103 (2001 est.)

Estonia:
males: 11,164 (2001 est.)

Ethiopia:
males: 703,625 (2001 est.)

Fiji:
males: 9,471 (2001 est.)

Finland:
males: 33,883 (2001 est.)

France:
males: 390,064 (2001 est.)

Gabon:
males: 11,304 (2001 est.)

Georgia:
males: 41,561 (2001 est.)

Germany:
males: 482,318 (2001 est.)

Ghana:
males: 213,237 (2001 est.)

Greece:
males: 77,976 (2001 est.)

Guatemala:
males: 140,358 (2001 est.)

Haiti:
males: 87,049 (2001 est.)

Honduras:
males: 72,335 (2001 est.)

Hong Kong:
males: 47,139 (2001 est.)

Hungary:
males: 64,121 (2001 est.)

India:
males: 10,879,384 (2001 est.)

Indonesia:
males: 2,263,706 (2001 est.)

Iran:
males: 823,040 (2001 est.)

Iraq:
males: 274,035 (2001 est.)

Ireland:
males: 32,287 (2001 est.)

Israel:
males: 49,206

females: 53,379 (2001 est.)

Italy:
males: 304,369 (2001 est.)

Jamaica:
males: 27,729 (2001 est.)

Japan:
males: 765,817 (2001 est.)

Jordan:
males: 57,131 (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan:
males: 163,628 (2001 est.)

Korea, North:
males: 179,136 (2001 est.)

Korea, South:
males: 394,397 (2001 est.)

Kuwait:
males: 18,309 (2001 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
males: 50,590 (2001 est.)

Laos:
males: 64,437 (2001 est.)

Latvia:
males: 19,114 (2001 est.)

Libya:
males: 61,694 (2001 est.)

Lithuania:
males: 28,506 (2001 est.)

Luxembourg:
males: 2,565 (2001 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
males: 17,905 (2001
est.)

Madagascar:
males: 153,856 (2001 est.)

Malaysia:
males: 196,042 (2001 est.)

Mexico:
males: 1,077,536 (2001 est.)

Moldova:
males: 42,268 (2001 est.)

Mongolia:
males: 30,230 (2001 est.)

Morocco:
males: 348,380 (2001 est.)

Nepal:
males: 292,589 (2001 est.)

Netherlands:
males: 96,082 (2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
males: 1,610 (2001 est.)

New Zealand:
males: 26,480 (2001 est.)

Nicaragua:
males: 58,232 (2001 est.)

Niger:
males: 108,993 (2001 est.)

Nigeria:
males: 1,375,112 (2001 est.)

Norway:
males: 27,341 (2001 est.)

Oman:
males: 26,469 (2001 est.)

Pakistan:
males: 1,657,723 (2001 est.)

Paraguay:
males: 58,359 (2001 est.)

Peru:
males: 276,458 (2001 est.)

Philippines:
males: 848,181 (2001 est.)

Poland:
males: 344,781 (2001 est.)

Portugal:
males: 71,404 (2001 est.)

Qatar:
males: 6,797 (2001 est.)

Reunion:
males: 6,243 (2001 est.)

Romania:
males: 179,951 (2001 est.)

Russia:
males: 1,242,778 (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
males: 233,402 (2001 est.)

Senegal:
males: 114,189 (2001 est.)

Slovakia:
males: 45,502 (2001 est.)

Slovenia:
males: 14,513 (2001 est.)

South Africa:
males: 466,399 (2001 est.)

Spain:
males: 281,043 (2001 est.)

Sri Lanka:
males: 193,522 (2001 est.)

Sudan:
males: 398,294 (2001 est.)

Sweden:
males: 51,506 (2001 est.)

Switzerland:
males: 42,597 (2001 est.)

Syria:
males: 200,859 (2001 est.)

Tajikistan:
males: 72,056 (2001 est.)

Thailand:
males: 567,659 (2001 est.)

Tunisia:
males: 105,146 (2001 est.)

Turkey:
males: 674,805 (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan:
males: 48,292 (2001 est.)

Ukraine:
males: 390,823 (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
males: 25,482 (2001 est.)

United States:
males: 2,039,414 (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan:
males: 274,602 (2001 est.)

Venezuela:
males: 246,185 (2001 est.)

Vietnam:
males: 961,124 (2001 est.)

Yemen:
males: 238,690 (2001 est.)

Yugoslavia:
males: 82,542 (2001 est.)

Taiwan:
males: 198,766 (2001 est.)

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@National holiday

Afghanistan:
Independence Day, 19 August (1919)

Albania:
Independence Day, 28 November (1912)

Algeria:
Revolution Day, 1 November (1954)

American Samoa:
Flag Day, 17 April (1900)

Andorra:
Our Lady of Meritxell Day, 8 September (1278)

Angola:
Independence Day, 11 November (1975)

Anguilla:
Anguilla Day, 30 May

Antigua and Barbuda:
Independence Day, 1 November (1981)

Argentina:
Revolution Day, 25 May (1810)

Armenia:
Independence Day, 21 September (1991)

Aruba:
Flag Day, 18 March

Australia:
Australia Day, 26 January (1788)

Austria:
National Day, 26 October (1955); note - commemorates the
passage of the law on permanent neutrality

Azerbaijan:
Founding of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaidzhan, 28
May (1918)

Bahamas, The:
Independence Day, 10 July (1973)

Bahrain:
National Day, 16 December (1971); note - 15 August 1971 is
the date of independence from the UK, 16 December 1971 is the date
of independence from British protection

Bangladesh:
Independence Day, 26 March (1971); note - 26 March 1971
is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is
Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of
Bangladesh

Barbados:
Independence Day, 30 November (1966)

Belarus:
Independence Day, 3 July (1944); note - 3 July 1944 was the
date Minsk was liberated from German troops, 25 August 1991 was the
date of independence from the Soviet Union

Belgium:
Independence Day, 21 July (1831)

Belize:
Independence Day, 21 September (1981)

Benin:
National Day, 1 August (1960)

Bermuda:
Bermuda Day, 24 May

Bhutan:
National Day (Ugyen WANGCHUCK became first hereditary king),
17 December (1907)

Bolivia:
Independence Day, 6 August (1825)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
National Day, 25 November (1943)

Botswana:
Independence Day, 30 September (1966)

Brazil:
Independence Day, 7 September (1822)

British Virgin Islands:
Territory Day, 1 July

Brunei:
National Day, 23 February (1984); note - 1 January 1984 was
the date of independence from the UK, 23 February 1984 was the date
of independence from British protection

Bulgaria:
Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)

Burkina Faso:
Republic Day, 11 December (1958)

Burma:
Independence Day, 4 January (1948)

Burundi:
Independence Day, 1 July (1962)

Cambodia:
Independence Day, 9 November (1953)

Cameroon:
Republic Day, 20 May (1972)

Canada:
Independence Day/Canada Day, 1 July (1867)

Cape Verde:
Independence Day, 5 July (1975)

Cayman Islands:
Constitution Day, first Monday in July

Central African Republic:
Republic Day, 1 December (1958)

Chad:
Independence Day, 11 August (1960)

Chile:
Independence Day, 18 September (1810)

China:
Founding of the People's Republic of China, 1 October (1949)

Christmas Island:
NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
NA

Colombia:
Independence Day, 20 July (1810)

Comoros:
Independence Day, 6 July (1975)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
Independence Day, 30 June (1960)

Congo, Republic of the:
Independence Day, 15 August (1960)

Cook Islands:
Constitution Day, first Monday in August (1965)

Costa Rica:
Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

Cote d'Ivoire:
Independence Day, 7 August (1960)

Croatia:
Republic Day/Statehood Day, 30 May (1990)

Cuba:
Independence Day, 10 October (1868); note - 10 October 1868 is
the date of independence from Spain, 20 May 1902 is the date of
independence from US administration

Cyprus:
Independence Day, 1 October (1960); note - Turkish Cypriot
area celebrates 15 November (1983) as Independence Day

Czech Republic:
Czech Founding Day, 28 October (1918)

Denmark:
none designated; Constitution Day, 5 June is generally
viewed as the National Day

Djibouti:
Independence Day, 27 June (1977)

Dominica:
Independence Day, 3 November (1978)

Dominican Republic:
Independence Day, 27 February (1844)

Ecuador:
Independence Day (independence of Quito), 10 August (1809)

Egypt:
Revolution Day, 23 July (1952)

El Salvador:
Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

Equatorial Guinea:
Independence Day, 12 October (1968)

Eritrea:
Independence Day, 24 May (1993)

Estonia:
Independence Day, 24 February (1918); note - 24 February
1918 was the date of independence from Soviet Russia, 6 September
1991 was the date of independence from the Soviet Union

Ethiopia:
National Day (defeat of MENGISTU regime), 28 May (1991)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
Liberation Day, 14 June (1982)

Faroe Islands:
Olaifest, 29 July

Fiji:
Independence Day, second Monday of October (1970)

Finland:
Independence Day, 6 December (1917)

France:
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)

French Guiana:
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)

French Polynesia:
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)

Gabon:
Founding of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), 12 March
(1968)

Gambia, The:
Independence Day, 18 February (1965)

Georgia:
Independence Day, 26 May (1918); note - 26 May 1918 is the
date of independence from Soviet Russia, 9 April 1991 is the date of
independence from the Soviet Union

Germany:
Unity Day, 3 October (1990)

Ghana:
Independence Day, 6 March (1957)

Gibraltar:
Commonwealth Day, second Monday of March

Greece:
Independence Day, 25 March (1821)

Greenland:
June 21 (longest day)

Grenada:
Independence Day, 7 February (1974)

Guadeloupe:
Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)

Guam:
Discovery Day, first Monday in March (1521)

Guatemala:
Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

Guernsey:
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)

Guinea:
Independence Day, 2 October (1958)

Guinea-Bissau:
Independence Day, 24 September (1973)

Guyana:
Republic Day, 23 February (1970)

Haiti:
Independence Day, 1 January (1804)

Holy See (Vatican City):
Coronation Day of Pope JOHN PAUL II, 22
October (1978)

Honduras:
Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

Hong Kong:
National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's
Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 1 July 1997 is
celebrated as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment
Day

Hungary:
St. Stephen's Day, 20 August

Iceland:
Independence Day, 17 June (1944)