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Military Facts
Chart: Nations
with largest armed forces by active duty troop strength
Chart: U. S. military personnel on active duty in
selected regions / countries
Chart: Defense contracts, 2004
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Nations
with Largest Armed Forces, by Active-Duty Troop Strength
Source:
The Military
Balance. 2004-2005 (lnternational Institute for
Strategic Studies, published by Oxford University Press, UK) |
| Country |
Troop
strength
(thousands)
|
Defense
expend.
($
bil) |
Tanks (MBT)
(army only)
|
Navy |
Combat
aircraft |
Active
troops |
Reserve
troops |
Cruiser/
Frigates/
Destroyers |
Submarines |
FGA |
Fighters |
| (air
force only) |
China
|
2,255 |
800 |
55.9 |
7,580 |
42F/21D |
69 |
700 |
1,000 |
| United
States |
1,434 |
1,162 |
404.9 |
7,620 |
27C/30F/49D* |
72 |
3,513
aircraft |
| India |
1,325 |
535 |
15.5 |
3,898 |
16F/8D* |
16 |
472 |
127 |
| Russia |
1,213 |
2,400 |
65.2 |
22,800 |
6C/6F/14D* |
51 |
606 |
908 |
| N. Korea |
1,106 |
4,700 |
5.5 |
3,500 |
3F |
26 |
504 FGA/FTR |
| S. Korea |
688 |
4,500 |
14.6 |
1,000 |
9F/6D |
20 |
468 FGA/FTR |
| Pakistan |
619 |
513 |
3.1 |
2,461 |
7F |
11 |
109 |
207 |
| Iran |
540 |
350 |
3.1 |
1,613 |
3F |
3 |
186 |
74 |
| Turkey |
515 |
379 |
11.6 |
4,205 |
19F |
13 |
480 aircraft |
| Myanmar |
485 |
- |
6.3 |
150 |
-
|
- |
22 |
70 |
| Vietnam |
484 |
3,000 |
2.9 |
1,315 |
6F |
2
|
71
|
124 |
| Egypt |
450 |
410 |
2.7 |
3,755 |
10F/1D |
4 |
131 |
327 |
| Thailand |
306 |
200 |
1.9 |
333 |
12F* |
-
|
133
|
-
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| Brazil |
303 |
1,115 |
9.3 |
178 |
15F* |
4
|
254+ aircraft |
| Indonesia |
302 |
400 |
6.4
|
-
|
16F |
2
|
63 |
12 |
| Syria |
297 |
354 |
1.5 |
4,600 |
2F
|
-
|
130 |
289 |
| Taiwan |
290 |
1,657 |
6.6 |
926+ |
11D/21F |
4
|
386 |
57 |
| Germany |
285 |
359 |
35.1 |
2,398 |
12F/1D |
12 |
384 aircraft |
| Ukraine |
273 |
1,000 |
5.5 |
3,784 |
1C/2F |
1
|
63 |
340 |
France
|
259 |
100 |
45.7 |
614
|
12D/20F* |
10 |
478 aircraft |
| Japan |
240 |
44 |
42.8 |
980 |
45D/9F* |
16 |
80 |
180 |
| United Kingdom |
208 |
273 |
42.8 |
543 |
11
D/20F |
15 |
426 aircraft |
| Colombia |
207 |
61 |
3.2 |
-
|
-
|
4
|
22 |
-
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| Eritrea |
202 |
120 |
73
mil |
150 |
-
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-
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18 aircraft |
| Saudi Arabia |
200 |
-
|
18.7 |
1,055 |
7F |
-
|
171 |
106 |
| Morocco |
196 |
150 |
1.8 |
744 |
2F |
-
|
53 |
15
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| Italy |
194 |
63
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27.8 |
1,293 |
4D/12F* |
6
|
321 aircraft |
| Mexico |
193 |
300 |
2.9 |
-
|
3D/8F |
-
|
107 aircraft |
| Ethiopia |
183 |
-
|
326
mil |
250+ |
-
|
-
|
48 |
-
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Greece
|
171
|
291
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7.2 |
1,723 |
2D/12F |
8
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389 aircraft |
MBT
= main battle tank. FGA = fighter, ground attack.
*Denotes navies
with
aircraft carriers, as follows: United States 12,
United Kingdom 3, France 1, India 1, Italy 1, Russia 1, Brazil 1,
Thailand 1.
All figures are for
Aug. 2004, except Defense Expenditure,which is for
2003. - = not available.
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U.S.
Military
Personnel on Active Duty in Selected Regions/Countries1
Source:
U.S. Department of
Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center.
|
Region/Country
|
Personnel2
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| United
States
and Territories |
1,106,6333 |
Continental U.S.
Alaska
Hawaii
Guam
Puerto Rico
Transients
Afloat
|
894,921
18,980
33,816
2,931
211
51,386
104,358
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Europe
|
100,7253,4 |
Belgium*
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus
France*
Georgia
Germany*
Greece*
Greenland*
Iceland*
Italy*
Macedonia
Netherlands*
Norway*
Portugal*
Russia
Serbia (includes Kosovo)
Spain*
Turkey*
United Kingdom*
Afloat
|
1,388
261
45
56
40
66,000
431
144
1,257
11,428
40
579
74
990
44
1,909
1,634
1,738
10,536
1,828
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East
Asia and
Pacific
|
77,1543 |
Australia
China (includes Hong Kong)
Japan
Korea, Rep. of
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Afloat
|
140
71
35,050
29,982
44
159
116
11,508
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North
Africa,
Near East, and South Asia
|
235,1013 |
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Diego Garcia
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Afloat
|
20,400
1,482
773
424
207,000
43
36
195
387
269
72
3,865
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Sub-Saharan
Africa
|
1,5763 |
Djibouti
|
1,282 |
Western
Hemisphere
|
2,0663 |
The
Bahamas
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Cuba (Guantanamo)
Honduras
Peru
|
39
39
145
96
950
416
36
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Undistributed
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82,159 |
Total
foreign
countries
|
498,781 |
NATO
Countries
|
96,197 |
Total
worldwide
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1,605,4143 |
NOTES:
*NATO countries.(1) As of Dec. 31, 2005, unless otherwise noted. (2)
Only countries with 35 or more U.S. military personnel are listed. (3)
Includes all regions/countries, not simply those listed.(4)Incorporates
countries belonging to the former Soviet Union.
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Defense
Contracts, 2004
Source: U. S.. Dept. of Defense
(in thousands of dollars)
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| Listed
are the 50
companies or organizations receiving the largest
dollar volume of prime contract awards from the U.S. Department of
Defense during fiscal year 2004. |
| Company |
Total1 |
Lockheed
Martin
Boeing
Northrop Grumman
General Dynamics
Raytheon
Halliburton
United Technologies
Science Applications Intl.
Computer Sciences
Humana
L-3 Communications Holding
BAE Systems PLC
Health Net
General Electric
Bechtel Group, Inc.
Bell Boeing Joint Program
ITT Industries
Electronic Data Systems
Honeywell International
Carlyle Group
Triwest Healthcare Alliance
Renco Group Inc.
N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche
Oshkosh Truck
Government of the United States
North
American Airlines
FedEx Corp
Textron
The Titan Corporation
Boeing Sikorsky ComancheTeam
Booz Allen Hamilton
Veritas Capital Management LLC
GM GDLS Defense Group
Parsons Corp.
Public Warehousing Co.
URS Corporation
Government of Canada
Anteon Intl.Corp.
Johnson Controls
Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
Dell Inc.
A P Moller Gruppen
McKesson Corp.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hams
BP PLC
Alliant Techsystems
Rockwell Collins
American Body Armor and Equipment
Cardinal Health
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$20,690,912
17,066,413
11,894,090
9,563,280
8,472,814
7,996,794
5,056,938
2,450,781
2,390,806
2,372,078
2,260,293
2,192,647
1,899,825
1,822,720
1,742,470
1,539,815
1,539,742
1,538,272
1,462,915
1,442,680
1,279,718
1,107,715
1,070,123
1,024,394
1,005,126
961,601
953,938
940,267
933,554
929,238
909,663
863,011
811,807
809,150
804,820
803,827
751,147
700,777
696,616
693,854
642,979
638,728
627,637
607,115
605,789
597,674
592,439
588,368
579,264
575,550
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Totals include subsidiaries of each company. |
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