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Qatar Military - 2006
http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/qatar/qatar_military.html
SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Military branches:
Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN), Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; land forces enlisted personnel are largely unprofessional foreign nationals (2005)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 302,873
females age 18-49: 137,856 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 238,566
females age 18-49: 116,595 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 7,851
females age 18-49: 7,040 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$723 million (FY00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
10% (FY00)

NOTE: The information regarding Qatar on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Qatar Military 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Qatar Military 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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