Military
- Active troops in 2010: ranked 19 out of 172 countries.
- Per 1000 in 2010: ranked 15 out of 172 countries.
- Armed force size in 2010: ranked 19 out of 172 countries.
- Military expenditures in 2009: ranked 23 out of 153 countries.
- As a percentage of GDP in 2008: ranked 54 out of 153 countries.
- As purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2006: ranked 15 out of 15 countries.
- Total troops in 2010: ranked 10 out of 172 countries.
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“I’m not a military man, Captain. War holds no romance for me. The side effects are repulsive.”
—Richard Bluel, and Henry Hathaway. Major Hugh Tarkington (Clinton Greyn)
““My ancestors were all famous for military genius.”
My Lady smiled graciously. “It often runs in families,” she remarked: “just as a love for pastry does.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)