Definition: This entry gives 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.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
See also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually mapRelated News
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Israel without Ideology (Fortune, 1952)
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If Nukes Are So Useless, Why Are Iran, North Korea, China and Russia Building Them So Fast?
gatestoneinstitute.org - 1/29/2013 7:55:26 AM
The US nuclear umbrella was widely seen during the Cold War as keeping the peace in Central Europe, preventing a superior Soviet Union ... the Fulda Gap. Even today, leaders of countries from Germany, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, for example, credit the ...
Dana Flight 0992 Air Disaster – A Crumbling National Aviation Sector
saharareporters.com - 7/15/2012 11:53:15 PM
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Fewer Americans Say U.S. Is No. 1 Military Power
Gallup - 3/11/2012 11:59:30 PM
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The Youth Unemployment Bomb
Businessweek - 2/3/2011 4:37:01 AM
Joerres, chief executive officer of Manpower (MAN), a temporary-services firm with ... last year a series of violent attacks there brought police face to face with youths brandishing AK-47s. A demographic bulge is contributing to the tensions in North ...
The Next Decade: Where We’ve Been… And Where We’re Going
Jutia Group - 1/8/2011 11:58:52 PM
In response to al Qaeda’s assaults, the United States slammed into the Islamic world—particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq. The goal was to demonstrate U.S. capability and reach ... as that country’s economic miracle comes of age.
The Next Decade
NPR News - 1/3/2012 11:54:15 PM
In response to al Qaeda’s assaults, the United States slammed into the Islamic world—particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq. The goal was to demonstrate U.S. capability and reach ... as that country’s economic miracle comes of age.
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During his 7 years stay at CMC Vellore, he has to his credit more than 350 successful renal transplants ... that the photo journalist was still at large and that legal course of action would be taken against the person involved in such a serious act.
10 Conservative Principles for Cybersecurity Policy
heritage.org - 1/30/2011 11:54:15 PM
Abstract: In the age of the Internet, which now determines daily life ... physical effects in the real world is significant.[7] 2. Cyberspace Is Everywhere. The Department of Homeland Security has identified 18 sectors of the economy as the nation ...
Nigeria - Farmers struggling with conflict and droght
Meat Trade News Daily - 12/1/2009 11:57:12 PM
According to the World Bank ... between the age of 15 and 24 “are expected to reach 1.8 billion by the year 2020. Out of the population, about 1.5 billion live in developing countries including Nigeria ”. Data from the National Manpower Board ...
India-Kazakhstan Relations: Challenges and Prospects
mainstreamweekly.net - 9/4/2009 11:54:11 PM
2 India’s Geostrategic and Energy Interests in Kazakhstan In the globalised world ... annually grow at the level of 2- 2.5 million barrels a day. This can be estimated from the fact that in 2002 the demand was 78 million barrels a day, and in 2015 it may ...
Developing local capacity for automotive manufacture in Nigeria (1)
Businessday Online - 5/30/2009 11:54:41 PM
The market for electronics applications in vehicles is estimated to reach £80 billion ... of cars above eight years of age to curb the influx of old automobiles into the country. This has failed to yield significant results and only encouraged massive ...
Libya: NATIONAL SECURITY
News.Mongabay - 2/25/2009 11:58:48 PM
The estimated military manpower availability for males age 15–19 is 1,588,533 ... placed severe economic sanctions on Libya. The ensuing world isolation and significant economic decline that Libya suffered led Qadhafi to the recognition that assisting ...
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News.Mongabay - 2/25/2009 11:58:48 PM
In World ... The Age,By Simon Tisdall. Despite much speculative talk about new handover strategies in Iraq, two basic facts have not changed since Saddam Hussein's downfall. ... This series of profiles of foreign nations is part of the Country Studies ...
