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Geography Categories
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TaiwanMilitary
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Military branches: |
Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command | |
Military manpower - military age and obligation: |
19-40 years of age for military service (being lowered to 35 years of age in July 2005); service obligation 22 months (being shortened to 18 months in July 2005 and 12 months in 2008) (2005) | |
Military manpower - availability: |
males age 19-49: 5,883,828 (2005 est.) | |
Military manpower - fit for military service: |
males age 19-49: 4,749,537 (2005 est.) | |
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: |
males: 174,173 (2005 est.) | |
Military expenditures - dollar figure: |
$7.574 billion (2003) | |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
2.6% (2004)
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More about Taiwan:
Introduction
Geography
People
Government
Economy
Communications
Transportation
Transnational Issues
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World Factbook INDEX:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 A: Page 1 of 6.
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