Defense 
              Budgets of Major Military Powers

              
            
  
          
        
      
      

        
 
          
 
            
 (as 
              of 1996)
          
        
      
      

        
 
          
 
            
Classification
          
          
 
            
 GDP (unit: US$ billions)
          
          
 
            
Defense Budget

              (unit: US$ billions)
          
          
 
            
GDP to Defense Budget
          
          
 
            
 Manpower (unit: 
              1,000 persons)
          
          
 
            
Military Expenditure 
              per Capita (US$)
          
        
        
 
          
 
            
US 

              Japan 

              Germany 

              France

              Russia

              United Kingdom

              China

              Taiwan 

              Indonesia 

              Thailand

              Israel

              Malaysia

              Singapore

              Egypt

              Korea, Rep. 

              North Korea
          
          
 
            
7,600

              4,600

              2,200

              1,500

              1,100

              1,200

              616

              275

              226

              174

              79

              86

              74

              60

              473

              20

          
          
 
            
265.8

              43.6

              38.4

              46.2

              69.5

              32.8

              34.7

              13.3

              4.6

              4.2

              9.4

              3.5

              4.0

              2.6

              15.2

              5.3

          
          
 
            
3.6

              1.0

              1.7

              3.1

              6.5

              3.0

              5.7

              4.9

              2.1

              2.4

              12.1

              4.2

              5.5

              4.5

              3.3

              27.2

          
          
 
            
1,484

              263

              358

              399

              1,270

              226

              2,935

              376

              299

              254

              175

              115

              54

              440

              660

              1,054

          
          
 
            
1,001

              348

              474

              792

              470

              561

              29

              624

              23

              69

              1,624

              148

              1,325

              43

              336

              243

          
        
        
 
        
 
        
 
      
      

        

          
 
            
 
              
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Sources: 
              Military Balance 1997-1998 
          
          
 
            
 
              
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Based 
              on 1995 US dollar exchange rate