Fact Sheet: G8 and G20 Military Capabilities

G8 and G20 Military Capabilities

Compiled by Susan Khazaeli, G8 and G20 Research Groups
May 25, 2010

Countries	Actual Size of Military	Military Expenditure $^a	Military Expenditure % of GDP (07)	# of Troops Deployed in Afghanistan	Casualties in Afghanistan
Canada	96,350	$19,500,000,000	1.2	2,830	143
France	745,400	$61,571,330,000	2.3	3,750	41
Germany	648,650	$45,930,000,000	1.3	4,665	42
Italy	633,568	$40,050,000,000	1.8	3,300	22
Japan	309,149	$44,300,000,000	0.9	0	NA
Russia	4,004,100	$43,200,000,000	3.5	0	NA
United Kingdom	428,860	$53,148,770,000	2.4	9,500	285
United States	3,296,622	$515,400,000,000	4.0	62,415	1,061
G8 Total	10,162,699	$823,100,100,000	NA	86,460	1,594
Argentina	118,240	$3,000,000,000	0.8	0	NA
Australia	74,300	$22,000,000,000	1.9	1,550	11
Brazil	1,787,600	$24,400,000,000	1.5	0	NA
China	7,024,000	$59,000,000,000	2.0	0	NA
India	3,773,300	$32,350,000,000	2.5	0	NA
Indonesia	923,000	$4,740,000,000	1.2	0	NA
Korea	5,209,000	$25,500,000,000	2.6	0	1
Mexico	517,000	$6,070,000,000	0.4	0	NA
Saudi Arabia	159,000	$31,255,000,000	9.3	0	NA
South Africa	60,000	$3,700,000,000	1.4	0	NA
Turkey	1,042,700	$30,936,000,000	2.1	1,795	2
G20 Total	30,850,839	$1,066,051,100,000	NA	89,805	1,608

^a Not all figures are from the same year.

Key Sources: Global Fire Power (2010), www.globalfirepower.com; Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2009), SIPRI Yearbook 2009: Armaments, Disarmaments and International Security, Oxford University Press; NATO International Security Assistance Force (2010), www.isaf.nato.int; Operation Enduring Freedom (2010), iCasualties, www.icasualties.org/oef.

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