| Military branches: |
Iraqi Armed Forces: Iraqi Army (includes Iraqi Special Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force), Iraqi Navy (former Iraqi Coastal Defense Force), Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air Corps) (2005) |
| Military service age and obligation: |
all volunteer force; the Iraqi Government is creating a new professional Iraqi military force of men aged 18 to 40 to defend Iraq from external threats and the current insurgency (2006) |
| Manpower available for military service: |
males age 18-49: 5,870,640
females age 18-49: 5,642,073 (2005 est.) |
| Manpower fit for military service: |
males age 18-49: 4,930,074
females age 18-49: 4,771,105 (2005 est.) |
| Manpower reaching military service age annually: |
males age 18-49: 198,518
females age 18-49: 289,879 (2005 est.) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
8.6% (2006) |