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By Doug Newman
January 5, 2007
I was recently feeling rather wonkish and decided to do some
research into the economic and military might of the Arab-Muslim world as
opposed to that of the
|
Country |
GDP |
Military (2) |
|
|
$
691,876,000,000.00 |
$ 11,520,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
301,950,000,000.00 |
$
8,100,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
257,641,000,000.00 |
$
1,000,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
250,557,000,000.00 |
$ 18,300,000,000.00 |
|
|
$ 162,709,000,000.00
|
$
9,700,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
96,115,000,000.00 |
$
2,964,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
94,100,000,000.00 |
$
1,300,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
84,649,000,000.00 |
$
1,870,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
75,148,000,000.00 |
$ 4,040,000,000.00 |
|
UAE |
$
70,960,000,000.00 |
$
1,600,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
56,844,000,000.00 |
$
559,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
50,055,000,000.00 |
$
1,400,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
41,748,000,000.00 |
$
1,967,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
29,119,000,000.00 |
$
1,300,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
28,185,000,000.00 |
$
356,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
23,133,000,000.00 |
$
858,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
21,768,000,000.00 |
$
541,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
21,698,000,000.00 |
$
2,424,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
20,426,000,000.00 |
$
723,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
19,559,000,000.00 |
$
581,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
12,834,000,000.00 |
$
482,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
11,196,000,000.00 |
$
757,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
9,607,000,000.00 |
$
526,000,000.00 |
|
|
$
5,761,000,000.00 |
$
525,000,000.00 |
|
TOTAL: |
$ 2,437,638,000,000.00 |
$ 73,393,000,000.00 |
|
|
$11,667,515,000,000.00 |
$276,700,000,000.00 |
(1) http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_gdp-economy-gdp-nominal
(2)
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mil_exp_dol_fig-military-expenditures-dollar-figure
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Freely Speaking: Essays by Doug Newman
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