Military branches:
Counterterrorism Service Forces: Counterterrorism Command; Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF); Ministry of Defense Forces: Iraqi Army (includes Army Aviation Directorate, former National Guard Iraqi Intervention Forces, and Strategic Infrastructure Battalions), Iraqi Navy (former Iraqi Coastal Defense Force, includes Iraq Marine Force), Iraqi Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya) (2011)
Military service age and obligation:
18-40 years of age for voluntary military service (2010)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 7,767,329
[see also: Manpower available for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49:
7,461,766 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 6,591,185
[see also: Manpower fit for military service - male country ranks ]
females age 16-49:
6,421,717 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 332,194
[see also: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male country ranks ]
female:
322,010 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
8.6% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 5
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]