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Qatar is a country located in Middle East with an area of 11,586 km2 (land boundries: 87 km and costline 563 km). The capital of Qatar is Doha. The number of inhabitants is 2,795,484.

The Qatari military's inventory includes a broad mix of older and modern weapons systems, mostly from the United States and Europe. In the 2010s, Qatar embarked on an extensive military expansion and modernization program with large air, ground, and naval equipment purchases.

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Alliance) is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949. NATO is a system of collective security: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by others countries. NATO's main headquarters are located in Brussels. The following twelve states signed the treaty and became the founding members: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. The following states joined the treaty after 1949: Greece, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Members who joined after the dissolution of the Soviet Union: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

Before and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several NATO countries sent army to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank. Alliance had deployed 40,000 troops along its 2,500 kilometres long Eastern flank to deter possible Russian aggression. On 5 July the North Atlantic Alliance members signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland and formally approved the decisions of the NATO summit.

Finland joined the alliance on 4 April 2023.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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6 billion $
1338.7 billion $

Percent of GDP

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3.6 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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66,550
3,298,939

Reserve personnel

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15,000
2,728,032

Available for military

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389,487
211,574,462

Land Forces

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Tanks

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138
12,506
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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922
86,389
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Total artillery

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62
12,725
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Self-propelled artillery

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46
4,590
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Rocket artillery

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16
1,896

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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205
21,119
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Fighter

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0
863
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Multirole

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46
3,893
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Attack

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6
642
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Helicopters

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87
7,886
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UCAV (combat drone)

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6
964

Navy

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Total naval

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92
2,373
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Aircraft carriers

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0
30
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Destroyers

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0
122
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Frigates

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0
120
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Corvettes

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3
64
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Submarines

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0
149

Nuclear weapons

Qatar

Does not have nuclear weapons.

NATO

Data not available

Military service

Qatar

Conscription for males aged 18-35; 4-month general obligation, 3 months for graduates.

NATO

Data not available