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According to the CIA World Factbook, military spending worldwide amounts to a staggering 741 billion dollars annually. This figure represents approximately 1.5% of the world’s GDP of $49,000 billion ($49 trillion). The United States has a $277 billion defense budget which accounts for 37% of the world’s total.
