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Armed forces growth
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7 |
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[62nd of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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5,000 |
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[127th of 166]
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Branches
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Army, Navy, Air Force |
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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification
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06 MAR 2001 |
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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature
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27 SEP 1996 |
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Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC). |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.78 %
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[80th of 145]
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expenditure > current LCU
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8935000000 |
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$80,800,000.00 |
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[115th of 170]
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Expenditures > Percent of GDP
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1.7 %
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[96th of 171]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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1,597,560 |
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[96th of 175]
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Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
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805,603 |
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[115th of 174]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 |
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[41st of 129]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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75,021 |
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[72nd of 128]
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Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49
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76,661
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[72nd of 157]
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personnel
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8,000
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[138th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.24 %
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[148th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
21 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; in practice, volunteers may be taken at the age of 18; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript tour of duty - 18 months (2006) |
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US military exports
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$305.00 thousand |
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[72nd of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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69,000 |
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[124th of 137]
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SOURCES: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Benin, Republic of Benin, Republique du Benin
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