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Africa > Burundi > Military

BURUNDIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 669 [2nd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 40,000 [77th of 166]
    (per capita) 5.13149 per 1,000 people [48th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 4,000,000 constant 1990 US$ ... [80th of 100]
    (per capita) 0.587 constant 1990 US$ per c ... [85th of 170]
Branches
National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing) (2006)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 30.31 % ... [6th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.01 % ... [117th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 51800000 ...
Expenditures > Dollar figure $42,130,000.00 [127th of 170]
    (per $ GDP) $0.64 per $10 of GDP [9th of 162]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 5.9 % [11th of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,375,900 [106th of 175]
    (per capita) 176.511 per 1,000 people [174th of 174]
    (per capita) 0.195 per capita ... [164th of 169]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 723,516 [121st of 174]
    (per capita) 92.818 per 1,000 people [173rd of 173]
    (per capita) 0.103 per capita ... [161st of 168]

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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; World Development Indicators database; 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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Burundi, Republic of Burundi, Republika y'u Burundi

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