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Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of the > Military

CONGOLESE MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 1,200 [44th of 49]
Armed forces growth 15 [55th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 10,000 [107th of 166]
Army personnel 8,000 [46th of 49]
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 11.4 % ... [20th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 2.11 % ... [38th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 71000000000 ...
Expenditures > Dollar figure $250,000,000.00 [82nd of 170]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 2.5 % [64th of 171]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 12,292,900 [25th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 6,267,750 [31st of 174]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 11,365,610 [17th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 6,464,223 [22nd of 161]
Navy personnel 800 [46th of 49]
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 1999
personnel 65,000 ... [66th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.28 % ... [143rd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-45 years of age for military service
Weapon holdings 190,000 [101st of 137]

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; 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; 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, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts ; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republique Democratique du Congo, congo (drc), congo (kinshasa), congo dr, congo-kinshasa, dem. rep. of the congo, zaire, Congo, Democratic Republic, Congo, Dem. Republic, Congo (Kinsasha), Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dem Rep. of the Congo, DRC Congo, DR Congo, Congo, Dem. Rep.

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