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| CONGOLESE MILITARY STATS: |
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Air force personnel
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1,200 |
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[44th of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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15 |
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[55th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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10,000 |
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[107th of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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14,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[62nd of 100]
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Army personnel
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8,000 |
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[46th of 49]
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Branches
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Forces d'Armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo, FARDC): Army, National Navy (La Marine Nationale), Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC) |
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC). |
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expenditure > % of central government expenditure
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11.4 %
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[20th of 88]
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expenditure > % of GDP
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2.11 %
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[38th of 145]
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Expenditures
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2.5 % of GDP |
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[34th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$93,500,000.00 |
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[52nd of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Males
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14,101,263 |
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[22nd of 210]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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12,292,900 |
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[25th of 175]
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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783,762 |
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[15th of 226]
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Navy personnel
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800 |
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[46th of 49]
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Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict
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1999 |
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personnel
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65,000
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[66th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.28 %
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[143rd of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18-45 years of age for military service |
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Weapon holdings
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190,000 |
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[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; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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; 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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