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| CAMEROONIAN MILITARY STATS: |
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Air force personnel
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300 |
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[49th of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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79 |
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[27th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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13,000 |
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[101st of 166]
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$
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6,000,000 constant 1990 US$
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[74th of 100]
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Army personnel
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11,500 |
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[41st of 49]
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Branches
Cameroon Armed Forces: Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) |
Conscription
No conscription. |
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expenditure > % of GDP
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1.32 %
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[76th of 145]
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Expenditures
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1.3 % of GDP |
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[59th of 87]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$221,100,000.00 |
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[30th of 111]
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Manpower > Availability > Females
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4,228,625 |
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[54th of 162]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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3,799,840 |
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[61st of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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18 years of age |
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Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
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212,205 |
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[52nd of 226]
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Navy personnel
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1,300 |
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[43rd of 49]
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personnel
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23,000
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[96th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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0.37 %
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[136th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; the government makes periodic calls for volunteers |
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US military exports
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$488.00 thousand |
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[61st of 109]
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Weapon holdings
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114,000 |
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[112nd 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; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon
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