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Africa > Central African Republic > Military

CENTRAL AFRICAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 35 [42nd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 3,000 [138th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [86th of 100]
Branches
Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces, General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), Military Air Service, National Police
Conscription
Selective conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 12.31 % Time series [21st of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.12 % Time series [85th of 145]
Expenditures 1.1 % of GDP Time series [62nd of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $15,500,000.00 Time series [73rd of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 999,330 Time series [115th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,032,828 Time series [123rd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 858,671 [127th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 878,980 Time series [127th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 534,141 Time series [134th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 460,469 Time series [132nd of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 54,655 Time series [107th of 226]
personnel 3,000 Time series [146th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.16 % Time series [153rd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation
Weapon holdings 43,000 [128th 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; 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; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Central African Republic, Republique Centrafricaine, central af. r., central afr. rep., central africa, central african rep.

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ian ipsan
6th December 2004
i am doing a project on the central african republic and am desperate for pictures of the country you can contact me at my e-mail adress f1ipsan@aol.com due wednesdaay
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