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Africa > Guinea > Military

GUINEAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -2 [76th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 10,000 [106th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [89th of 100]
Branches
Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Marine Guineenne, includes Marines), Air Force, Presidential Guard
Conscription
Conscription exists (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 11.85 % Time series [23rd of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 2.92 % Time series [34th of 145]
Expenditures 1.7 % of GDP Time series [47th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $56,700,000.00 Time series [55th of 111]
Manpower > Availability > Females 2,193,236 Time series [80th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 2,230,049 Time series [86th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,056,520 [87th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,108,948 Time series [85th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1,268,193 Time series [99th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,064,965 Time series [97th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 106,967 Time series [75th of 226]
personnel 13,000 Time series [117th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.29 % Time series [142nd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation
US military exports $445.00 thousand [65th of 109]

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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; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guinea, Republic of Guinea, Republique de Guinee, Guinee

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