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Africa > Burundi > Military

BURUNDIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth 669 [2nd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 40,000 [77th of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 5.13149 per 1,000 people [48th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 4,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [80th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 0.587 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [85th of 170]
Branches
National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
No conscription (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 30.31 % Time series [6th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 0.01 % Time series [117th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 51800000 Time series
Expenditures 5.9 % of GDP Time series [6th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $38,700,000.00 Time series [62nd of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $58.27 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [3rd of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $5.31 per capita Time series [67th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 5.9% Time series [6th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 1,851,676 Time series [88th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 1,878,544 Time series [94th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,375,900 [106th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 1,419,755 Time series [105th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.195 per capita Time series [170th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 176.511 per 1,000 people [174th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 1,062,488 Time series [101st of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1,083,899 Time series [104th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 747,400 Time series [119th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 723,516 [121st of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.103 per capita Time series [167th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 92.818 per 1,000 people [173rd of 173]
Manpower > Military age 16 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 98,533 Time series [78th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 11.337 per 1,000 people Time series [42nd of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 98,105 Time series [79th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 11.288 per 1,000 people Time series [64th of 225]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 91,331 [67th of 157]
personnel 82,000 Time series [60th of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 10.865 per 1,000 people Time series [24th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 2.14 % Time series [33rd of 168]
Service age and obligation
16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; children as young as 10 years of age have been conscripted into the armed forces; the enrollment of children is still not prohibited
US military exports $3.00 thousand [106th of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $0.00 thousand per 1,000 peopl [106th of 109]
Weapon holdings 148,000 [106th of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 18,986.5 per 1 million people [97th of 137]

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; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; 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; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Burundi, Republic of Burundi, Republika y'u Burundi

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