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South America > Colombia > Military

COLOMBIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air force personnel 7,300 [34th of 49]
    Air force personnel (per capita) 0.017 per 100 population [38th of 49]
Armed forces growth 130 [13th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 152,000 [32nd of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 3.53867 per 1,000 people [81st of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 11,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [64th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 0.241 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [72nd of 170]
Army personnel 121,000 [19th of 49]
    Army personnel (per capita) 2.81697 per 1,000 people [26th of 49]
Branches
National Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Infanteria de Marina, Colmar), and Coast Guard), Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Colombia, FAC)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
Conscription exists.
Conventional arms imports $17,000,000.00 [62nd of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP) 0.06 per $1,000 [76th of 85]
    Conventional arms imports (per capita) 0.396 per 1 population [77th of 85]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 11.9 % Time series [16th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 3.73 % Time series [14th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 10588000000000 Time series
Expenditures 3.4 % of GDP Time series [19th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $3,300,000,000.00 Time series [2nd of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $40.25 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [8th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $77.91 per capita Time series [11th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 3.4% Time series [36th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 11,809,279 Time series [24th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 11,478,109 Time series [27th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 11,101,700 [28th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 11,252,027 Time series [28th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.254 per capita Time series [97th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 258.456 per 1,000 people [67th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 9,919,952 Time series [22nd of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 8,056,336 Time series [29th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 7,495,462 Time series [27th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 7,403,430 [27th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.169 per capita Time series [93rd of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 172.357 per 1,000 people [80th of 173]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 433,192 Time series [23rd of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 9.624 per 1,000 people Time series [107th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 442,403 Time series [24th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 9.828 per 1,000 people Time series [111st of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 10,561,562 [18th of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.238 per capita [25th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 10,212,456 [20th of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.23 per capita [67th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 8,794,465 [15th of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.198 per capita [21st of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 6,986,228 [19th of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.157 per capita [99th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 383,146 [16th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 389,735 [22nd of 157]
Navy personnel 18,000 [23rd of 49]
    Navy personnel (per capita) 0.419053 per 1,000 people [26th of 49]
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 1964
personnel 336,000 Time series [19th of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 7.368 per 1,000 people Time series [45th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.5 % Time series [53rd of 168]
Service age and obligation
18-24 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; service obligation - 18 months
US military exports $120,503.00 thousand [9th of 109]
    US military exports (per capita) $2.81 thousand per 1,000 peopl [17th of 109]
Weapon holdings 373,000 [92nd of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 8,683.71 per 1 million people [121st of 137]

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; 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); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Colombia, Republic of Colombia, Republica de Colombia, columbia

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