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Armed forces growth	35		[42nd of 132]
Armed forces personnel	3,000		[138th of 166]
Source: 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
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	1,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[86th of 100]
Source: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Branches Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces, General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), Military Air Service, National Police
Source: World Development Indicators database
Conscription Selective conscription (FWCC).
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
expenditure > % of central government expenditure	12.31 %		[21st of 88]
Source: 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)
expenditure > % of GDP	1.12 %		[85th of 145]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures	1.1 % of GDP		[62nd of 87]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$15,500,000.00		[73rd of 111]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Females	999,330		[115th of 162]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Males	1,032,828		[123rd of 210]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	858,671		[127th of 175]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	878,980		[127th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	534,141		[134th of 210]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	460,469		[132nd of 174]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	54,655		[107th of 226]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel	3,000		[146th of 170]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
personnel > % of total labor force	0.16 %		[153rd of 168]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Service age and obligation 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation
Source: World Development Indicators database
Weapon holdings	43,000		[128th of 137]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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