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Armed forces growth	-46		[114th of 132]
Armed forces personnel	29,000		[85th of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita)	4.66463 per 1,000 people		[56th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	34,000,000 constant 1990 US$		[54th of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	6.292 constant 1990 US$ per c		[41st of 170]
Branches Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF): Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	05 OCT 2000
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	30 JUL 1997
expenditure > % of GDP	2.07 %		[61st of 145]
expenditure > current LCU	325000000000
Expenditures	0.5 % of GDP		[79th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$10,700,000.00		[81st of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$4.27 per 1,000 $ of GDP		[80th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita)	$1.92 per capita		[80th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	0.5%		[92nd of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females	1,570,702		[96th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males	1,549,774		[104th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	1,411,040		[104th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	1,456,500		[104th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.261 per capita		[75th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	226.965 per 1,000 people		[139th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	1,052,053		[102nd of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	993,162		[112nd of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	783,800		[116th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	759,499		[116th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.141 per capita		[122nd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	122.165 per 1,000 people		[148th of 173]
Manpower > Military age	18 years of age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	72,758		[88th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)	10.896 per 1,000 people		[65th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	73,973		[87th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)	11.078 per 1,000 people		[71st of 225]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	73,167		[73rd of 157]
Note serving one of the world's least developed countries, the Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF) is small, poorly funded, and ineffectively resourced; its mission focus is border and internal security, primarily in countering ethnic Hmong insurgent groups; together with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the government, the Lao People's Army (LPA) is the third pillar of state machinery, and as such is expected to suppress political and civil unrest and similar national emergencies, but the LPA also has upgraded skills to respond to avian influenza outbreaks; there is no perceived external threat to the state and the LPA maintains strong ties with the neighboring Vietnamese military
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict	1975
personnel	129,000		[47th of 170]
personnel (per capita)	21.775 per 1,000 people		[9th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force	5.48 %		[10th of 168]
Service age and obligation 15 years of age for compulsory military service; minimum 18-month conscript service obligation
US military exports	$3,607.00 thousand		[32nd of 109]
US military exports (per capita)	$0.58 thousand per 1,000 peopl		[36th of 109]
Weapon holdings	214,000		[99th of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita)	34,421.7 per 1 million people		[84th of 137]

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