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ANGOLAN MILITARY STATS
Air force personnel 6,000 [36th of 49]
Air force personnel (per capita) 0.051 per 100 population [27th of 49]
Armed forces growth 117 [15th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 108,000 [38th of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita) 9.13165 per 1,000 people [23rd of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 1,000,000 constant 1990 US$ [42nd of 45]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 68.405 constant 1990 US$ per 1 [54th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 22,000,000 constant 1990 US$ [54th of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 1.38 constant 1990 US$ per c [54th of 170]
Army personnel 106,000 [22nd of 49]
Army personnel (per capita) 8.96254 per 1,000 people [11th of 49]
Branches
Angolan Armed Forces (FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), Angolan National Air Force (FANA)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 27 SEP 1996
Conscription
Conscription exists.
Conventional arms imports $5,000,000.00 [79th of 85]
Conventional arms imports (per $ GDP) 0.216 per $1,000 [56th of 85]
Conventional arms imports (per capita) 0.423 per 1 population [76th of 85]
expenditure > % of GDP 5.04 % [6th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 144200000000
Expenditures 5.7 % of GDP [7th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $183,580,000.00 [35th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $9.28 per 1,000 $ of GDP [68th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $11.85 per capita [47th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 5.7% [7th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females 2,755,864 [65th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 2,856,492 [72nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,568,080 [74th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,620,219 [75th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.169 per capita [174th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 217.137 per 1,000 people [154th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 1,371,689 [86th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 1,430,658 [90th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,317,328 [87th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 1,290,880 [86th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.085 per capita [172nd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 109.147 per 1,000 people [160th of 173]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 139,539 [67th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 11.135 per 1,000 people [53rd of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 142,791 [69th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 11.395 per 1,000 people [54th of 225]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 126,694 [59th of 157]
Navy personnel 2,000 [37th of 49]
Navy personnel (per capita) 0.169105 per 1,000 people [38th of 49]
personnel 118,000 [49th of 170]
personnel (per capita) 7.402 per 1,000 people [43rd of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 1.68 % [47th of 168]
Service age and obligation
17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years plus time for training
US military exports $1.00 thousand [109th of 109]
US military exports (per capita) $0.00 thousand per 1,000 peopl [107th of 109]
Weapon holdings 1,908,000 [42nd of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita) 161,326 per 1 million people [39th 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 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

Angola, Republic of Angola, Republica de Angola

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