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Armed forces growth	-15	[87th of 132]
Armed forces personnel	7,000	[119th of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita)	4.954 per 1,000 people	[51st of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	1,000,000 constant 1990 US$	[81st of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	0.895 constant 1990 US$ per c	[115th of 170]
Branches People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP); Army, Navy, Air Force; paramilitary force
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	11 APR 1997
Conscription Conscription exists (AI).
expenditure > % of GDP	3.11 %	[32nd of 145]
expenditure > current LCU	4532500000
Expenditures	3.1 % of GDP	[20th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$8,900,000.00	[82nd of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$32.98 per 1,000 $ of GDP	[15th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita)	$5.78 per capita	[65th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	3.1%	[41st of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females	347,886	[135th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males	344,087	[145th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	318,711	[150th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	326,864	[147th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.212 per capita	[165th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	225.556 per 1,000 people	[143rd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	195,429	[138th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	188,605	[152nd of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	185,801	[146th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	181,318	[146th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.121 per capita	[148th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	128.321 per 1,000 people	[136th of 173]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	16,841	[146th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)	11.204 per 1,000 people	[50th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	16,634	[146th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)	11.066 per 1,000 people	[73rd of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49	297,295	[98th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita)	0.202 per capita	[81st of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49	287,542	[111st of 164]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita)	0.195 per capita	[130th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49	161,033	[98th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita)	0.109 per capita	[97th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49	152,681	[113rd of 161]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita)	0.104 per capita	[145th of 161]
personnel	9,000	[135th of 170]
personnel (per capita)	5.673 per 1,000 people	[65th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force	1.42 %	[55th of 168]
Service age and obligation 18 years of age for selective compulsory military service
US military exports	$289.00 thousand	[75th of 109]
US military exports (per capita)	$0.20 thousand per 1,000 peopl	[51st of 109]
Weapon holdings	101,000	[115th of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita)	71,479.1 per 1 million people	[66th 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 Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republica da Guine-Bissau, Guine-Bissau

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