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Armed forces growth	-86	[133rd of 132]
Armed forces personnel	1,000	[143rd of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	1,000,000 constant 1990 US$	[92nd of 100]
Branches People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast Guard (includes maritime air wing)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	01 MAR 2006
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	01 OCT 1996
Conscription Conscription exists (AI).
expenditure > % of GDP	0.71 %	[118th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU	585700000
Expenditures	0.7 % of GDP	[71st of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$14,100,000.00	[74th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$15.25 per 1,000 $ of GDP	[45th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	0.7%	[84th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females	103,553	[151st of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males	103,650	[167th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	95,450	[166th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	98,394	[166th of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	88,832	[150th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	83,082	[165th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	55,477	[165th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	53,842	[166th of 174]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	5,441	[165th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	5,566	[166th of 226]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49	87,310	[111st of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49	84,641	[128th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49	73,662	[107th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49	65,614	[124th of 161]
personnel	1,000	[155th of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force	0.61 %	[108th of 168]
Service age and obligation 18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military service; 14-month conscript service obligation
US military exports	$215.00 thousand	[82nd of 109]

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

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Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde, Republica de Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde, cape verde islands

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