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Air force personnel	1,200	[44th of 49]
Air force personnel (per capita)	0.002 per 100 population	[48th of 49]
Armed forces growth	15	[55th of 132]
Armed forces personnel	10,000	[107th of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita)	0.164571 per 1,000 people	[148th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	14,000,000 constant 1990 US$	[62nd of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	0.243 constant 1990 US$ per c	[71st of 170]
Army personnel	8,000	[46th of 49]
Army personnel (per capita)	0.131657 per 1,000 people	[49th of 49]
Branches Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Forces d'Armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo, FARDC); Army, National Navy (La Marine Nationale), Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	28 SEP 2004
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	04 OCT 1996
Conscription Conscription exists (FWCC).
expenditure > % of central government expenditure	11.4 %	[20th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP	2.11 %	[38th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU	71000000000
Expenditures	2.5 % of GDP	[34th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$93,500,000.00	[52nd of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$14.23 per 1,000 $ of GDP	[50th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita)	$1.67 per capita	[82nd of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	2.5%	[38th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Males	14,101,263	[22nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	12,292,900	[25th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	12,706,971	[24th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.228 per capita	[151st of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	202.306 per 1,000 people	[169th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	8,562,989	[25th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	6,480,645	[31st of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	6,267,750	[31st of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.116 per capita	[152nd of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	103.149 per 1,000 people	[171st of 173]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	780,922	[15th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)	11.741 per 1,000 people	[23rd of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	783,762	[15th of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)	11.783 per 1,000 people	[35th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49	11,365,610	[17th of 164]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita)	0.173 per capita	[160th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49	6,464,223	[22nd of 161]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita)	0.098 per capita	[150th of 161]
Navy personnel	800	[46th of 49]
Navy personnel (per capita)	0.0131657 per 1,000 people	[49th of 49]
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict	1999
personnel	65,000	[66th of 170]
personnel (per capita)	1.129 per 1,000 people	[145th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force	0.28 %	[143rd of 168]
Service age and obligation 18-45 years of age for military service
Weapon holdings	190,000	[101st of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita)	3,126.85 per 1 million people	[132nd 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); CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia; Ongoing conflicts ; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

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