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Armed forces growth	147	[11th of 132]
Armed forces personnel	30,000	[84th of 166]
Armed forces personnel (per capita)	3.10655 per 1,000 people	[90th of 166]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	15,000,000 constant 1990 US$	[70th of 100]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita)	1.764 constant 1990 US$ per c	[77th of 170]
Branches Armed Forces; Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT), Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT), Gendarmerie
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	08 OCT 1996
Conscription Selective conscription.
expenditure > % of GDP	0.9 %	[97th of 145]
expenditure > current LCU	26000000000
Expenditures	4.2 % of GDP	[15th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure	$101,300,000.00	[48th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)	$22.94 per 1,000 $ of GDP	[30th of 111]
Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita)	$10.72 per capita	[49th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP	4.2%	[15th of 154]
Manpower > Availability > Females	2,258,758	[79th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males	1,906,545	[92nd of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	1,940,330	[90th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49	2,008,825	[89th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.213 per capita	[164th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	200.925 per 1,000 people	[170th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females	1,279,318	[93rd of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males	1,066,565	[106th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	1,051,802	[98th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49	1,015,980	[100th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	0.111 per capita	[164th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita)	105.207 per 1,000 people	[168th of 173]
Manpower > Military age	20 years of age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females	117,831	[72nd of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita)	11.653 per 1,000 people	[27th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males	116,824	[72nd of 226]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita)	11.554 per 1,000 people	[45th of 225]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49	94,536	[64th of 157]
personnel	35,000	[84th of 170]
personnel (per capita)	3.59 per 1,000 people	[94th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force	0.95 %	[85th of 168]
Service age and obligation 20 years of age for conscripts, with 3-year service obligation; 18 years of age for volunteers; no minimum age restriction for volunteers with consent from a guardian; women are subject to 1 year of compulsory military or civic service at age of 21
US military exports	$516.00 thousand	[57th of 109]
US military exports (per capita)	$0.05 thousand per 1,000 peopl	[71st of 109]
Weapon holdings	152,000	[105th of 137]
Weapon holdings (per capita)	15,739.9 per 1 million people	[102nd 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 Chad, Republic of Chad, Republique du Tchad, Tchad

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