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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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