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Air force personnel

300

[49th of 49]

Armed forces growth

79

[27th of 132]

Armed forces personnel

13,000

[101st of 166]

Arms imports > constant 1990 US$

6,000,000 constant 1990 US$

[74th of 100]

Army personnel

11,500

[41st of 49]

Branches
Cameroon Armed Forces: Army, Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC)

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification

06 FEB 2006

 

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature

16 NOV 2001

 

Conscription
No conscription.

expenditure > % of central government expenditure

12.03 %

[22nd of 88]

expenditure > % of GDP

1.32 %

[76th of 145]

expenditure > current LCU

117670000000

 

Expenditures

1.3 % of GDP

[59th of 87]

Expenditures > Dollar figure

$221,100,000.00

[30th of 111]

    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP)

$14.02 per 1,000 $ of GDP

[52nd of 111]

Expenditures > Percent of GDP

1.3%

[69th of 154]

Manpower > Availability > Females

4,228,625

[54th of 162]

Manpower > Availability > Males

4,321,175

[58th of 210]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49

3,799,840

[61st of 175]

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49

3,898,944

[61st of 175]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Females

2,498,990

[59th of 162]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males

2,567,428

[61st of 210]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49

1,979,151

[70th of 174]

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49

1,928,280

[70th of 174]

Manpower > Military age

18 years of age

 

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females

207,545

[51st of 226]

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males

212,205

[52nd of 226]

Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49

3,461,406

[40th of 120]

Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49

3,525,307

[44th of 164]

Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49

1,834,600

[46th of 119]

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49

1,946,767

[46th of 161]

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49

187,082

[32nd of 91]

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49

191,619

[44th of 157]

Navy personnel

1,300

[43rd of 49]

personnel

23,000

[96th of 170]

personnel > % of total labor force

0.37 %

[136th of 168]

Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; the government makes periodic calls for volunteers

US military exports

$488.00 thousand

[61st of 109]

Weapon holdings

114,000

[112nd 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 ; Study by David Lochhead and James Morrell; available from the Center for International Policy; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon

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