Military branches Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force, National Police

Military manpower - military age 20 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49 : 601,771 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males : 306,757 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 26,081 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $110 million (1993)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 3.8% (1993)

Military - note under the terms of a 1994 peace agreement, which ended two years ofcivil strife, members of militias who supported the three main political partiesare being integrated into the military forces

Disputes - international long segment of boundary with Democratic Republic of the Congo alongthe Congo River is indefinite (no division of the river or its islands hasbeen made)

NOTE: The information regarding Congo, Republic of the on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Congo, Republic of the Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Congo, Republic of the Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.