Benin Military 2009, CIA World Factbook




Benin Military 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/benin/benin_military.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Military branches:
Benin Armed Forces (FAB): Army (l'Arme de Terre), Benin Navy (Forces Navales Beninois, FNB), Benin People's Air Force (Force Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:
21 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; in practice, volunteers may be taken at the age of 18; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript tour of duty - 18 months (2006)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,908,457
females age 16-49: 1,882,421 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,279,053
females age 16-49: 1,292,438 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
male: 101,549
female: 97,856 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:
1.7% of GDP (2006)

NOTE: The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin Military 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin Military 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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