Military branches:
Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC): Army (L'Armee de Terre), Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription; the government makes periodic calls for volunteers (2009)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 4,321,175
females age 16-49:
4,228,625 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,645,601
females age 16-49:
2,574,948 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 213,027
female:
208,642 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.3% of GDP (2006)
