Military branches:
Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces, General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), Military Air Service, National Police (2008)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for selective military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2009)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,032,828
females age 16-49:
999,330 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 552,907
females age 16-49:
512,611 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 55,484
female:
55,168 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.1% of GDP (2006 est.)