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Gabon:
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Military branches |
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police |
Military service age and obligation |
20 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2007) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 278,826 females age 18-49: 279,865 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 159,198 females age 18-49: 156,122 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 15,325 females age 18-49: 15,367 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
3.4% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
UN urges Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane Island and lesser islands and to establish a maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
refugees (country of origin): 7,298 (Republic of Congo) (2006) |
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