Facts on the
Algerian Military
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Military branches of
Algeria:
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National Popular Army (ANP;
includes Land Forces), Algerian National Navy (MRA), Air
Force (QJJ), Territorial Air Defense Force (2005)
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Military service age
and obligation in Algeria:
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19-30 years of age for
compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - 18 months (October 2003) |
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Manpower available
for military service in Algeria:
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males age 19-49:
8,033,049
females age 19-49: 7,926,351 (2005 est.)
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Manpower fit for
military service in Algeria:
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males age 19-49:
6,590,079
females age 19-49: 6,711,285 (2005 est.)
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Manpower reaching
military service age annually:
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males age 18-49:
374,639
females age 19-49: 369,021 (2005 est.)
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Military expenditures
of Alderia - dollar figure:
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$3 billion (2005 est.)
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Military expenditures
- percent of GDP:
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3.2% (2005 est.)
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Disputes with
Algerians- international:
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Algeria supports the exiled
Sahrawi Polisario Front and rejects Moroccan
administration of Western Sahara; most of the
approximately 102,000 Western Saharan Sahrawi refugees
are sheltered in camps in Tindouf, Algeria; Algeria's
border with
Morocco
remains an irritant to bilateral relations, each nation
accusing the other of harboring militants and arms
smuggling; in an attempt to improve relations, Morocco,
in mid-2004, unilaterally lifted the requirement that
Algerians visiting Morocco possess entry visas - a
gesture not reciprocated by Algeria; Algeria remains
concerned about armed bandits operating throughout the
Sahel who sometimes destabilize southern Algerian towns;
dormant disputes include Libyan claims of about 32,000
sq km still reflected on its maps of southeastern
Algeria and the FLN's assertions of a claim to Chirac
Pastures in southeastern Morocco |
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Refugees and
internally displaced persons in Algeria:
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refugees (country of
origin): 102,000 (Western Saharan Sahrawi, mostly
living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the southwestern
Algerian town of Tindouf)
IDPs: 400,000-600,000 (conflict between
government forces, Islamic insurgents) (2005) |
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