Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 7,645,245
males fit for military service: 6,575,057
males reach military age (17) annually: 197,688 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $9.0 billion,
1.6% of GDP (FY95/96)
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@Cape Verde —————
Map —-
Location: 16 00 N, 24 00 W — Western Africa, group of Islands in
the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal
Flag ——
Description: three horizontal bands of light blue (top, double width), white (with a horizontal red stripe in the middle third), and light blue; a circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is centered on the hoist end of the red stripe and extends into the upper and lower blue bands
Geography ————-
Location: Western Africa, group of Islands in the North Atlantic
Ocean, west of Senegal