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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 11,924,500 (2004 est.)
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 7,247,696 (2004 est.)
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 471,221 (2004 est.)
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$2,653.4 million (2003)
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.7% (2003)
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Military - note:
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with the end of apartheid and the establishment of majority rule, former military, black homelands forces, and ex-opposition forces were integrated into the South African National Defense Force (SANDF); as of 2003 the integration process was considered complete
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