| Military branches | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: High Command Headquarters, Royal Cambodian Army, Royal Khmer Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force, Royal Gendarmerie; the National Committee for Maritime Security (performs Coast Guard functions and has representation from military and civilian agencies) (2020) |
| Military service age and obligation | 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2019) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP | 2.3% of GDP (2019 est.) 2.2% of GDP (2018) 2.1% of GDP (2017) 2% of GDP (2016) 1.8% of GDP (2015) |
| Military and security service personnel strengths | information varies; approximately 100,000 total active troops including about 3,000 Navy and 1,000 Air Force; est. 10,000 Gendarmerie (2020) |
| Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are armed largely with older Chinese and Russian-origin equipment; it has received limited amounts of more modern (mostly second-hand) equipment since 2010 with China as the principal provider (2020) |
| Military deployments | 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 175 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 290 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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