Defense
Branches:
Popular Armed Forces (includes Intervention Forces, Development Forces, Aeronaval Forces - includes Navy and Air Force), Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49:
3,103,022
males fit for military service:
1,843,732
males reach military age (20) annually:
132,146 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $29 million, 1.0% of GDP (1994)
