Defense
Branches:
Panamanian Public Forces (PPF; includes the National Police, National Maritime Service, National Air Service, and Institutional Protective Service); Judicial Technical Police
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49:
705,427
males fit for military service:
484,571 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $78 million, NA% of GDP (1995); note - for police and security forces
