Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force
paramilitary forces: Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Armed Police Reserve, Defense Parties, National Cadet Corps

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 31,955,948; fit for military service 18,967,602

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $355 million, 1.5% of GDP (FY92/93)

NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Defense Forces 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Defense Forces 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.