Branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Frontier Troops, Internal Troops

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 2,175,921; fit for military service 1,816,484; reach military age (19) annually 70,306 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures: 5.77 billion leva, NA% of GDP (1993 est.); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria Defense Forces 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria Defense Forces 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.