Branches: Army (includes Ground Forces, Air Force, and Gendarmerie), Republican Guard

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,276,167; fit for military service 663,326; reach military age (20) annually 54,027 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $58 million, 5.6% of GDP (1989)

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