Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential Guard, National Gendarmerie, National Police

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 270,501; fit for military service 136,995; reach military age (20) annually 10,107 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $102 million, 3.2% of GDP (1990 est.)

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