Branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP; including Army, Navy, Air Force), paramilitary force

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 243,715; fit for military service 139,161

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $9.3 million, 5%-6% of GDP (1987)

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