Branches: Army, National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 4,432,716; fit for military service 3,554,209; reach military age (18) annually 154,989 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures: 69,326 million rubles, NA% of GDP (forecast for 1993); note - conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

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