Branches: Korean People's Army (including the Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil Security Forces

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 6,658,529; fit for military service 4,044,355; reach military age (18) annually 196,763 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - about $5 billion, 20%-25% of GNP (1991 est.); note - the officially announced but suspect figure is $2.2 billion (1994), about 12% of total spending

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