Branches: Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, National Police (Surete Nationale)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,803,301; fit for military service 1,027,780

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $41 million, 2% of GDP (1989)

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