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

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 467,677; fit for military service 228,385

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $40 million, 4.2% of GDP (1989)

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