Branches: Papua New Guinea Defense Force (including Army, Navy, Air Force)

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,080,316; fit for military service 601,369

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $55 million, 1.8% of GDP (1993 est.)

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