Branches: Army, Navy (including Naval Air and Marines), Air Force

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,249,470; fit for military service 907,533; reach military age (17) annually 53,126 (1994 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $100 million, 1.6% of GDP (1994 est.)

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