Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary National Gendarmerie, Civil Guard, Special Presidential Division

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 9,178,659; fit for military service 4,674,819

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $49 million, 0.8% of GDP (1988)

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