Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, paramilitary National Guard, paramilitary National Police, paramilitary Presidential Guard, paramilitary Nomad Security Guards

Military manpower: males 15-49, 434,066; 210,871 fit for military service; conscription law not implemented

Military budget: $43.3 million, 25% of central government budget (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania Defense Forces 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania Defense Forces 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.