Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force; paramilitary forces--Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Armed Police Reserve, Coastal Police

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 28,896,632; 17,154,593 fit for military service

Defense expenditures: $319 million, 1.5% of GDP (FY91)

NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Defense Forces 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Defense Forces 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.