Branches: Army, Navy, National Police

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 28,984; 15,287 fit for military service

Defense expenditures: $NA, 1.6% of GDP (1980)

NOTE: The information regarding Sao Tome and Principe 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 Sao Tome and Principe Defense Forces 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sao Tome and Principe Defense Forces 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.