Branches: Army, Navy (acts primarily as a coast guard), Air Force, Presidential Guard, Republican Guard, paramilitary National Gendarmerie, National Police Force

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,440,297; fit for military service 726,543

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $29 million, 1.2% of GDP (1988)

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