Branches: Bulgarian People's Army, Frontier Troops, Air and Air Defense Forces, Bulgarian Navy

Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,175,300; 1,822,293 fit for military service; 66,431 reach military age (19) annually

Military budget: 1.4 billion leva, 6.3% of total budget (1988 est.); note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria Defense Forces 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria Defense Forces 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.