Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie

Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,724,671; 1,407,473 fit for military service; 133,249 males reach military age (18) annually

Military budget: $200 million, 9.2% of central government budget (1988)

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