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

Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,177,404; 1,823,111 fit for military service; 66,744 reach military age (19) annually

Defense expenditures: 1.6051 billion leva (1989); 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 1990 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria Defense Forces 1990 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria Defense Forces 1990 should be addressed to the CIA.