Branches: Popular Army, Aeronaval Forces (includes Navy and Air Force), paramilitary Gendarmerie

Military manpower: males 15-49, 2,550,775; 1,519,084 fit for military service; 116,438 reach military age (20) annually

Defense expenditures: 2.2% of GDP, or $37 million (1989 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Madagascar 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 Madagascar Defense Forces 1990 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Madagascar Defense Forces 1990 should be addressed to the CIA.