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

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 2,183,539; 1,826,992 fit for military service; 67,836 reach military age (19) annually

Defense expenditures: 1.615 billion leva, NA% of GDP (1990); note--conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate would produce misleading results

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria Defense Forces 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria Defense Forces 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.