Branches: Army, Navy (including Naval Air), Air Force, National Gendarmerie

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 14,366,492; 12,077,706 fit for military service; 395,128 reach military age (18) annually

Defense expenditures: $29.7 billion, 3.6% of GDP (1990)

NOTE: The information regarding France 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 France Defense Forces 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France Defense Forces 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.