Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 2,981,269; 1,543,412 fit for military service; 145,693 males reach military age (18) annually

Defense expenditures: $199 million, 2.3% of GDP (1988)

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