Branches: Popular Armed Forces (includes Intervention Forces, Development Forces, Aeronaval Forces--includes Navy and Air Force), Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 2,637,866; 1,570,393 fit for military service; 119,882 reach military age (20) annually

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

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