Branches: Army, Air Force; paramilitary Gendarmerie, Republican Guard, National Guard, National Police

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 1,631,445; 940,954 fit for military service; no conscription

Defense expenditures: $45 million, 2.4% of GDP (1988)

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