Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Medical Services

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 9,797,349; 5,980,786 fit for military service; 426,615 reach military age (18) annually; obligation for service in Citizen Force or Commandos begins at 18; volunteers for service in permanent force must be 17; national service obligation is one year; figures include the so-called homelands not recognized by the US

Defense expenditures: $3.67 billion, 11% of GDP (FY92)

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