Branches: Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines), Royal Air Force

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 14,475,433; 12,167,324 fit for military service; no conscription

Defense expenditures: $41 billion, 4.8% of GDP (FY90)

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