Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary National Gendarmerie, paramilitary Civil Guard

Manpower availability: males 15-49, 8,240,412; 4,192,991 fit for military service

Defense expenditures: $49 million, 0.8% of GDP (1988)

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