Branches: Panamanian Public Forces (PPF) includes the National Police, Maritime Service, National Air Service, Institutional Protective Service; Judicial Technical Police operate under the control of Panama's judicial branch

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 686,479; fit for military service 471,780

Defense expenditures: expenditures for the Panamanian security forces amounted to $138.5 million,

NOTE: The information regarding Panama on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Panama Defense Forces 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Panama Defense Forces 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.