Military branches:

National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; children as young as 10 years of age have been conscripted into the armed forces; the enrollment of children is still not prohibited (2007)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,878,544
females age 16-49: 1,851,676 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,083,899
females age 16-49: 1,062,488 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

males age 16-49: 98,105
females age 16-49: 98,533 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

5.9% (2006 est.)