Military branches:

Army (includes National Guard), Navy (includes Marines and Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

16 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age of 18; the Pakistani Air Force and Pakistani Navy have inducted their first female pilots and sailors (2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 42,633,765
females age 16-49: 40,114,017 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 32,453,913
females age 16-49: 31,369,057 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

males age 16-49: 1,976,444
females age 16-49: 1,856,505 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

3% (2007 est.)