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France

 
     
    • Branches: 
      Army, Navy (includes Naval Air), Air Force and Air Defense, National Gendarmerie 
     
    • Manpower availability: 
      males age 15-49 14,740,155; males fit for military service 12,258,691; males reach military age (18) annually 378,489 (1995 est.) 
     
    • Defense expenditures: 
      exchange rate conversion - $47.1 billion, 3.1% of GDP (1995)