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• Branches: 
Army, Navy (includes Naval Air Arm), Air Force, Border Police, Coast Guard 
 
• Manpower availability: 
males 15-49 20,274,127; males fit for military service 17,472,940; males reach military age (18) annually 428,082 (1995 est.) 
 
• Defense expenditures: 
exchange rate conversion - $40 billion, 1.8% of GNP (1995)