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Nigeria

 
     
    • Branches: 
      Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Police Force 
     
    • Manpower availability: 
      males age 15-49 23,167,009; males fit for military service 13,246,223; males reach military age (18) annually 1,024,059 (1995 est.) 
     
    • Defense expenditures: 
      exchange rate conversion - $172 million, about 1% of GDP (1992)