Military branches:
Ground Forces (includes National Guard), combined Air and Air
Defense Forces, Naval Forces, Republic Security and Police Forces
(internal and border troops)
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,302,815 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,028,913 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 43,359 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$23 million (FY00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.59% (FY00)
Military - note:
a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the
Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer
group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia