11.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Macau
8.88 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Macedonia
11.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Madagascar
38.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Malawi
41.48 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Malaysia
22.24 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Maldives
14.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Mali
49.15 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Malta
10.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands
30.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Mauritania
34.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Mauritius
14.41 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Mayotte
39.26 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Mexico
19.71 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
23.1 births/1,000 population (2009
est.)
Moldova
11.12 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Monaco
9.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Mongolia
21.05 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Montenegro
11.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Montserrat
12.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Morocco
20.96 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Mozambique
37.98 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Namibia
22.51 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Nauru
23.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Nepal
23.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Netherlands
10.4 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
14.19 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
New Caledonia
17.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
New Zealand
13.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Nicaragua
23.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Niger
51.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Nigeria
36.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Niue
NA
Norfolk Island
NA
Northern Mariana Islands
18.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Norway
10.99 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Oman
34.79 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Pakistan
27.62 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Palau
11.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Panama
20.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea
27.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Paraguay
28.17 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Peru
19.38 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Philippines
26.01 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
NA
Poland
10.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Portugal
10.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico
12.12 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Qatar
15.61 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Romania
10.53 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Russia
11.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Rwanda
39.67 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Saint Helena
11.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
17.67 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Saint Lucia
15.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
12.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
15.27 births/1,000 population (2009
est.)
Samoa
28.06 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
San Marino
9.63 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
38.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia
28.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Senegal
36.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Serbia
9.19 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Seychelles
15.87 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone
44.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Singapore
8.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Slovakia
10.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Slovenia
8.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands
27.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Somalia
43.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
South Africa
19.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Spain
9.72 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka
16.26 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sudan
33.74 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Suriname
16.8 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
26.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sweden
10.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Switzerland
9.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Syria
25.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Taiwan
8.99 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Tajikistan
26.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Tanzania
34.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Thailand
13.4 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Timor-Leste
26.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Togo
36.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
19.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
14.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Tunisia
15.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Turkey
18.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan
19.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
20.79 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Tuvalu
23.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Uganda
47.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Ukraine
9.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates
16.02 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
United Kingdom
10.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
United States
13.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Uruguay
13.91 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan
17.58 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Vanuatu
21.53 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Venezuela
20.61 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Vietnam
16.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands
11.95 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
NA
West Bank
25.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Western Sahara
39.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
World
19.95 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Yemen
42.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Zambia
40.24 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe
31.49 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
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Field Listing :: Military branches
This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense
ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and
marine forces).
Country
Military branches
Afghanistan
Afghan Armed Forces: Afghan National Army (ANA, includes
Afghan National Army Air Corps) (2009)
Albania
Joint Force Command (includes Land, Naval, and Aviation
Brigade Commands), Joint Support Command (includes Logistic
Command), Training and Doctrine Command (2009)
Algeria
People's National Army (Armee Nationale Populaire, ANP),
Land Forces (Forces Terrestres, FT), Navy of the Republic of Algeria
(Marine de la Republique Algerienne, MRA), Air Force (Al-Quwwat
al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya, QJJ), Territorial Air Defense Force (2009)
Andorra
no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra (2008)
Angola
Angolan Armed Forces (FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra
Angola, MGA), Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional
Angolana, FANA) (2009)
Antigua and Barbuda
Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (2009)
Argentina
Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino), Navy of the Argentine
Republic (Armada Republica; includes naval aviation and naval
infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) (2009)
Armenia
Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Air Force and Air Defense,
Nagorno-Karabakh Self Defense Force (NKSDF) (2009)
Aruba
no regular military forces; the Netherlands maintains a
detachment of marines, a frigate, and an amphibious combat
detachment in the neighboring Netherlands Antilles (2009)
Australia
Australian Defense Force (ADF): Australian Army, Royal
Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, Special Operations
Command (2006)
Austria
Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
Azerbaijan
Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2008)
Bahamas, The
Royal Bahamian Defense Force: Land Force, Navy, Air
Wing (2009)
Bahrain
Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air
Defense), Naval Force, Air Force, National Guard
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army (Sena Bahini),
Bangladesh Navy (Noh Bahini, BN), Bangladesh Air Force (Biman
Bahini, BAF) (2009)
Barbados
Royal Barbados Defense Force: Troops Command, Barbados
Coast Guard (2009)
Belarus
Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force
(2009)
Belgium
Belgian Armed Forces: Land Operations Command, Naval
Operations Command, Air Operations Command (2009)
Belize
Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, BDF Air Wing, BDF Volunteer
Guard (2009)
Benin
Benin Armed Forces (FAB): Army (l'Arme de Terre), Benin Navy
(Forces Navales Beninois, FNB), Benin People's Air Force (Force
Aerienne Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2008)
Bermuda
Bermuda Regiment (2008)
Bhutan
Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard and Royal Bhutan
Police) (2009)
Bolivia
Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano,
EB), Bolivian Navy (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, FNB; includes marines),
Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2009)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Armed Forces (OSBiH):
Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Air and Air Defense Forces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina (Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzracna Obrana, ZPO) (2009)
Botswana
Botswana Defense Force: Ground Forces (includes Air Arm)
(2009)
Brazil
Brazilian Army (Exercito Brasileiro, EB), Brazilian Navy
(Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo
de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira,
FAB) (2009)
British Indian Ocean Territory
no regular military forces; Royal
Overseas Police Officers (ROPOs) (2008)
Brunei
Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF): Royal Brunei Land Forces,
Royal Brunei Navy, Royal Brunei Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja
Brunei) (2009)
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Naval Forces,
Bulgarian Air Forces (Bulgarski Voennovazdyshni Sily, BVVS) (2009)
Burkina Faso
Army, Air Force of Burkina Faso (Force Aerienne de
Burkina Faso, FABF), National Gendarmerie (2009)
Burma
Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw): Army, Navy, Air Force
(Tatmadaw Lay) (2008)
Burundi
National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationale, FDN):
Army (includes naval detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie (2009)
Cambodia
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Royal Cambodian Army, Royal
Khmer Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force (2009)
Cameroon
Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC):
Army (L'Armee de Terre), Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Force
(Armee de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC) (2009)
Canada
Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command (LFC), Maritime Command
(MARCOM), Air Command (AIRCOM), Canada Command (homeland security)
(2009)
Cape Verde
People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP): Army, Coast
Guard (includes maritime air wing) (2007)
Cayman Islands
no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands
Police Force (2008)
Central African Republic
Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees
Centrafricaines, FACA): Ground Forces, General Directorate of
Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG), Military Air Service, National Police
(2008)
Chad
Armed Forces: Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad,
ANT), Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT),
Gendarmerie (2008)
Chile
Army of the Nation, Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes
naval air, marine corps, and Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine
Directorate (Directemar)), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile,
FACh), Carabineros Corps (Cuerpo de Carabineros) (2008)
China
People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes
marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces),
and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed
Police (PAP); PLA Reserve Force (2009)
Colombia
National Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada
Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Infanteria de
Marina, IM), and Coast Guard), Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de
Colombia, FAC) (2008)
Comoros
National Development Army (AND): Comoran Security Force;
Comoran Federal Police (2008)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Armed Forces of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (Forces d'Armees de la Republique Democratique
du Congo, FARDC): Army, National Navy (La Marine Nationale),
Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC) (2009)
Congo, Republic of the
Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees
Congolaises, FAC): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy, Congolese Air Force
(Armee de l'Air Congolaise), Gendarmerie, Special Presidential
Security Guard (GSSP) (2009)
Cook Islands
no regular military forces; National Police Department
(2009)
Costa Rica
no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security,
Government, and Police (2009)
Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire Defense and Security Forces (FDSCI):
Army, Navy, Air Force (2006)
Croatia
Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage
Republike Hrvatske, OSRH), consists of five major commands directly
subordinate to a General Staff: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena
Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM; includes
coast guard), Air Force and Air Defense Command, Joint Education and
Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports
each of the three Croatian military forces (2009)
Cuba
Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias,
FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER; includes Territorial Militia Troops
(Milicia de Tropas de Territoriales, MTT)), Revolutionary Navy
(Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR; includes Marine Corps),
Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army
(Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo, EJT) (2009)
Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus: Greek Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki
Forea, EF; includes naval and air elements); northern Cyprus:
Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) (2009)
Czech Republic
Army of the Czech Republic (ACR): Joint Forces
Command (includes Land Forces and Air Forces), Support and Training
Forces Command (2009)
Denmark
Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish
Fleet, Island Command Greenland, Tactical Air Command, Home Guard
(2008)
Djibouti
Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)
Dominica
no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police
Force (includes Coast Guard) (2008)
Dominican Republic
Army, Navy, Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana,
FAD) (2009)
Ecuador
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast
Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2007)
Egypt
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
El Salvador
Salvadoran Army (ES), Salvadoran Navy (FNES), Salvadoran
Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena, FAS) (2008)
Equatorial Guinea
National Guard (Guardia Nacional de Guinea
Ecuatoria, GNGE (Army), with Coast Guard (Navy) and Air Wing) (2009)
Eritrea
Eritrean Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force (2008)
Estonia
Estonian Defense Forces: Land Force, Navy, Air Force (Eesti
Ohuvagi), Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit, KL) (2009)
Ethiopia
Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF): Ground Forces,
Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) (2008)
note: Ethiopia is landlocked and has no navy; following the
secession of Eritrea, Ethiopian naval facilities remained in
Eritrean possession
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
no regular military forces
Faroe Islands
no regular military forces
Fiji
Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval
Forces (2009)
Finland
Finnish Defense Forces (FDF): Army, Navy (includes Coastal
Defense Forces), Air Force (Suomen Ilmavoimat) (2007)
France
Army (Armee de Terre; includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army
Light Aviation), Navy (Marine Nationale, includes Naval Air,
Maritime Gendarmerie (Coast Guard)), Air Force (Armee de l'Air,
includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie (2009)
French Polynesia
no regular military forces (2009)
Gabon
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police
Gambia, The
Office of the Chief of Defense: Gambian National Army
(National Guard, GNA), Gambian Navy (GN) (2009)
Gaza Strip
Palestinian Authority security forces have operated only
in the West Bank, not in the Gaza Strip, since Hamas seized power in
June 2007; law and order and other security functions are performed
by Hamas security organizations (2008)
Georgia
Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air and Air Defense
Forces
note: naval forces have been incorporated into the coast guard (2009)
Germany
Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy
(Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe),
Joint Support Services (Streitkraeftbasis), Central Medical Service
(Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst) (2009)
Ghana
Ghanaian Army, Ghanaian Navy, Ghanaian Air Force (2008)
Gibraltar
Royal Gibraltar Regiment (2009)
Greece
Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy
(Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki
Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2009)
Greenland
no regular military forces
Grenada
no regular military forces; Royal Grenada Police Force
(includes Coast Guard) (2008)
Guatemala
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force
Guinea
National Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Armee de Mer or Marine
Guineenne, includes Marines), Air Force (2009)
Guinea-Bissau
People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP): Army, Navy,
Air Force; paramilitary force
Guyana
Guyana Defense Force: Army (includes Coast Guard, Air Corps)
(2008)
Haiti
no regular military forces - small Coast Guard; the regular
Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been
demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are
constitutionally abolished (2009)
Holy See (Vatican City)
Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della
Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) (2009)
Honduras
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry), Honduran Air Force
(Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH) (2008)
Hong Kong
no regular indigenous military forces; Hong Kong garrison
of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) includes elements of the
PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA Air Force; these forces are
under the direct leadership of the Central Military Commission in
Beijing and under administrative control of the adjacent Guangzhou
Military Region (2009)
Hungary
Ground Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML)
(2009)
Iceland
no regular military forces; Icelandic National Police (2008)
India
Army, Navy (includes naval air arm), Air Force (Bharatiya Vayu
Sena), Coast Guard (2009)
Indonesia
Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI):
Army (TNI-Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut
(TNI-AL); includes marines, naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan
Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan
Udara Nasional (Kohanudnas)) (2009)
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh): Ground
Forces, Navy, Air Force of the Military of the Islamic Republic of
Iran (Niru-ye Hava'i-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, IRIAF;
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e
Eslami, IRGC): Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Qods Force (special
operations), Basij Force (Popular Mobilization Army); Law
Enforcement Forces (2008)
Iraq
Iraqi Armed Forces: Iraqi Army (includes Iraqi Special
Operations Force, Iraqi Intervention Force), Iraqi Navy (former
Iraqi Coastal Defense Force), Iraqi Air Force (former Iraqi Army Air
Corps) (2005)
Ireland
Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army (includes
Naval Service and Air Corps (Aer-Chor na h-Eireann)) (2009)
Israel
Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Naval Forces (INF),
Israel Air Force (IAF) (2009)
Italy
Italian Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Italian Navy (Marina
Militare Italiana, MMI), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare
Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2009)
Jamaica
Jamaica Defense Force: Ground Forces, Coast Guard, Air Wing
(2009)
Japan
Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD): Ground Self-Defense Force
(Rikujou Jietai, GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jietai,
MSDF), Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai, ASDF) (2009)
Jordan
Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Land Force
(RJLF), Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat
al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya, RJAF), Special Operations
Command (Socom); Public Security Directorate (normally falls under
Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis)
(2008)
Kazakhstan
Kazakh Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Mobile
Forces, Air Defense Forces (2009)
Kenya
Kenyan Armed Forces: Kenyan Army, Kenyan Navy, Kenyan Air
Force (2008)
Kiribati
no regular military forces (constitutionally prohibited);
Police Force (2009)
Korea, North
North Korean People's Army: Ground Forces, Navy, Air
Force; civil security forces (2005)
Korea, South
Republic of Korea Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps),
Air Force (2009)
Kuwait
Kuwaiti Land Forces (KLF), Kuwaiti Navy, Kuwaiti Air Force
(Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya), Kuwaiti National Guard (KNG)
(2008)
Kyrgyzstan
Ground Forces, Air Force (includes Air Defense Forces),
National Guard (2009)
Laos
Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF): Lao People's Army (LPA;
includes Riverine Force), Air Force (2009)
Latvia
National Armed Forces (Nacionalo Brunoto Speku): Ground
Forces, Navy (Latvijas Juras Speki; includes Coast Guard (Latvijas
Kara Flotes)), Latvian Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki), Border
Guard, Latvian Home Guard (Latvijas Zemessardze) (2009)
Lebanon
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army (includes Navy), Air Force
(Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Lubnaniya) (2009)
Lesotho
Lesotho Defense Force (LDF): Army (includes Air Wing) (2008)
Liberia
Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Navy, Air Force
Libya
Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army), Libyan Arab Navy, Libyan
Arab Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriya al-Arabia
al-Libyya, LAAF), Libyan Coast Guard (2008)
Liechtenstein
no regular military forces (constitutionally
prohibited); Principality of Liechtenstein National Police
(Landespolizei, LP) (2008)
Lithuania
Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces (Karines Oro
Pajegos, KOP), National Defense Volunteer Forces (2009)
Luxembourg
Army (2009)
Macau
no regular military forces; defense is the responsibility of
China (2009)
Macedonia
Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM): Joint Operational
Command, with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno
Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV), Special Operations Regiment (2009)
Madagascar
People's Armed Forces: Intervention Force, Development
Force, and Aeronaval Force (navy and air); National Gendarmerie
Malawi
Malawi Armed Forces: Army (includes Air Wing and Naval
Detachment) (2009)
Malaysia
Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM):
Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia), Royal Malaysian Navy
(Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, TLDM), Royal Malaysian Air Force
(Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) (2009)
Maldives
Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF): Rapid Reaction
Force, Security Protection Group, Coast Guard (2009)
Mali
Malian Armed Forces: Army, Republic of Mali Air Force (Force
Aerienne de la Republique du Mali, FARM), National Guard (2008)
Malta
Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime
elements) (2007)
Marshall Islands
no regular military forces; under the 1983 Compact
of Free Association, the US has full authority and responsibility
for security and defense of the Marshall Islands; Marshall Islands
Police (2009)
Mauritania
Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Mauritanian Navy (Marine
Mauritanienne; includes naval infantry), Islamic Air Force of
Mauritania (Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) (2008)