The Gambia Defense Forces - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Branches: Army, paramilitary Gendarmerie

Military manpower: males 15-49,172,000;

88,000 fit for military service

Military budget: for fiscal year ending 30 June 1981, $2.4 million- 6 2% of central government budget, includes fire and police expenditures

NOTE: The information regarding The Gambia on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of The Gambia 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about The Gambia 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.