Military branches Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (includes Marines), Brazilian Air Force,Federal Police (paramilitary)

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 45,876,084 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 30,843,947 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males : 1,756,732 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $6.736 billion (1994)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 1.1% (1994)

Disputes - international short section of the boundary with Paraguay, just west of Salto dasSete Quedas (Guaira Falls) on the Rio Parana, has not been precisely delimited; two short sections of boundary with Uruguay are in dispute - Arroio Invernada(Arroyo de la Invernada) area of the Rio Quarai (Rio Cuareim) and the islandsat the confluence of the Rio Quarai and the Uruguay River

Illicit drugs limited illicit producer of cannabis, minor coca cultivation in theAmazon region, mostly used for domestic consumption; government has a large-scaleeradication program to control cannabis; important transshipment country forBolivian and Colombian cocaine headed for the US and Europe

NOTE: The information regarding Brazil on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brazil Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brazil Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.