Military branches Armed Forces (includes Ground Force, Air Force, and Gendarmerie), RepublicanGuard, Police

Military manpower - military age 20 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 1,603,194 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 830,777 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males : 65,906 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $74 million (1994)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 11.1% (1994)

Disputes - international demarcation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad,the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past, is completed andawaiting ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria

NOTE: The information regarding Chad 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 Chad Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chad Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.