<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Korea, North<nl>Defense Forces</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Branches:</hi> Korean People's Army (including the Army, Navy, Air Force), Civil Security Forces
<item><hi format=bold>Manpower availability:</hi> males age 15-49 6,658,529; fit for military service 4,044,355; reach military age (18) annually 196,763 (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Defense expenditures:</hi> exchange rate conversion—about $5 billion, 20%-25% of GNP (1991 est.); note—the officially announced but suspect figure is $2.2 billion (1994), about 12% of total spending