Military branches:
National Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Armee de Mer or Marine Guineenne, includes Marines), Guinean Air Force (Force Aerienne de Guinee) (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
18-25 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; 18-month conscript service obligation (2009)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,230,049
females age 16-49:
2,193,236 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,396,278
females age 16-49:
1,435,387 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 110,281
female:
107,879 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.7% of GDP (2006)
