Military branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, National Guard, Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Military manpower—military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 1,287,225 (1999 est.)

Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,018,309 (1999 est.)

Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 40,604 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures—dollar figure: $57 million (1998)

Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1% (1998)

Military—note: a CIS peacekeeping force consisting of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia