Military branches Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF; includes Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Naval Force, and Royal Jordanian Air Force); Badiya (irregular) Border Guards; Ministry of the Interior's Public Security Force (falls under JAF only in wartime or crisis situations)

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 1,076,618 (1998 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 766,973 (1998 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 48,706 (1998 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $627 million (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 7.8% (1997)

NOTE: The information regarding Jordan on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jordan Military 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jordan Military 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.