_#_Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft, including multinationally owned Air Afrique fleet
_#_Airports: 48 total, 41 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: system above African average; consists of open-wire lines and radio relay links; 87,700 telephones; stations—3 AM, 17 FM, 11 TV; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, Presidential Guard
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 2,981,269; 1,543,412 fit for military service; 145,693 males reach military age (18) annually
_#Defense expenditures: $199 million, 2.3% of GDP (1988) % @Jamaica *Geography #_Total area: 10,990 km2; land area: 10,830 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Connecticut
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 1,022 km
_#_Maritime claims: