Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 2,532,495
females age 16-49: 2,468,631 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 75,969
female: 72,253 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2006 est.) country comparison to the world: 32
Military - note:
the collapse of the Soviet Union deprived the Cuban Army of its major economic and logistic support and had a significant impact on equipment numbers and serviceability; the army remains well trained and professional in nature; while the lack of replacement parts for its existing equipment and the current severe shortage of fuel have increasingly affected operational capabilities, Cuba remains able to offer considerable resistance to any regional power (2008)