| Military branches: |
Armed Forces of the Polish Republic (Sily Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SZRP): Land Forces (includes Navy (Marynarka Wojenna, MW)), Polish Air Force (Sily Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SPRP) (2006) |
| Military service age and obligation: |
17 years of age for compulsory military service after January 1st of the year of 18th birthday; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; in 2005, Poland plans to shorten the length of conscript service obligation from 12 to 9 months; by 2008, plans call for at least 60% of military personnel to be volunteers; only soldiers who have completed their conscript service are allowed to volunteer for professional service; as of April 2004, women are only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers (2004) |
| Manpower available for military service: |
males age 17-49: 9,681,703
females age 17-49: 9,480,641 (2005 est.) |
| Manpower fit for military service: |
males age 17-49: 7,739,472
females age 17-49: 7,859,165 (2005 est.) |
| Manpower reaching military service age annually: |
males age 18-49: 275,446
females age 17-49: 265,164 (2005 est.) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
1.71% (2005 est.) |