Back القوات المسلحة السريلانكية Arabic শ্রীলঙ্কা সশস্ত্র বাহিনী Bengali/Bangla Streitkräfte Sri Lankas German Fuerzas Armadas de Sri Lanka Spanish نیروهای مسلح سریلانکا Persian Forces armées srilankaises French Angkatan Bersenjata Sri Lanka ID スリランカ軍 Japanese 스리랑카군 Korean Forças Armadas do Sri Lanka Portuguese
| Sri Lanka Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
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| Service branches | |
| Headquarters | Colombo |
| Leadership | |
| Supreme Commander | Anura Kumara Dissanayake |
| Minister of Defence | President Anura Kumara Dissanayake |
| Secretary of Defence | Air vice-marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 years of age |
| Conscription | None |
| Available for military service | 5,342,147 males, age 16-49 (2010 est.), 5,466,409 females, age 16-49 (2010 est.) |
| Fit for military service | 4,177,432 males, age 16-49 (2010 est.), 4,574,833 females, age 16-49 (2010 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually | 167,026 males (2010 est.), 162,587 females (2010 est.) |
| Active personnel | 346,000 (ranked 14th) |
| Reserve personnel | 90,000 |
| Deployed personnel | 18,000 (UN peace keeping) |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | US$ 1.45 billion (2023)[1] |
| Percent of GDP | 1.93% (2020) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | SLEME Colombo Dockyard |
| Foreign suppliers |  People's Republic of China Russia India Pakistan[2] Israel United States United Kingdom |
| Annual exports | India[3] Maldives Nigeria[4] |
| Related articles | |
| History | Boer War World War I World War II Congo Crisis First JVP Insurrection Second JVP Insurrection Sri Lankan Civil War |
| Ranks | |
The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The three services have around 346,700 active personnel; conscription has never been imposed in Sri Lanka. As of 2021 it is the 14th largest military in the world, with 1.46% of the Sri Lankan population actively serving.
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- ^ "SL Navy exports 9 Patrol Craft to Nigeria". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.