_#_Telecommunications: minimal system; 2,200 telephones; stations—1 AM, 2 FM, no TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, National Police
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 28,984; 15,287 fit for military service
_#Defense expenditures: $NA, 1.6% of GDP (1980) % @Saudi Arabia *Geography #_Total area: 2,149,690 km2; land area: 2,149,690 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly less than one-fourth the size of US
_#_Land boundaries: 4,410 km total; Iraq 488 km, Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone 198 km, Jordan 742 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 40 km, UAE 586 km, Yemen 1,458 km
_#_Coastline: 2,510 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 18 nm;
Continental shelf: not specific;