Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Maritime
Police (Coast Guard)
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 13,580,832; males fit for
military service 8,701,742; males reach military age (18) annually
405,290 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $14 billion, 3.3% of
GNP (1995 est.)
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KUWAIT
@Kuwait:Geography
Location: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and
Saudi Arabia
Map references: Middle East
Area:
total area: 17,820 sq km
land area: 17,820 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than New Jersey
Land boundaries: total 464 km, Iraq 242 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km