Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 705,427
males fit for military service: 484,571 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $78 million, NA%
of GDP (1995); note - for police and security forces

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@Papua New Guinea ————————

Map —-

Location: 6 00 S, 147 00 E — Southeastern Asia, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia

Flag ——

Description: divided diagonally from upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red with a soaring yellow bird of paradise centered; the lower triangle is black with five white five-pointed stars of the Southern Cross constellation centered

Geography ————-

Location: Southeastern Asia, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia