Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 393,541 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 18,340 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $3.5 billion (FY95/96)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 12.8% (FY95/96)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: in November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687 (1991), 773 (1993), and 883 (1993); this formally ends earlier claims to Kuwait and to Bubiyan and Warbah islands; ownership of Qaruh and Umm al Maradim islands disputed by Saudi Arabia ______________________________________________________________________
KYRGYZSTAN
@Kyrgyzstan:Geography
Location: Central Asia, west of China
Geographic coordinates: 41 00 N, 75 00 E