Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 1,903,268 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 136,216 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $29 million (1994)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (1994)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island (all administered by France)

Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wild varieties) used mostly for domestic consumption; transshipment point for heroin ______________________________________________________________________

MALAWI

@Malawi:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, east of Zambia