Military
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary forces
Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49 : 2,464,973 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 1,411,804 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 94,868 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $535 million (1995)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.8% (1995)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: maritime boundary dispute with Libya; land boundary dispute with Algeria settled in 1993; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration ______________________________________________________________________