Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 20,918,653 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 17,939,494 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 450,147 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $42.8 billion (1995)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (1995)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: none
Illicit drugs: source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for and consumer of Southwest Asian heroin and hashish, Latin American cocaine, and European-produced synthetic drugs ______________________________________________________________________