Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 269,339,985 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 158,141,508 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 10,661,786 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $10.012 billion (FY98/99)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 2.7% (FY98/99)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: boundary with China in dispute; status of
Kashmir with Pakistan; water-sharing problems with Pakistan over the
Indus River (Wular Barrage); a portion of the boundary with
Bangladesh is indefinite; dispute with Bangladesh over New
Moore/South Talpatty Island
Illicit drugs: world's largest producer of licit opium for the pharmaceutical trade, but an undetermined quantity of opium is diverted to illicit international drug markets; major transit country for illicit narcotics produced in neighboring countries; illicit producer of hashish and methaqualone; cultivated 2,050 hectares of illicit opium in 1997, a 34% decrease from 1996, with a potential production of 30 metric tons, a 36% decrease from 1996
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