Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 718,061 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 425,126 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 20,854 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $2.7035 billion (FY98/99)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 7.9% (FY98/99)
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
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Introduction