Military manpower—military age: 20 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 9,169,681 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 7,435,551 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 343,038 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $4.6 billion (1998)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.4% (1998)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: short section of the southwestern boundary with Chile is indefinite—process to resolve boundary issues is underway; claims UK-administered Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); claims UK-administered South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; territorial claim in Antarctica
Illicit drugs: increasing use as a transshipment country for cocaine headed for Europe and the US; increasing money-laundering center
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