Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 1,103,738 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 917,244 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 27,448 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: NA
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 2.2% (1998)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen
Maud Land); Svalbard is the focus of a maritime boundary dispute in
the Barents Sea between Norway and Russia
Illicit drugs: minor transshipment point for drugs shipped via
the CIS and Baltic states for the European market; increasing
domestic consumption of cannabis and amphetamines
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