Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 1,867,290 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,592,696 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 41,204 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $3.1 billion (1999)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.2% (1999)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: none
Illicit drugs: because of more stringent government regulations, used significantly less as a money-laundering center; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin
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