Military
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces, Border
Troops, Internal Troops
Military manpower—military age: 19 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 2,028,930 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,693,597 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 59,887 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $226.8 million (1997)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 2.2% (1997)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: twenty bilateral agreements remain unsigned in a dispute over Bulgarian nonrecognition of Macedonian as a language distinct from Bulgarian