Military branches: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air
Defense Forces, Frontier Guard, Home Guard
Military manpower—military age: 19 years of age
Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 1,188,898 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 943,719 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 33,722 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $950 million (1999)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 5% (1999)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: Eastern Slavonia, which was held by ethnic Serbs during the ethnic conflict, was returned to Croatian control by the UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia on 15 January 1998; Croatia and Italy made progress toward resolving a bilateral issue dating from World War II over property and ethnic minority rights; significant progress has been made with Slovenia toward resolving a maritime border dispute over direct access to the sea in the Adriatic; Serbia and Montenegro is disputing Croatia's claim to the Prevlaka Peninsula in southern Croatia because it controls the entrance to Boka Kotorska in Montenegro; Prevlaka is currently under observation by the UN military observer mission in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
Illicit drugs: transit point along the Balkan route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe; a minor transit point for maritime shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe