Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 20,863,020 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 17,800,862 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 485,422 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $32.8 billion (FY98)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (FY98)
@Germany:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: remaining legal issues (restitution) arising from World War II and its aftermath
Illicit drugs: source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for and consumer of Southwest Asian heroin, Latin American cocaine, and European-produced synthetic drugs
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