Military Kuwait
Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force (including Air Defense Force),
National Police Force, National Guard, Coast Guard
Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 812,059 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 486,906 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 18,309 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $1,967,300,000 (FY01) note: Kuwait is changing its fiscal year; the above figure is for July-March 2001; future budget years will be April-March annually
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 5.5% (FY01)
Transnational Issues Kuwait
Disputes - international: in November 1994, Iraq formally accepted the UN-demarcated border with Kuwait which had been spelled out in Security Council Resolutions 687 (1991), 773 (1993), and 883 (1993); this formally ends earlier claims to Kuwait and to Bubiyan and Warbah islands, although the Iraqi Government continues periodic rhetorical challenges