Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,873,052 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,566,816 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 56,104 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $356 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.7% (FY02)
Transnational Issues Bulgaria
Disputes - international: because of a shift in the Danube course since the last correction of the boundary in 1920, a joint Bulgarian-Romanian team will recommend sovereignty changes to several islands and redefine the boundary
Illicit drugs: major European transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals
This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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