Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 108,921 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 62,864 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 3,005 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $343 million (FY98)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 5.1% (FY98)
Transnational Issues Brunei
Disputes - international: Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zone encompassing Louisa Reef in southern Spratly Islands in 1984, but makes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs
Illicit drugs: drug trafficking and illegally importing controlled substances are serious offenses in Brunei and carry a mandatory death penalty
This page was last updated on 1 January 2002