Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,020,182 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 821,378 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 31,437 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$700 million (FY00/01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.9% (FY00/01)
Transnational Issues Ireland
Disputes - international: disputes with Iceland, Denmark, and the UK over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 NM
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for and consumer of hashish from North Africa
to the UK and Netherlands and of European-produced synthetic drugs;
minor transshipment point for heroin and cocaine destined for
Western Europe
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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