Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,005,686 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 53,825 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$90 million (FY99)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.4% (FY99)
Transnational Issues Turkmenistan
Disputes - international:
prolonged regional drought creates water-sharing difficulties for
Amu Darya river states; Turkmenistan has not committed to follow
either Iran or the other littoral states in the division of the
Caspian Sea seabed and water column; ICJ decision expected to
resolve dispute with Azerbaijan over sovereignty over Caspian
oilfields; demarcation of land boundary with Kazakhstan is underway
- maritime boundary not resolved
Illicit drugs:
transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a
lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation
of opium poppy for domestic consumption; small-scale government-run
eradication of illicit crops; transit point for heroin precursor
chemicals bound for Afghanistan
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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