Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 381,056 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 201,402 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 20,476 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$207.3 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.5% (FY02)
Transnational Issues Botswana
Disputes - international:
established a commission with Namibia to resolve small residual
disputes along the Caprivi Strip, including the Situngu marshlands
along the Linyanti River; downstream Botswana residents protest
Namibia's planned construction of the Okavango hydroelectric dam on
Popa Falls; dormant dispute remains where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia,
and Zimbabwe boundaries converge
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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