Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 2,628,892 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 2,107,502 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 72,821 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$3,497.8 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.3% (2003)
Transnational Issues Portugal
Disputes - international: some Portuguese groups assert dormant claims to territories ceded to Spain around the town of Olivenza
Illicit drugs:
gateway country for Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian
heroin entering the European market (especially from Brazil);
transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe;
consumer of Southwest Asian heroin
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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