Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 835,561
females age 15-49: 835,633 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 77,552
females: 81,841 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$98.3 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.7% (2003)
Transnational Issues Benin
Disputes - international:
two villages remain in dispute along the border with Burkina Faso;
accuses Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars; much of Benin-Niger
boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated, and
ICJ ad hoc judges have been selected to rule on disputed Niger and
Mekrou River islands; several villages along the Okpara River are in
dispute with Nigeria; a joint boundary commission continues to
resurvey the boundary with Togo to verify Benin's claim that Togo
moved boundary stones
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for narcotics associated with Nigerian
trafficking organizations and most commonly destined for Western
Europe and the US; vulnerable to money laundering due to a poorly
regulated financial infrastructure
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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