Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2001)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 544,560 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 290,843 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 23,379 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$11.2 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.9% (2003)
Transnational Issues Bhutan
Disputes - international:
approximately 100,000 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal, 90% of
whom reside in seven UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
camps, place decades-long strains on Nepal
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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