Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 4,207,066 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 3,107,454 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 131,283 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2,839.6 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4% (2003)
Transnational Issues Chile
Disputes - international:
Bolivia has reactivated its claim to the Atacama corridor ceded to
Chile in 1884 to secure sovereign maritime access for Bolivian
natural gas; dispute with Peru over the economic zone delimited by
the maritime boundary; Beagle Channel islands dispute resolved
through Papal mediation in 1984, but armed incidents persist since
1992 oil discovery; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean
Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine and British claims
Illicit drugs:
important transshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe and
the US; economic prosperity and increasing trade have made Chile
more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits,
especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone, but a new
anti-money-laundering law improves controls; imported precursors
passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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