Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for conscript military service; 3-year service obligation (2001)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 20,340,716 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 13,148,944 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 756,233 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2,443.2 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.6% (2003)
Transnational Issues Egypt
Disputes - international:
Egypt and Sudan retain claims to administer the triangular areas
that extend north and south of the 1899 Treaty boundary along the
22nd Parallel, but have withdrawn their military presence; Egypt is
economically developing and effectively administers the "Hala'ib
Triangle" north of the Treaty line
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 70,215 (Palestinian Territories)
(2004)
Illicit drugs:
transit point for Southwest Asian and Southeast Asian heroin and
opium moving to Europe, Africa, and the US; transit stop for
Nigerian couriers; concern as money-laundering site due to lax
financial regulations and enforcement