Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 18,917,537 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 15,258,931 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 497,048 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$35.063 billion (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (2003)

Transnational Issues Germany

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine
processors; transshipment point for and consumer of Southwest Asian
heroin, Latin American cocaine, and European-produced synthetic
drugs; major financial center

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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