Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 6,107,091 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 4.193 million (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 308,031 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$99.2 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (2004)
Transnational Issues Nepal
Disputes - international:
joint border commission continues to work on small disputed
sections of boundary with India; India has instituted a stricter
border regime to restrict transit of Maoist insurgents and illegal
cross-border activities
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 104,235 (Bhutan)
IDPs: 100,000-200,000 (ongoing conflict between government forces
and Maoist rebels; displacement spread across the country) (2004)
Illicit drugs:
illicit producer of cannabis and hashish for the domestic and
international drug markets; transit point for opiates from Southeast
Asia to the West
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005