Military branches:
Niger Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, National
Air Force (2005)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - 2 years (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,135,680 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,180,027 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 126,719 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$33.3 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.1% (2004)
Transnational Issues Niger
Disputes - international:
Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute;
much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria,
remains undemarcated, and states expect a ruling in 2005 from the
ICJ over the disputed Niger and Mekrou River islands; only Nigeria
and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to
ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes Chad and Niger
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005