Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,043,702 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$106.8 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.8% (2004)
Transnational Issues Zambia
Disputes - international:
in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections and joined Namibia in
supporting plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over
the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not
clearly delimited Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river; 90,000
Angolan refugees were repatriated from Zambia by 2004, the remaining
160,000 are expected to return in 2005
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 158,894 (Angola) 58,405 (Democratic
Republic of the Congo) 5,767 (Rwanda) (2004)
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone, small
amounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for Southern Africa and
possibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupled
with a government commitment to combating money laundering make it
an unattractive venue for money launderers
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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