Military branches:
Djibouti National Army (includes Navy and Air Force)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 95,328 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 46,020 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$28.6 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.4% (2004)
Transnational Issues Djibouti
Disputes - international:
Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with
"Somaliland" leadership while maintaining some political ties to
various factions in Somalia; although most of the 26,000 Somali
refugees in Djibouti who fled civil unrest in the early 1990s have
returned, several thousand still await repatriation in UNHCR camps
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 25,474 (Somalia) (2004)
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005