Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 38
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 29 (2006)
Railways: total: 59 km narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2005)
Roadways: total: 17,380 km paved: 9,886 km unpaved: 7,494 km (2004)
Military Nepal
Military branches:
Royal Nepalese Army (includes Royal Nepalese Army Air Service);
Nepalese Police Force
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 6,107,091
females age 18-49: 5,744,989 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 4.193 million
females age 18-49: 3,853,102 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 308,031
females age 18-49: 286,604 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$104.9 million (2005 est.)