males age 16-49: 14,646,427 females age 16-49: 14,379,630 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 12,110,718 females age 16-49: 11,849,988 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 401,379 female: 382,409 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures:
2.6% of GDP (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues
France
Disputes - international:
Madagascar claims the French territories of Bassas da India, Europa
Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims
Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute
between Suriname and the French overseas department of French
Guiana; France asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie
Land); France and Vanuatu claim Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of
New Caledonia