Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,665,108 females age 16-49: 1,548,965 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 150,728 female: 143,379 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.3% of GDP (2006)
Transnational Issues
Niger
Disputes - international:
Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute in the Tommo region; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries
Trafficking in persons: