Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 888,101 females age 16-49: 862,159 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 32,185 female: 30,683 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.9% of GDP (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues
Norway
Disputes - international:
Norway asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Queen Maud Land and its continental shelf); despite dialogue, Russia and Norway continue to dispute their maritime limits in the Barents Sea and Russia's fishing rights beyond Svalbard's territorial limits within the Svalbard Treaty zone
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008