females age 16-49: 135,707 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 8,203
female: 8,188 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
2.8% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 54
Transnational Issues ::Comoros
Disputes - international:
claims French-administered Mayotte and challenges France's and Madagascar's claims to Banc du Geyser, a drying reef in the Mozambique Channel; in May 2008, African Union forces are called in to assist the Comoros military recapture Anjouan Island from rebels who seized it in 2001
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