males age 16-49: 55,173
females age 16-49: 52,825 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 5,778
female: 5,771 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 33
Transnational Issues ::Djibouti
Disputes - international:
Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with "Somaliland" leadership while maintaining some political ties to various factions in Somalia; Kuwait is chief investor in the 2008 restoration and upgrade of the Ethiopian-Djibouti rail link