females age 16-49: 2,046,906 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 170,060

female: 163,996 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:

1.3% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 122

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: