males age 16-49: 22,975
females age 16-49: 22,250 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 1,020
female: 1,009 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
NA
Transnational Issues ::Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Disputes - international:
joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea