males age 16-49: 4,948,802
females age 16-49: 4,786,596 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 253,578
female: 241,777 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
5.9% of GDP (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 11
Transnational Issues ::Syria
Disputes - international:
Golan Heights is Israeli-occupied with the almost 1,000-strong UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) patrolling a buffer zone since 1964; lacking a treaty or other documentation describing the boundary, portions of the Lebanon-Syria boundary are unclear with several sections in dispute; since 2000, Lebanon has claimed Shab'a Farms in the Golan Heights; 2004 Agreement and pending demarcation settles border dispute with Jordan; approximately two million Iraqis have fled the conflict in Iraq with the majority taking refuge in Syria and Jordan