Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 155,117
female: 152,875 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 29
Transnational Issues ::Zimbabwe
Disputes - international:
Botswana built electric fences and South Africa has placed military along the border to stem the flow of thousands of Zimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political persecution; Namibia has supported, and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 2,500 (Democratic Republic of Congo)