Kyrgyzstan Military 1997

Military branches Army, National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops),Civil Defense

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 1,109,139 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 900,105 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 44,447 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure 151 million soms (1995); note - conversion of defense expenditures intoUS dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

Military expenditures - percent of GDP NA%

Disputes - international territorial dispute with Tajikistan on southwestern boundary in IsfaraValley area

Illicit drugs limited illicit cultivator of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CISconsumption; limited government eradication program; increasingly used astransshipment point for illicit drugs to Russia and Western Europe from SouthwestAsia

NOTE: The information regarding Kyrgyzstan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kyrgyzstan Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kyrgyzstan Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.