Bolivia
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Introduction - Bolivia: | Location - Bolivia: | People - Bolivia: | Government - Bolivia: | Economy - Bolivia: | Communications - Bolivia: | Transportation - Bolivia: | Military - Bolivia: | Military branches | Bolivian Armed Forces: Bolivian Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Bolivian Navy (Armada Boliviana; includes marines), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, FAB) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; one estimate holds that 40% of the armed forces are under the age of 18, with 50% of those under the age of 16; conscript tour of duty - 12 months (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 1,923,234
females age 18-49: 2,007,315 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 1,311,414
females age 18-49: 1,502,177 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 101,101
females age 18-49: 98,671 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.9% (2006) | | Disputes international | Chile rebuffs Bolivias reactivated claim to restore the Atacama corridor, ceded to Chile in 1884, offering instead unrestricted but not sovereign maritime access through Chile for Bolivian natural gas and other commodities | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |