Timor-Leste
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Introduction - Timor-Leste: | Location - Timor-Leste: | People - Timor-Leste: | Government - Timor-Leste: | Economy - Timor-Leste: | Communications - Timor-Leste: | Transportation - Timor-Leste: | Military - Timor-Leste: | Military branches | Timor-Leste Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-Leste, FDTL): Army, Navy (Armada) (2005) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 235,198
females age 18-49: 223,069 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 179,422
females age 18-49: 184,533 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 12,740
females age 18-49: 12,438 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | IDPs: 150,000 (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | NA | | Disputes international | Timor-Leste-Indonesia Boundary Committee has resolved all but a small portion of the land boundary, but discussions on maritime boundaries are stalemated over sovereignty of the uninhabited coral island of Pulau Batek/Fatu Sinai in the north and alignment with Australian claims in the south; many refugees who left Timor-Leste in 2003 still reside in Indonesia and refuse repatriation; Australia and Timor-Leste agreed in 2005 to defer the disputed portion of the boundary for 50 years and to split hydrocarbon revenues evenly outside the Joint Petroleum Development Area covered by the 2002 Timor Sea Treaty | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |