Cambodia:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Royal Cambodian Army, Royal Khmer Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force (2008)
Military service age and obligation	Definition conscription law of October 2006 requires all males between 18-30 to register for military service; 18-month service obligation (2006)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 3,759,034 females age 16-49: 3,784,333 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 2,581,045 females age 16-49: 2,676,075 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 185,959 females age 16-49: 182,558 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 3% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	Definition Cambodia and Thailand dispute sections of boundary with missing boundary markers and claims of Thai encroachments into Cambodian territory; maritime boundary with Vietnam is hampered by unresolved dispute over sovereignty of offshore islands; Thailand accuses Cambodia of obstructing inclusion of Thai areas near Preah Vihear temple ruins, awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in 1962, as part of a planned UN World Heritage site
Illicit drugs	Definition narcotics-related corruption reportedly involving some in the government, military, and police; limited methamphetamine production; vulnerable to money laundering due to its cash-based economy and porous borders