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Gabon:
Military & Transnational Issues

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Other pages in this profile of Gabon:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Military branches
Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police
Military service age and obligation
20 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2007)
Manpower available for military service
males age 18-49: 278,826
females age 18-49: 279,865 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service
males age 18-49: 159,198
females age 18-49: 156,122 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually
males age 18-49: 15,325
females age 18-49: 15,367 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
3.4% (2005 est.)
Disputes - international
UN urges Equatorial Guinea and Gabon to resolve the sovereignty dispute over Gabon-occupied Mbane Island and lesser islands and to establish a maritime boundary in hydrocarbon-rich Corisco Bay
Refugees and internally displaced persons
refugees (country of origin): 7,298 (Republic of Congo) (2006)


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