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Kazakhstan:
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Other pages in this profile of Kazakhstan:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Ground Forces, Naval Force, Air and Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; minimum age for volunteers NA (2004) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 4,176,731 females age 16-49: 4,219,636 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 2,871,205 females age 16-49: 3,551,032 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 145,495 females age 16-49: 140,149 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 0.9% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition Kyrgyzstan has yet to ratify the 2001 boundary delimitation with Kazakhstan; field demarcation of the boundaries with Turkmenistan commenced in 2005, and with Uzbekistan in 2004; demarcation is scheduled to get underway with Russia in 2007; demarcation with China was completed in 2002; creation of a seabed boundary with Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea remains under discussion; equidistant seabed treaties have been ratified with Azerbaijan and Russia in the Caspian Sea, but no resolution has been made on dividing the water column among any of the littoral states |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition refugees (country of origin): 3,700 (Russia); 508 (Afghanistan) (2007) |
Illicit drugs |
Definition significant illicit cultivation of cannabis for CIS markets, as well as limited cultivation of opium poppy and ephedra (for the drug ephedrine); limited government eradication of illicit crops; transit point for Southwest Asian narcotics bound for Russia and the rest of Europe; significant consumer of opiates |
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