Namibia:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Namibian Defense Force: Army, Navy, Air Wing (2008)
Military service age and obligation	Definition 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 527,948 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 313,497 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 3.7% (2006)

Disputes - international	Definition concerns from international experts and local populations over the Okavango Delta ecology in Botswana and human displacement scuttled Namibian plans to construct a hydroelectric dam on Popa Falls along the Angola-Namibia border; managed dispute with South Africa over the location of the boundary in the Orange River; Namibia has supported, and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river
Refugees and internally displaced persons	Definition refugees (country of origin): 4,700 (Angola) (2007)