Introduction - Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
Location - Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
People - Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
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Military - Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
Military branches | VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army) |
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Military service age and obligation | 17 years of age for voluntary military service in the Federation and in the Republika Srpska; conscription abolished January 2006; 4-month service obligation (2006) |
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Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 1,119,508
females age 18-49: 1,079,435 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 910,539
females age 18-49: 881,446 (2005 est.) |
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Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 32,942
females age 18-49: 31,466 (2005 est.) |
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Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 7,458 (Croatia)
IDPs: 180,251 (Bosnian Croats, Serbs, and Muslims displaced in 1992-95 war) (2006) |
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Military expenditures percent of gdp | 4.5% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes international | Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have delimited most of their boundary, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on several small disputed sections of the boundary related to maritime access that hinder final ratification of the 1999 border agreement |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007