Ecuador
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Introduction - Ecuador: | Location - Ecuador: | People - Ecuador: | Government - Ecuador: | Economy - Ecuador: | Communications - Ecuador: | Transportation - Ecuador: | Military - Ecuador: | Military branches | Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 20 years of age for selective conscript military service; 12-month service obligation (2006) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 20-49: 2,792,770
females age 20-49: 2,849,519 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 20-49: 2,338,428
females age 20-49: 2,380,327 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 133,922
females age 20-49: 129,758 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 9,851 (Colombia); note - UNHCR estimates as many as 250,000 Columbians are seeking asylum in Ecuador, many of whom do not register as refugees for fear of deportation (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.8% (2006) | | Disputes international | organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia penetrate across Ecuadors shared border, which thousands of Colombians also cross to escape the violence in their home country | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |