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Introduction - Haiti: | Location - Haiti: | People - Haiti: | Government - Haiti: | Economy - Haiti: | Communications - Haiti: | Transportation - Haiti: | Military - Haiti: | Military branches | no regular military forces - small coast guard; the regular Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been demobilized but still exist on paper unless they are constitutionally abolished (2007) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 1,626,491
females age 18-49: 1,637,657 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 948,320
females age 18-49: 931,972 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 98,554
females age 18-49: 97,690 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 0.4% (2006) | | Disputes international | since 2004, about 8,000 peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) maintain civil order in Haiti; despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians cross into the Dominican Republic and sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |