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Introduction - Kazakhstan: | Location - Kazakhstan: | People - Kazakhstan: | Government - Kazakhstan: | Economy - Kazakhstan: | Communications - Kazakhstan: | Transportation - Kazakhstan: | Military - Kazakhstan: | Military branches | Ground Forces, Naval Force, Air and Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; minimum age for volunteers NA (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 3,758,255
females age 18-49: 3,822,845 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 2,473,529
females age 18-49: 3,168,048 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 173,129
females age 18-49: 168,697 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 5,000 (Russia) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 0.9% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02) | | Disputes international | 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 | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |