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Introduction - Libya: | Location - Libya: | People - Libya: | Government - Libya: | Economy - Libya: | Communications - Libya: | Transportation - Libya: | Military - Libya: | Military branches | Armed Peoples on Duty (APOD, Army), Libyan Arab Navy, Libyan Arab Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriya al-Arabia al-Libyya, LAAF) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 17 years of age (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 17-49: 1,505,675
females age 17-49: 1,429,152 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 17-49: 1,291,624
females age 17-49: 1,230,824 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 62,034
females age 17-49: 59,533 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 8,873 (Palestinian Territories) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 3.9% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | Libya has claimed more than 32,000 sq km in southeastern Algeria and about 25,000 sq km in the Tommo region of Niger in a currently dormant dispute; various Chadian rebels from the Aozou region reside in southern Libya | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |