Military branches Army, Navy, Air Force

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 12,037,009
females age 15-49: 11,846,381 (1997 est.)
note: both sexes liable for military service

Military manpower - fit for military service
males : 6,434,452 (1997 est.)
females: 6,317,112 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 480,893
females: 462,314 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $135 million (FY95/96)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP NA%

Disputes - international none

Illicit drugs world's largest illicit producer of opium (2,560 metric tons in 1996- a 9% increase over 1995) and a minor producer of cannabis for the internationaldrug trade; surrender of drug warlord KHUN SA's Mong Tai Army in January 1996 was hailed by Rangoon as a major counternarcotics success, but lack ofserious government commitment and resources continue to hinder the overallantidrug effort; growing role in the production of methamphetamines for regionalconsumption

Current issues in a number of waves since October 1993, hundreds of thousands of refugeeshave fled the ethnic violence between the Hutu and Tutsi factions in Burundiand crossed into Rwanda, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerlyZaire; since October 1996, an estimated 92,000 Burundi Hutus who fled to Zairehave been forced to return to Burundi by Tutsi rebel forces in Zaire, leavingan estimated 35,000 still dispersed there; in Burundi, the ethnic violencebetween the Hutus and the Tutsis continued in 1996, causing an estimated additional150,000 Burundi Hutus to flee to Tanzania, thus raising their numbers in thatcountry to about 250,000

NOTE: The information regarding Burma on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.