net hosts:
12,299 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA

Internet users:
152,000 (2002)

Transportation Kyrgyzstan

Railways:
total: 470 km
broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 18,500 km
paved: 16,854 km (including 140 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,646 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
600 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 367 km; oil 13 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)

Airports:
61 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
under 914 m: 2 (2003 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 44
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 37 (2003 est.)

Military Kyrgyzstan

Military branches:
Army, Air and Air Defense, Security Forces, Border Troops

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,347,312 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,091,548 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 59,759 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$19.2 million (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.4% (FY01)

Transnational Issues Kyrgyzstan

Disputes - international:
boundary with China is fully demarcated; delimitation with
Kazakhstan is largely complete with only minor disputed areas;
disputes in Isfara Valley delay completion of delimitation with
Tajikistan; delimitation is underway with Uzbekistan but serious
disputes around enclaves and elsewhere continue to mar progress for
some 130 km of border

Illicit drugs:
limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy for CIS
markets; limited government eradication of illicit crops; transit
point for Southwest Asian narcotics bound for Russia and the rest of
Europe

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Laos

Introduction Laos

Background:
Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th
century until the late 19th century when it became part of French
Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao
border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took control
of t