ips (1,000 GRT or over) 1,306,706 GRT/1,963,191 DWT
registered in other countries: 54 (2004 est.)
by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 11, container 4, livestock carrier
2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 23, refrigerated cargo 4, roll
on/roll off 10, short-sea/passenger 6
foreign-owned: Egypt 3, Greece 4, Norway 2, Sudan 1, United Kingdom 3

Airports:
204 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 72
over 3,047 m: 32
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 129
under 914 m: 12 (2004 est.)
over 3047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 39
1,524 to 2,437 m: 72

Heliports:
5 (2003 est.)

Military Saudi Arabia

Military branches:
Land Force (Army), Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, National
Guard, Ministry of Interior Forces (paramilitary)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 8,240,714 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 4,725,514 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 246,343 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$18 billion (2002)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
10% (2002)

Transnational Issues Saudi Arabia

Disputes - international:
nomadic groups on border region with Yemen resist demarcation of
boundary; Yemen protests Saudi erection of a concrete-filled pipe as
a security barrier in 2004 to stem illegal cross-border activities
in sections of the boundary; Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue
discussions on a maritime boundary with Iran; because the treaties
have not been made public, the exact alignment of the boundary with
the UAE is still unknown and labeled approximate

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 240,000 (Palestinian Territories)
(2004)

Illicit drugs:
death penalty for traffickers; increasing consumption of heroin,
cocaine, and hashish; not a major money-laundering center, improving
anti-money-laundering legislation

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Senegal

Introduction Senegal

Background:
Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined wit