ilitary branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 2,915,169 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,903,382 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 134,964 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $124 million (1998)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 0.7% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: border with Belize in dispute

Illicit drugs: transit country for cocaine shipments; minor
producer of illicit opium poppy and cannabis for the international
drug trade; active eradication program of cannabis crop effectively
eliminated in 1996

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Geography

Location: Western Europe, islands in the English Channel,
northwest of France

Geographic coordinates: 49 28 N, 2 35 W

Map references: Europe

Area:
total: 194 sq km
land: 194 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other
smaller islands

Area--comparative: slightly larger than Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 50 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm

Climate: temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50%
of days are overcast

Terrain: mostly level with low hills in southwest

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m

Natural resources: cropland

Land use:
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
permanent pastures: NA%
forests and woodland: NA%
other: NA%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Natural hazards: NA

Environment--current issues: NA

Environment--international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA

Geography--note: large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port

People

Population: 65,386 (July 1999 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 18% (male 6,012; female 5,875)
15-64 years: 66% (male 21,287; female 22,165)
65 years and over: 16% (male 4,069; female 5,978) (1999 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.27% (1999 est.)

Birth rate: 14.16 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

Death rate: 9.44 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

Net migration rate: 8.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est