Bhutan
Military: Bhutan
Military branches:
Royal Bhutan Army (includes Royal Bodyguard and Royal Bhutan Police) (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; militia training is compulsory for males aged 20-25, over a 3-year period (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 202,407
females age 16-49: 180,349 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 157,664
females age 16-49: 144,861 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 7,363
female: 7,095 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
1% of GDP (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125
Transnational Issues: Bhutan
Disputes - international:
lacking any treaty describing the boundary, Bhutan and China continue negotiations to establish a common boundary alignment to resolve territorial disputes arising from substantial cartographic discrepancies, the largest of which lie in Bhutan's northwest and along the Chumbi salient