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Colombia:
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Other pages in this profile of Colombia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition National Army (Ejercito Nacional), National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation, Naval Infantry (Infanteria de Marina, Colmar), and Coast Guard), Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Colombia, FAC) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18-24 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; service obligation - 18 months (2004) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 11,478,109 females age 16-49: 11,809,279 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 8,056,336 females age 16-49: 9,919,952 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 442,403 females age 16-49: 433,192 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 3.4% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition in December 2007, ICJ allocates San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina islands to Colombia under 1928 Treaty but does not rule on 82°W meridian as maritime boundary with Nicaragua; managed dispute with Venezuela over maritime boundary and Venezuelan-administered Los Monjes Islands near the Gulf of Venezuela; Colombian-organized illegal narcotics, guerrilla, and paramilitary activities penetrate all neighboring borders and have caused Colombian citizens to flee mostly into neighboring countries; Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Jamaica, and the US assert various claims to Bajo Nuevo and Serranilla Bank |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition IDPs: 1.8-3.5 million (conflict between government and illegal armed groups and drug traffickers) (2007) |
Illicit drugs |
Definition illicit producer of coca, opium poppy, and cannabis; world's leading coca cultivator with 144,000 hectares in coca cultivation in 2005, a 26% increase over 2004, producing a potential of 545 mt of pure cocaine; the world's largest producer of coca derivatives; supplies cocaine to most of the US market and the great majority of other international drug markets; in 2005, aerial eradication dispensed herbicide to treat over 130,000 hectares but aggressive replanting on the part of coca growers means Colombia remains a key producer; a significant portion of non-US narcotics proceeds are either laundered or invested in Colombia through the black market peso exchange; important supplier of heroin to the US market; opium poppy cultivation fell 50% between 2003 and 2004 to 2,100 hectares yielding a potential 3.8 metric tons of pure heroin, mostly for the US market; no poppy estimate was conducted in 2005 |
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