Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age (note - age 17 for cadets and midshipmen) (2003 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 4,071,891 (2003 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 3,536,586 (2003 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 94,034
note: Netherlands has an all-volunteer, 74,100 force in 2001 (2003 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $6.5 billion (FY00/01 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (FY00/01 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands Military 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.