Netherlands
Military: NETHERLANDS
Military branches:
Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Naval Air Service and Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu), Royal Military Police (2012)
Military service age and obligation:
17 years of age for an all-volunteer force (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 3,911,098
females age 16-49: 3,817,031 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 3,201,328
females age 16-49: 3,122,889 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 103,462
female: 98,383 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
country comparison to the world: 92
Transnational Issues: NETHERLANDS
Disputes - international:
none
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 18,255 (Iraq); 15,715 (Somalia); 5,697 (Afghanistan) (2012)
stateless persons: 2,005 (2012)
Illicit drugs:
major European producer of synthetic drugs, including ecstasy, and cannabis cultivator; important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish entering Europe; major source of US-bound ecstasy; large financial sector vulnerable to money laundering; significant consumer of ecstasy
