Timor-Leste
Military: TIMOR-LESTE
Military branches:
Timor-Leste Defense Force (Falintil-Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, Falintil (F-FDTL)): Army, Navy (Armada) (2013)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 18-month service obligation; no conscription but, as of May 2013, introduction of conscription was under discussion (2013)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 305,643
females age 16-49: 293,052 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 243,120
females age 16-49: 251,061 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 12,737
female: 12,389 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NA
Transnational Issues: TIMOR-LESTE
Disputes - international:
three stretches of land borders with Timor-Leste have yet to be delimited, two of which are in the Oecussi exclave area, and no maritime or Economic Exclusion Zone boundaries have been established between the countries; maritime boundaries with Indonesia remain unresolved; many refugees who left Timor-Leste in 2003 still reside in Indonesia and refuse repatriation; in 2007, Australia and Timor-Leste signed a 50-year development zone and revenue sharing agreement in lieu of a maritime boundary
Illicit drugs:
NA
