Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49:
761,568 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49:
521,487 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $132 million (FY97)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.6% (FY97)
Military - note: on 10 February 1990, the government of then President ENDARA abolished Panama's military and reformed the security apparatus by creating the Panamanian Public Forces; in October 1994, Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force, but allowing the temporary establishment of special police units to counter acts of "external aggression"