troops) Manpower availability: males age 15-49 17,835,536; fit for military service 16,205,926; reach military age (20) annually 604,816 (1993 est.) Birth rate: 49.22 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $34.9 billion (1992) National product per capita: $2,600 (1991) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 11.5% (1991 est.) National product real growth rate: 3.8% (FY92) National product per capita: $1,940 (1989 est.) *Tromelin Island, Communications Highways: 856 km total (1988) Highways: 55,890 km total (1990) Inland waterways: 14,932 km; 6,969 km heavily traveled Pipelines: crude oil 161 km; natural gas Land use: arable land: 50% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 6% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA% Irrigated land: 18,800 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: lack of
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