cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 39, short-sea passenger
5, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 13 (1998 est.)

Airports: 255 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 145
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 82
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 24 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 110
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 105 (1998 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Swedish Army, Royal Swedish Navy, Swedish Air
Force

Military manpower--military age: 19 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 2,076,903 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,817,554 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 52,486 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $4.9 billion (FY97/98)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 2.2% (FY97/98)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: none

Illicit drugs: minor transshipment point for and consumer of
narcotics shipped via the CIS and Baltic states; increasing consumer
of European amphetamines

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Introduction

Background: Switzerland's independence and neutrality have long
been honored by the major European powers and Switzerland did not
participate in either World War I or II. The political and economic
integration of Europe since World War II may be rendering obsolete
Switzerland's concern for neutrality.

Geography

Location: Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy

Geographic coordinates: 47 00 N, 8 00 E

Map references: Europe

Area:
total: 41,290 sq km
land: 39,770 sq km
water: 1,520 sq km

Area--comparative: slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey

Land boundaries:
total: 1,852 km
border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km,
Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Climate: temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy,
rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with
occasional showers

Terrain: mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with
a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195