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  Field Listing - Military manpower - military age


Country
Military manpower - military age (years of age)
Afghanistan 22 years of age (2003 est.)
Albania 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Algeria 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Angola 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Argentina 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Armenia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Australia 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Austria 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Bahrain 15 years of age (2003 est.)
Belarus 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Belgium 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Belize 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Benin 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Bhutan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Bolivia 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Botswana 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Brazil 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Brunei 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Bulgaria 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Burma 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Burundi 16 years of age (2003 est.)
Cambodia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Cameroon 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Canada 16 years of age (2003 est.)
Chad 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Chile 19 years of age (2003 est.)
China 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Colombia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Costa Rica 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Croatia 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Cuba 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Cyprus 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Czech Republic 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Denmark 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic 18 years of age (2003 est.)
East Timor 18-21 years of age (2003 est.)
Ecuador 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Egypt 20 years of age (2003 est.)
El Salvador 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Estonia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Ethiopia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Fiji 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Finland 18 years of age (2003 est.)
France 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Gabon 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Georgia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Germany 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Ghana 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Greece 21 years of age (2003 est.)
Guatemala 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Haiti 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Honduras 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Hong Kong 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Hungary 18 years of age (2003 est.)
India 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Indonesia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Iran 21 years of age (2003 est.)
Iraq 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Ireland 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Israel 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Italy 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Jamaica 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Japan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Jordan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Korea, North 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Korea, South 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Kuwait 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Laos 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Latvia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Libya 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Lithuania 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Luxembourg 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Madagascar 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Malaysia 21 years of age (2003 est.)
Mexico 18 years of age
note: starting in 2000, females were allowed to volunteer for military service (2003 est.)
Moldova 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Mongolia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Morocco 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Nepal 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Netherlands 20 years of age (note - age 17 for cadets and midshipmen) (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 20 years of age (2003 est.)
New Zealand 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Nicaragua 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Niger 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Nigeria 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Norway 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Oman 14 years of age (2003 est.)
Pakistan 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Paraguay 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Peru 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Philippines 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Poland 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Portugal 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Qatar 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Reunion 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Romania 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Russia 18 years of age (2003)
Saudi Arabia 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Senegal 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Slovakia 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Slovenia 19 years of age (2003 est.)
South Africa 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Spain 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Sudan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Sweden 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Switzerland 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Syria 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Taiwan 19 years of age (2003 est.)
Tajikistan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Thailand 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Tunisia 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Turkey 20 years of age (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Ukraine 18 years of age (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates 18 years of age (2003 est.)
United States 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Venezuela 18 years of age (2003 est.)
Vietnam 17 years of age (2003 est.)
Yemen 14 years of age (2003 est.)

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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