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Norway 18-44 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women; 12-month service obligation, in practice shortened to 8 to 9 months; although all males between ages of 18 and 44 are liable for service, in practice they are seldom called to duty after age 30; reserve obligation to age 35-60; 16 years of age for volunteers to the Home Guard, who serve 6-month duty tours (2009)
Oman 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2010)
Pakistan 17-23 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed for combat until age 18; the Pakistani Air Force and Pakistani Navy have inducted their first female pilots and sailors (2009)
Papua New Guinea 16 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription (2010)
Paraguay 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy; volunteers for the Air Force must be younger than 22 years of age with a secondary school diploma (2010)
Peru 18-30 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (2008)
Philippines 18-25 years of age (officers 21-29) for compulsory and voluntary military service; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens (2010)
Poland 18-28 years of age for male voluntary or compulsory military service; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; conscription is to end in 2012; only soldiers who have completed their conscript service are allowed to volunteer for professional service; as of April 2004, women are only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers; reserve obligation to age 50 (2009)
Portugal 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no compulsory military service; women serve in the armed forces, on naval ships since 1993, but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties; reserve obligation to age 35 (2010)
Qatar 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2010)
Romania 18-35 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription officially ended October 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive contracts for 3-year terms until age 36 (2009)
Russia 18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; service obligation - 1 year (conscripts can only be sent to combat zones after 6 months training); reserve obligation to age 50 note: over 60% of draft-age Russian males receive some type of deferment - generally health related - each draft cycle (2009)
Rwanda 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2010)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2010)
San Marino 16-55 for voluntary service in Voluntary Military Force (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe 18 years of age (est.) (2004)
Saudi Arabia 18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004)
Senegal 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004)
Serbia 17 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service; conscription to be abolished effective 2011; 6-month service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 60 for men and 50 for women (2010)
Seychelles 18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription (2010)
Sierra Leone 17 years 6 months of age for male and female voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription; candidates must be HIV negative (2009)
Singapore 18-21 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 2-year conscript service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 40 (enlisted) or age 50 (officers) (2008)
Sint Maarten no conscription (2010)
Slovakia 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2006; women are eligible to serve (2010)
Slovenia 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2003 (2010)
Somalia note: since 2005, the UN has listed the Transitional Federal Government and its allied militias as persistent violators in recruiting child soldiers (2010)
South Africa 18 years of age for voluntary military service; women are eligible to serve in noncombat roles; 2-year service obligation (2007)
Spain 20 years of age (2004)
Sri Lanka 18 years of age for voluntary military service; 5-year service obligation (2010)
Sudan 18-33 years of age for male and female compulsory and voluntary military service; 12-24 month service obligation (2009)
Suriname 18 years of age (est.); recruitment is voluntary, with personnel drawn almost exclusively from the Creole community (2007)
Swaziland 18-30 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription; only HIV-negative applicants accepted; compulsory HIV testing required (2010)
Sweden 18-47 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); the Swedish Parliament has abolished compulsory military service, with exclusively voluntary recruitment as of July 2010; conscription remains an option in emergencies; after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47 (2010)
Switzerland 19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2010)
Syria 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 21 months (18 months in the Syrian Arab Navy); women are not conscripted but may volunteer to serve (2010)
Taiwan 19-35 years of age for male compulsory military service; service obligation 2 years; women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; reserve obligation to age 30 (Army); the Ministry of Defense is in the process of implementing a voluntary enlistment system over the period 2010-2015, although nonvolunteers will still be required to perform alternative service or go through 4 months of military training (2010)
Tajikistan 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2009)
Tanzania 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)
Thailand 21 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary military service; males are registered at 18 years of age; 2-year conscript service obligation (2009)
Timor-Leste 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
Togo 18 years of age for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year service obligation (2006)
Tonga 16 years of age for voluntary enlistment (with parental approval); no conscription (2010)
Trinidad and Tobago 18 years of age for voluntary military service (16 years of age with parental consent); no conscription (2010)
Tunisia 20 years of age for compulsory military service, 18 years of age for voluntary military service; 1-year conscript service obligation (2007)
Turkey 20 years of age (2004)
Turkmenistan 18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2009)
Uganda 18-26 years of age for voluntary military duty; 18-30 years of age for professionals; no conscription; 9-year service obligation; the government has stated that recruitment below 18 years of age could occur with proper consent and that "no person under the apparent age of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces"; Ugandan citizenship and secondary education required (2010)
Ukraine 18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army and Air Force, 18 months for Navy (2010)
United Arab Emirates 18 years of age (est.) for voluntary military service; 18 years of age for officers and women; no conscription (2009)
United Kingdom 16-33 years of age (officers 17-28) for voluntary military service (with parental consent under 18); women serve in military services, but are excluded from ground combat positions and some naval postings; as of October 2009, women comprised 12.1% of officers and 9% of enlisted personnel in the regular forces; must be citizen of the UK, Commonwealth, or Republic of Ireland; reservists serve a minimum of 3 years, to age 45 or 55; 16 years of age for voluntary military service by Nepalese citizens in the Brigade of Gurkhas; 16-34 years of age for voluntary military service by Papua New Guinean citizens (2009)
United States 18 years of age (17 years of age with parental consent) for male and female voluntary service; maximum enlistment age 42 (Army), 27 (Air Force), 34 (Navy), 28 (Marines); service obligation 8 years, including 2-5 years active duty (Army), 2 years active (Navy), 4 years active (Air Force, Marines) (2010)
Uruguay 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; up to 40 years of age for specialists; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies; minimum 6-year education (2009)
Uzbekistan 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 1-year conscript service obligation; moving toward a professional military, but conscription will continue; the military cannot accommodate everyone who wishes to enlist, and competition for entrance into the military is similar to the competition for admission to universities (2009)
Venezuela 18-30 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 30-month conscript service obligation; all citizens of military service age (18-60 years old) are obligated to register for military service (2010)
Vietnam 18 years of age (male) for compulsory military service; females may volunteer for active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (3 to 4 years in the navy); 18-45 years of age (male) or 18-40 years of age (female) for Militia Force or Self Defense Forces (2006)
Yemen voluntary military service program authorized in 2001; 2-year service obligation (2006)
Zambia 18-27 years of age for male and female voluntary military service (16 years of age with parental consent); no conscription; Zambian citizenship required; mandatory HIV testing upon enlistment; mandatory retirement for officers at age 65 (Army, Air Force) (2010)
Zimbabwe 18-24 years of age for compulsory military service; women are eligible to serve (2010)
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Field Listing :: Manpower fit for military service
This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for a country (defined as being ages 16-49) and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Country
Manpower fit for military service
Afghanistan males age 16-49: 3,888,358 females age 16-49: 3,641,998 (2010 est.)
Albania males age 16-49: 802,097 females age 16-49: 768,953 (2010 est.)
Algeria males age 16-49: 8,481,036 females age 16-49: 8,508,245 (2010 est.)
American Samoa males age 16-49: 14,230 females age 16-49: 13,842 (2010 est.)
Andorra males age 16-49: 18,338 females age 16-49: 17,395 (2010 est.)
Angola males age 16-49: 1,506,489 females age 16-49: 1,451,427 (2010 est.)
Anguilla males age 16-49: 2,987 females age 16-49: 3,354 (2010 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda males age 16-49: 17,475 females age 16-49: 19,764 (2010 est.)
Argentina males age 16-49: 8,366,206 females age 16-49: 8,344,321 (2010 est.)
Armenia males age 16-49: 644,195 females age 16-49: 724,085 (2010 est.)
Aruba males age 16-49: 20,398 females age 16-49: 21,371 (2010 est.)
Australia males age 16-49: 4,377,411 females age 16-49: 4,210,442 (2010 est.)
Austria males age 16-49: 1,595,379 females age 16-49: 1,566,884 (2010 est.)
Azerbaijan males age 16-49: 1,753,878 females age 16-49: 1,958,408 (2010 est.)
Bahamas, The males age 16-49: 62,779 females age 16-49: 63,954 (2010 est.)
Bahrain males age 16-49: 170,633 females age 16-49: 146,243 (2010 est.)
Bangladesh males age 16-49: 25,310,750 females age 16-49: 32,154,153 (2010 est.)
Barbados males age 16-49: 58,532 females age 16-49: 58,542 (2010 est.)
Belarus males age 16-49: 1,708,634 females age 16-49: 2,043,083 (2010 est.)
Belgium males age 16-49: 1,949,361 females age 16-49: 1,891,966 (2010 est.)
Belize males age 16-49: 57,759 females age 16-49: 55,903 (2010 est.)
Benin males age 16-49: 1,331,242 females age 16-49: 1,345,145 (2010 est.)
Bermuda males age 16-49: 12,405 females age 16-49: 12,327 (2010 est.)
Bhutan males age 16-49: 153,985 females age 16-49: 140,437 (2010 est.)
Bolivia males age 16-49: 1,714,438 females age 16-49: 1,959,763 (2010 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina males age 16-49: 980,425 females age 16-49: 948,791 (2010 est.)
Botswana males age 16-49: 347,070 females age 16-49: 315,743 (2010 est.)
Brazil males age 16-49: 38,518,822 females age 16-49: 44,560,717 (2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands males age 16-49: 6,028 females age 16-49: 5,778 (2010 est.)
Brunei males age 16-49: 93,809 females age 16-49: 97,345 (2010 est.)
Bulgaria males age 16-49: 1,337,201 females age 16-49: 1,360,039 (2010 est.)
Burkina Faso males age 16-49: 2,280,776 females age 16-49: 2,278,474 (2010 est.)
Burma males age 16-49: 10,281,131 females age 16-49: 10,988,695 (2010 est.)
Burundi males age 16-49: 1,337,935 females age 16-49: 1,414,035 (2010 est.)
Cambodia males age 16-49: 2,751,618 females age 16-49: 2,835,807 (2010 est.)
Cameroon males age 16-49: 2,721,307 females age 16-49: 2,647,640 (2010 est.)
Canada males age 16-49: 6,642,190 females age 16-49: 6,402,896 (2010 est.)
Cape Verde males age 16-49: 103,894 females age 16-49: 114,721 (2010 est.)
Cayman Islands males age 16-49: 9,860 females age 16-49: 10,287 (2010 est.)
Central African Republic males age 16-49: 637,474 females age 16-49: 643,188 (2010 est.)
Chad males age 16-49: 1,141,776 females age 16-49: 1,354,111 (2010 est.)
Chile males age 16-49: 3,599,328 females age 16-49: 3,544,156 (2010 est.)
China males age 16-49: 314,668,817 females age 16-49: 298,745,786 (2010 est.)
Colombia males age 16-49: 8,957,960 females age 16-49: 9,763,655 (2010 est.)
Comoros males age 16-49: 130,064 females age 16-49: 140,600 (2010 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the males age 16-49: 9,301,818 females age 16-49: 9,440,111 (2010 est.)
Congo, Republic of the males age 16-49: 557,764 females age 16-49: 546,755 (2010 est.)
Cook Islands males age 16-49: 2,272 females age 16-49: 2,222 (2010 est.)
Costa Rica males age 16-49: 1,044,923 females age 16-49: 1,026,432 (2010 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire males age 16-49: 3,242,965 females age 16-49: 3,069,569 (2010 est.)
Croatia males age 16-49: 770,574 females age 16-49: 844,594 (2010 est.)
Cuba males age 16-49: 2,516,543 females age 16-49: 2,450,902 (2010 est.)
Cyprus Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG): males age 16-49: 271,692 females age 16-49: 236,908 (2010 est.)
Czech Republic males age 16-49: 2,086,662 females age 16-49: 2,003,055 (2010 est.)
Denmark males age 16-49: 1,013,814 females age 16-49: 1,001,411 (2010 est.)
Djibouti males age 16-49: 110,441 females age 16-49: 147,939 (2010 est.)
Dominica males age 16-49: 15,963 females age 16-49: 15,426 (2010 est.)
Dominican Republic males age 16-49: 2,090,785 females age 16-49: 1,957,233 (2010 est.)
Ecuador males age 16-49: 2,770,465 females age 16-49: 3,217,235 (2010 est.)
Egypt males age 16-49: 17,733,851 females age 16-49: 16,942,010 (2010 est.)
El Salvador males age 16-49: 1,056,532 females age 16-49: 1,356,824 (2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea males age 16-49: 109,311 females age 16-49: 111,543 (2010 est.)
Eritrea males age 16-49: 864,608 females age 16-49: 920,104 (2010 est.)
Estonia males age 16-49: 213,740 females age 16-49: 255,926 (2010 est.)
Ethiopia males age 16-49: 11,466,713 females age 16-49: 12,444,706 (2010 est.)
Faroe Islands males age 16-49: 9,792 females age 16-49: 8,354 (2010 est.)
Fiji males age 16-49: 195,414 females age 16-49: 206,386 (2010 est.)
Finland males age 16-49: 958,949 females age 16-49: 916,818 (2010 est.)
France males age 16-49: 12,053,912 females age 16-49: 11,763,951 (2010 est.)
French Polynesia males age 16-49: 66,451 females age 16-49: 65,306 (2010 est.)
Gabon males age 16-49: 198,970 females age 16-49: 192,807 (2010 est.)
Gambia, The males age 16-49: 238,006 females age 16-49: 248,065 (2010 est.)
Gaza Strip males age 16-49: 324,203 females age 16-49: 308,835 (2010 est.)
Georgia males age 16-49: 901,307 females age 16-49: 946,357 (2010 est.)
Germany males age 16-49: 15,564,748 females age 16-49: 14,723,200 (2010 est.)
Ghana males age 16-49: 4,022,056 females age 16-49: 4,101,964 (2010 est.)
Gibraltar males age 16-49: 5,955 females age 16-49: 5,687 (2010 est.)
Greece males age 16-49: 2,050,018 females age 16-49: 2,033,450 (2010 est.)
Greenland males age 16-49: 10,833 females age 16-49: 11,439 (2010 est.)
Grenada males age 16-49: 22,487 females age 16-49: 22,535 (2010 est.)
Guam males age 16-49: 37,983 females age 16-49: 36,469 (2010 est.)
Guatemala males age 16-49: 2,494,903 females age 16-49: 2,827,208 (2010 est.)
Guernsey males age 16-49: 12,404 females age 16-49: 12,510 (2010 est.)
Guinea males age 16-49: 1,443,655 females age 16-49: 1,483,676 (2010 est.)
Guinea-Bissau males age 16-49: 199,771 females age 16-49: 206,240 (2010 est.)
Guyana males age 16-49: 132,188 females age 16-49: 147,296 (2010 est.)
Haiti males age 16-49: 1,573,371 females age 16-49: 1,591,942 (2010 est.)
Honduras males age 16-49: 1,483,292 females age 16-49: 1,502,788 (2010 est.)
Hong Kong males age 16-49: 1,405,324 females age 16-49: 1,526,196 (2010 est.)
Hungary males age 16-49: 1,884,232 females age 16-49: 1,923,902 (2010 est.)
Iceland males age 16-49: 62,705 females age 16-49: 61,392 (2010 est.)
India males age 16-49: 244,727,406 females age 16-49: 235,662,750 (2010 est.)
Indonesia males age 16-49: 53,624,156 females age 16-49: 52,879,309 (2010 est.)
Iran males age 16-49: 17,844,536 females age 16-49: 17,312,808 (2010 est.)
Iraq males age 16-49: 6,402,171 females age 16-49: 6,232,674 (2010 est.)
Ireland males age 16-49: 858,317 females age 16-49: 855,125 (2010 est.)
Isle of Man males age 16-49: 14,748 females age 16-49: 14,392 (2010 est.)
Israel males age 16-49: 1,496,542 females age 16-49: 1,425,537 (2010 est.)
Italy males age 16-49: 11,092,984 females age 16-49: 10,452,910 (2010 est.)
Jamaica males age 16-49: 581,033 females age 16-49: 590,437 (2010 est.)
Japan males age 16-49: 22,564,075 females age 16-49: 21,720,375 (2010 est.)
Jersey males age 16-49: 16,853 females age 16-49: 16,737 (2010 est.)
Jordan males age 16-49: 1,416,681 females age 16-49: 1,358,608 (2010 est.)
Kazakhstan males age 16-49: 2,902,859 females age 16-49: 3,543,467 (2010 est.)
Kenya males age 16-49: 6,162,904 females age 16-49: 5,904,173 (2010 est.)
Kiribati males age 16-49: 17,941 females age 16-49: 19,758 (2010 est.)
Korea, North males age 16-49: 4,127,999 females age 16-49: 4,522,707 (2010 est.)
Korea, South males age 16-49: 10,929,625 females age 16-49: 10,264,608 (2010 est.)
Kosovo males age 16-49: 429,645 females age 16-49: 389,071 (2010 est.)
Kuwait males age 16-49: 979,832 females age 16-49: 539,574 (2010 est.)
Kyrgyzstan males age 16-49: 1,101,709 females age 16-49: 1,243,904 (2010 est.)
Laos males age 16-49: 1,056,050 females age 16-49: 1,121,640 (2010 est.)
Latvia males age 16-49: 406,592 females age 16-49: 456,071 (2010 est.)
Lebanon males age 16-49: 917,404 females age 16-49: 940,238 (2010 est.)
Lesotho males age 16-49: 267,825 females age 16-49: 273,348 (2010 est.)
Liberia males age 16-49: 510,337 females age 16-49: 527,737 (2010 est.)
Libya males age 16-49: 1,490,011 females age 16-49: 1,436,613 (2010 est.)
Liechtenstein males age 16-49: 6,559 females age 16-49: 6,782 (2010 est.)
Lithuania males age 16-49: 674,265 females age 16-49: 734,806 (2010 est.)
Luxembourg males age 16-49: 96,585 females age 16-49: 95,519 (2010 est.)
Macau males age 16-49: 124,074 females age 16-49: 149,799 (2010 est.)
Macedonia males age 16-49: 442,953 females age 16-49: 425,981 (2010 est.)
Madagascar males age 16-49: 3,268,291 females age 16-49: 3,541,256 (2010 est.)
Malawi males age 16-49: 2,048,900 females age 16-49: 1,960,258 (2010 est.)
Malaysia males age 16-49: 5,612,642 females age 16-49: 5,501,129 (2010 est.)
Maldives males age 16-49: 137,181 females age 16-49: 83,837 (2010 est.)
Mali males age 16-49: 1,760,901 females age 16-49: 1,900,025 (2010 est.)
Malta males age 16-49: 79,961 females age 16-49: 76,067 (2010 est.)
Marshall Islands males age 16-49: 13,277 females age 16-49: 13,374 (2010 est.)
Mauritania males age 16-49: 464,959 females age 16-49: 562,765 (2010 est.)
Mauritius males age 16-49: 279,405 females age 16-49: 283,023 (2010 est.)
Mayotte males age 16-49: 37,001 females age 16-49: 36,018 (2010 est.)
Mexico males age 16-49: 22,893,649 females age 16-49: 25,401,642 (2010 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of males age 16-49: 21,909 females age 16-49: 23,410 (2010 est.)
Moldova males age 16-49: 877,031 females age 16-49: 979,128 (2010 est.)
Monaco males age 16-49: 4,680 females age 16-49: 4,691 (2010 est.)
Mongolia males age 16-49: 715,585 females age 16-49: 748,083 (2010 est.)
Montenegro males age 16-49: 151,798 females age 16-49: 134,267 (2010 est.)
Montserrat males age 16-49: 1,127 females age 16-49: 1,217 (2010 est.)
Morocco males age 16-49: 6,960,026 females age 16-49: 7,307,491 (2010 est.)
Mozambique males age 16-49: 2,448,161 females age 16-49: 2,269,562 (2010 est.)
Namibia males age 16-49: 341,783 females age 16-49: 304,496 (2010 est.)
Nauru males age 16-49: 2,683 females age 16-49: 3,059 (2010 est.)
Nepal males age 16-49: 5,053,600 females age 16-49: 5,730,116 (2010 est.)
Netherlands males age 16-49: 3,213,954 females age 16-49: 3,133,972 (2010 est.)
New Caledonia males age 16-49: 49,173 females age 16-49: 49,619 (2010 est.)
New Zealand males age 16-49: 840,977 females age 16-49: 828,081 (2010 est.)
Nicaragua males age 16-49: 1,318,762 females age 16-49: 1,374,652 (2010 est.)
Niger males age 16-49: 2,104,378 females age 16-49: 2,129,985 (2010 est.)
Nigeria males age 16-49: 20,298,351 females age 16-49: 19,355,456 (2010 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands males age 16-49: 9,359 females age 16-49: 12,385 (2010 est.)
Norway males age 16-49: 888,310 females age 16-49: 864,344 (2010 est.)