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@2024 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.)