Field Listing - Military manpower - military age
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Military manpower - military age ( years of age)
Afghanistan
22 years of age (2002 est.)
Albania
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Algeria
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Angola
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Argentina
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Armenia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Australia
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Austria
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Bahrain
15 years of age (2002 est.)
Belarus
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Belgium
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Belize
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Benin
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Bhutan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Bolivia
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Botswana
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Brazil
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Brunei
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Bulgaria
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Burma
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Burundi
16 years of age (2002 est.)
Cambodia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Cameroon
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Canada
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Chad
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Chile
19 years of age (2002 est.)
China
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Colombia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Costa Rica
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Croatia
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Cuba
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Cyprus
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Czech Republic
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Denmark
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic
18 years of age (2002 est.)
East Timor
18-21 years of age
Ecuador
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Egypt
20 years of age (2002 est.)
El Salvador
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Estonia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Ethiopia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Fiji
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Finland
17 years of age (2002 est.)
France
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Gabon
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Georgia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Germany
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Ghana
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Greece
21 years of age (2002 est.)
Guatemala
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Haiti
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Honduras
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Hong Kong
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Hungary
18 years of age (2002 est.)
India
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Indonesia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Iran
21 years of age (2002 est.)
Iraq
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Ireland
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Israel
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Italy
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Jamaica
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Japan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Jordan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Korea, North
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Korea, South
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Kuwait
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Laos
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Latvia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Libya
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Lithuania
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Luxembourg
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Madagascar
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Malaysia
21 years of age (2002 est.)
Mexico
18 years of age
note:
starting in 2000, females were allowed to volunteer for military service (2002 est.)
Moldova
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Mongolia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Morocco
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Nepal
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Netherlands
20 years of age (note - age 17 for cadets and midshipmen) (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
20 years of age (2002 est.)
New Zealand
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Nicaragua
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Niger
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Nigeria
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Norway
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Oman
14 years of age (2002 est.)
Pakistan
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Paraguay
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Peru
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Philippines
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Poland
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Portugal
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Qatar
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Reunion
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Romania
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Russia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Senegal
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Slovakia
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Slovenia
19 years of age (2002 est.)
South Africa
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Spain
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Sudan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Sweden
NA
Switzerland
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Syria
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Taiwan
19 years of age (2002 est.)
Tajikistan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Thailand
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Tunisia
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Turkey
20 years of age (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Ukraine
18 years of age (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates
18 years of age (2002 est.)
United States
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Venezuela
18 years of age (2002 est.)
Vietnam
17 years of age (2002 est.)
Yemen
14 years of age (2002 est.)
This page was last updated on 19 March 2003