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Military manpower - military age (Country profile category: Military)

Afghanistan:
22 years of age

Albania:
19 years of age

Algeria:
19 years of age

Angola:
18 years of age

Argentina:
20 years of age

Armenia:
18 years of age

Australia:
17 years of age

Austria:
19 years of age

Azerbaijan:
18 years of age

Bahrain:
15 years of age

Belarus:
18 years of age

Belgium:
19 years of age

Belize:
18 years of age

Benin:
18 years of age

Bhutan:
18 years of age

Bolivia:
19 years of age

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
19 years of age

Botswana:
18 years of age

Brazil:
18 years of age

Brunei:
18 years of age

Bulgaria:
19 years of age

Burma:
18 years of age

Burundi:
16 years of age

Cambodia:
18 years of age

Cameroon:
18 years of age

Canada:
17 years of age

Chad:
20 years of age

Chile:
19 years of age

China:
18 years of age

Colombia:
18 years of age

Congo, Republic of the:
20 years of age

Costa Rica:
18 years of age

Cote d'Ivoire:
18 years of age

Croatia:
19 years of age

Cuba:
17 years of age

Cyprus:
18 years of age

Czech Republic:
18 years of age

Denmark:
20 years of age

Dominican Republic:
18 years of age

Ecuador:
20 years of age

Egypt:
20 years of age

El Salvador:
18 years of age

Estonia:
18 years of age

Ethiopia:
18 years of age

Fiji:
18 years of age

Finland:
17 years of age

France:
18 years of age

Gabon:
20 years of age

Georgia:
18 years of age

Germany:
18 years of age

Ghana:
18 years of age

Greece:
21 years of age

Guatemala:
18 years of age

Haiti:
18 years of age

Honduras:
18 years of age

Hong Kong:
18 years of age

Hungary:
18 years of age

India:
17 years of age

Indonesia:
18 years of age

Iran:
21 years of age

Iraq:
18 years of age

Ireland:
17 years of age

Israel:
18 years of age

Italy:
18 years of age

Jamaica:
18 years of age

Japan:
18 years of age

Jordan:
18 years of age

Kazakhstan:
18 years of age

Korea, North:
18 years of age

Korea, South:
18 years of age

Kuwait:
18 years of age

Kyrgyzstan:
18 years of age

Laos:
18 years of age

Latvia:
18 years of age

Libya:
17 years of age

Lithuania:
18 years of age

Luxembourg:
19 years of age

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
19 years of age

Madagascar:
20 years of age

Malaysia:
21 years of age

Mexico:
18 years of age
note: starting in 2000, females will be allowed to volunteer for military service

Moldova:
18 years of age

Mongolia:
18 years of age

Morocco:
18 years of age

Nepal:
17 years of age

Netherlands:
20 years of age

Netherlands Antilles:
20 years of age

New Zealand:
20 years of age

Nicaragua:
18 years of age

Niger:
18 years of age

Nigeria:
18 years of age

Norway:
20 years of age

Oman:
14 years of age

Pakistan:
17 years of age

Paraguay:
17 years of age

Peru:
20 years of age

Philippines:
20 years of age

Poland:
19 years of age

Portugal:
20 years of age

Qatar:
18 years of age

Reunion:
18 years of age

Romania:
20 years of age

Russia:
18 years of age

Saudi Arabia:
17 years of age

Senegal:
18 years of age

Serbia and Montenegro:
Serbia - 19 years of age; Montenegro - 19 years of age

Slovakia:
18 years of age

Slovenia:
19 years of age

South Africa:
18 years of age

Spain:
20 years of age

Sri Lanka:
18 years of age

Sudan:
18 years of age

Sweden:
19 years of age

Switzerland:
20 years of age

Syria:
19 years of age

Tajikistan:
18 years of age

Thailand:
18 years of age

Tunisia:
20 years of age

Turkey:
20 years of age

Turkmenistan:
18 years of age

Ukraine:
18 years of age

United Arab Emirates:
18 years of age

United States:
18 years of age

Uzbekistan:
18 years of age

Venezuela:
18 years of age

Vietnam:
17 years of age

Yemen:
14 years of age

Taiwan:
19 years of age

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