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| Field Listing :: Manpower available 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 assumes that every individual is fit to serve. | |
Country |
Manpower available for military service |
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| Afghanistan |
males age 16-49: 7,431,147
females age 16-49: 7,004,819 (2008 est.) |
| Albania |
males age 16-49: 944,592
females age 16-49: 908,527 (2008 est.) |
| Algeria |
males age 16-49: 9,736,757
females age 16-49: 9,590,978 (2008 est.) |
| Andorra | males age 16-49: 18,685 (2008 est.) |
| Angola |
males age 16-49: 2,856,492
females age 16-49: 2,755,864 (2008 est.) |
| Anguilla | males age 16-49: 3,538 (2008 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
males age 16-49: 19,560
females age 16-49: 18,977 (2008 est.) |
| Argentina |
males age 16-49: 10,029,488
females age 16-49: 9,889,002 (2008 est.) |
| Armenia |
males age 16-49: 809,576
females age 16-49: 870,864 (2008 est.) |
| Aruba |
males age 16-49: 24,585
females age 16-49: 25,742 (2008 est.) |
| Australia |
males age 16-49: 4,999,988
females age 16-49: 4,870,043 (2008 est.) |
| Austria |
males age 16-49: 1,986,411
females age 16-49: 1,944,834 (2008 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
males age 16-49: 2,278,888
females age 16-49: 2,291,770 (2008 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | males age 16-49: 80,200 (2008 est.) |
| Bahrain |
males age 16-49: 210,938
females age 16-49: 170,471 (2008 est.) |
| Bangladesh | males age 16-49: 41,199,340 (2008 est.) |
| Barbados |
males age 16-49: 75,265
females age 16-49: 75,389 (2008 est.) |
| Belarus |
males age 16-49: 2,491,643
females age 16-49: 2,528,779 (2008 est.) |
| Belgium |
males age 16-49: 2,407,128
females age 16-49: 2,340,039 (2008 est.) |
| Belize |
males age 16-49: 74,605
females age 16-49: 72,926 (2008 est.) |
| Benin |
males age 16-49: 1,908,457
females age 16-49: 1,882,421 (2008 est.) |
| Bermuda | males age 16-49: 15,623 (2008 est.) |
| Bhutan |
males age 16-49: 190,104
females age 16-49: 167,289 (2008 est.) |
| Bolivia |
males age 16-49: 2,295,746
females age 16-49: 2,366,828 (2008 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
males age 16-49: 1,212,007
females age 16-49: 1,170,645 (2008 est.) |
| Botswana |
males age 16-49: 487,853
females age 16-49: 464,278 (2008 est.) |
| Brazil |
males age 16-49: 52,449,957
females age 16-49: 52,375,921 (2008 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | males age 16-49: 7,101 (2008 est.) |
| Brunei |
males age 16-49: 108,356
females age 16-49: 110,153 (2008 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
males age 16-49: 1,701,979
females age 16-49: 1,691,092 (2008 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | males age 16-49: 3,364,288 (2008 est.) |
| Burma |
males age 16-49: 13,402,788
females age 16-49: 13,437,042 (2008 est.) |
| Burundi |
males age 16-49: 1,878,544
females age 16-49: 1,851,676 (2008 est.) |
| Cambodia |
males age 16-49: 3,759,034
females age 16-49: 3,784,333 (2008 est.) |
| Cameroon |
males age 16-49: 4,321,175
females age 16-49: 4,228,625 (2008 est.) |
| Canada |
males age 16-49: 8,072,010
females age 16-49: 7,813,462 (2008 est.) |
| Cape Verde |
males age 16-49: 103,650
females age 16-49: 103,553 (2008 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | males age 16-49: 11,790 (2008 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
males age 16-49: 1,032,828
females age 16-49: 999,330 (2008 est.) |
| Chad |
males age 16-49: 1,906,545
females age 16-49: 2,258,758 (2008 est.) |
| Chile |
males age 16-49: 4,242,912
females age 16-49: 4,182,509 (2008 est.) |
| China |
males age 16-49: 375,009,345
females age 16-49: 354,314,328 (2008 est.) |
| Colombia |
males age 16-49: 11,478,109
females age 16-49: 11,809,279 (2008 est.) |
| Comoros |
males age 16-49: 167,850
females age 16-49: 167,362 (2008 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | males age 16-49: 14,101,263 (2008 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
males age 16-49: 842,771
females age 16-49: 833,624 (2008 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
males age 16-49: 1,134,205
females age 16-49: 1,095,763 (2008 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
males age 16-49: 4,369,735
females age 16-49: 4,287,042 (2008 est.) |
| Croatia |
males age 16-49: 1,035,712
females age 16-49: 1,037,896 (2008 est.) |
| Cuba |
males age 16-49: 3,094,388
females age 16-49: 3,024,876 (2008 est.) |
| Cyprus |
Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 16-49: 199,767 females age 16-49: 190,665 (2008 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
males age 16-49: 2,522,383
females age 16-49: 2,425,095 (2008 est.) |
| Denmark |
males age 16-49: 1,235,067
females age 16-49: 1,215,418 (2008 est.) |
| Djibouti |
males age 16-49: 111,274
females age 16-49: 105,168 (2008 est.) |
| Dominica | males age 16-49: 18,584 (2008 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
males age 16-49: 2,440,203
females age 16-49: 2,326,694 (2008 est.) |
| Ecuador |
males age 16-49: 3,536,602
females age 16-49: 3,559,188 (2008 est.) |
| Egypt |
males age 16-49: 21,247,777
females age 16-49: 20,406,408 (2008 est.) |
| El Salvador |
males age 16-49: 1,634,816
females age 16-49: 1,775,474 (2008 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
males age 16-49: 136,725
females age 16-49: 138,018 (2008 est.) |
| Eritrea |
males age 16-49: 1,108,836
females age 16-49: 1,096,120 (2008 est.) |
| Estonia |
males age 16-49: 306,273
females age 16-49: 317,852 (2008 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
males age 16-49: 17,666,967
females age 16-49: 17,530,211 (2008 est.) |
| Faroe Islands | males age 16-49: 11,725 (2008 est.) |
| Fiji |
males age 16-49: 242,567
females age 16-49: 238,556 (2008 est.) |
| Finland |
males age 16-49: 1,169,910
females age 16-49: 1,121,187 (2008 est.) |
| France |
males age 16-49: 14,646,427
females age 16-49: 14,379,630 (2008 est.) |
| French Polynesia | males age 16-49: 79,540 (2008 est.) |
| Gabon |
males age 16-49: 331,181
females age 16-49: 332,498 (2008 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
males age 16-49: 379,668
females age 16-49: 384,438 (2008 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | males age 16-49: 337,670 (2008 est.) |
| Georgia |
males age 16-49: 1,113,251
females age 16-49: 1,168,021 (2008 est.) |
| Germany |
males age 16-49: 19,594,118
females age 16-49: 18,543,955 (2008 est.) |
| Ghana |
males age 16-49: 5,802,096
females age 16-49: 5,729,939 (2008 est.) |
| Gibraltar | males age 16-49: 6,308 (2008 est.) |
| Greece |
males age 16-49: 2,535,174
females age 16-49: 2,517,273 (2008 est.) |
| Greenland | males age 16-49: 15,221 (2008 est.) |
| Grenada | males age 16-49: 27,309 (2008 est.) |
| Guatemala |
males age 16-49: 2,861,696
females age 16-49: 3,062,967 (2008 est.) |
| Guinea |
males age 16-49: 2,230,049
females age 16-49: 2,193,236 (2008 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
males age 16-49: 344,087
females age 16-49: 347,886 (2008 est.) |
| Guyana | males age 16-49: 220,797 (2008 est.) |
| Haiti |
males age 16-49: 2,047,083
females age 16-49: 2,047,953 (2008 est.) |
| Honduras |
males age 16-49: 1,868,940
females age 16-49: 1,825,770 (2008 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
males age 16-49: 1,772,820
females age 16-49: 1,941,448 (2008 est.) |
| Hungary |
males age 16-49: 2,391,400
females age 16-49: 2,337,240 (2008 est.) |
| Iceland | males age 16-49: 74,896 (2008 est.) |
| India |
males age 16-49: 301,094,084
females age 16-49: 283,047,141 (2008 est.) |
| Indonesia |
males age 16-49: 63,800,825
females age 16-49: 61,729,717 (2008 est.) |
| Iran |
males age 16-49: 20,212,275
females age 16-49: 19,638,751 (2008 est.) |
| Iraq |
males age 16-49: 7,086,200
females age 16-49: 6,808,954 (2008 est.) |
| Ireland |
males age 16-49: 1,024,635
females age 16-49: 1,024,276 (2008 est.) |
| Israel |
males age 16-49: 1,717,362
females age 16-49: 1,636,574 (2008 est.) |
| Italy |
males age 16-49: 13,884,079
females age 16-49: 13,158,378 (2008 est.) |
| Jamaica |
males age 16-49: 688,480
females age 16-49: 709,548 (2008 est.) |
| Japan |
males age 16-49: 27,819,804
females age 16-49: 26,863,794 (2008 est.) |
| Jordan |
males age 16-49: 1,812,551
females age 16-49: 1,559,155 (2008 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
males age 16-49: 4,176,731
females age 16-49: 4,219,636 (2008 est.) |
| Kenya |
males age 16-49: 9,044,685
females age 16-49: 8,805,736 (2008 est.) |
| Kiribati | males age 16-49: 26,377 (2008 est.) |
| Korea, North |
males age 16-49: 6,225,747
females age 16-49: 6,188,270 (2008 est.) |
| Korea, South |
males age 16-49: 13,691,809
females age 16-49: 13,029,859 (2008 est.) |
| Kuwait |
males age 16-49: 1,032,408
females age 16-49: 568,657 (2008 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
males age 16-49: 1,398,878
females age 16-49: 1,419,374 (2008 est.) |
| Laos |
males age 16-49: 1,549,774
females age 16-49: 1,570,702 (2008 est.) |
| Latvia |
males age 16-49: 568,683
females age 16-49: 565,826 (2008 est.) |
| Lebanon |
males age 16-49: 1,106,879
females age 16-49: 1,122,595 (2008 est.) |
| Lesotho |
males age 16-49: 525,203
females age 16-49: 522,485 (2008 est.) |
| Liberia |
males age 16-49: 729,813
females age 16-49: 741,223 (2008 est.) |
| Libya |
males age 16-49: 1,682,183
females age 16-49: 1,611,001 (2008 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | males age 16-49: 8,102 (2008 est.) |
| Lithuania |
males age 16-49: 915,187
females age 16-49: 906,097 (2008 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
males age 16-49: 116,305
females age 16-49: 114,566 (2008 est.) |
| Macau | males age 16-49: 121,825 (2008 est.) |
| Macedonia |
males age 16-49: 532,856
females age 16-49: 513,684 (2008 est.) |
| Madagascar |
males age 16-49: 4,443,341
females age 16-49: 4,441,124 (2008 est.) |
| Malawi | males age 16-49: 3,050,444 (2008 est.) |
| Malaysia |
males age 16-49: 6,440,338
females age 16-49: 6,280,826 (2008 est.) |
| Maldives |
males age 16-49: 89,505
females age 16-49: 85,745 (2008 est.) |
| Mali |
males age 16-49: 2,603,700
females age 16-49: 2,441,776 (2008 est.) |
| Malta |
males age 16-49: 96,309
females age 16-49: 92,242 (2008 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | males age 16-49: 15,708 (2008 est.) |
| Mauritania |
males age 16-49: 740,675
females age 16-49: 744,709 (2008 est.) |
| Mauritius | males age 16-49: 341,018 (2008 est.) |
| Mexico |
males age 16-49: 27,774,688
females age 16-49: 29,376,791 (2008 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | males age 16-49: 26,686 (2008 est.) |
| Moldova |
males age 16-49: 1,161,924
females age 16-49: 1,187,771 (2008 est.) |
| Monaco | males age 16-49: 6,687 (2008 est.) |
| Mongolia |
males age 16-49: 865,425
females age 16-49: 860,669 (2008 est.) |
| Montserrat | males age 16-49: 2,528 (2008 est.) |
| Morocco |
males age 16-49: 9,152,580
females age 16-49: 9,080,830 (2008 est.) |
| Mozambique | males age 16-49: 4,545,975 (2008 est.) |
| Namibia | males age 16-49: 527,948 (2008 est.) |
| Nauru | males age 16-49: 3,470 (2008 est.) |
| Nepal |
males age 16-49: 7,322,965
females age 16-49: 6,859,064 (2008 est.) |
| Netherlands |
males age 16-49: 3,950,825
females age 16-49: 3,850,800 (2008 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles |
males age 16-49: 55,365
females age 16-49: 57,060 (2008 est.) |
| New Caledonia | males age 16-49: 57,738 (2008 est.) |
| New Zealand |
males age 16-49: 1,009,298
females age 16-49: 997,134 (2008 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
males age 16-49: 1,513,312
females age 16-49: 1,507,999 (2008 est.) |
| Niger |
males age 16-49: 2,871,868
females age 16-49: 2,696,966 (2008 est.) |
| Nigeria |
males age 16-49: 31,929,204
females age 16-49: 30,638,979 (2008 est.) |
| Norway |
males age 16-49: 1,078,181
females age 16-49: 1,046,550 (2008 est.) |
| Oman |
males age 16-49: 802,455
females age 16-49: 626,841 (2008 est.) |
| Pakistan |
males age 16-49: 42,633,765
females age 16-49: 40,114,017 (2008 est.) |
| Palau | males age 16-49: 5,973 (2008 est.) |
| Panama | males age 16-49: 851,044 (2008 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
males age 16-49: 1,481,417
females age 16-49: 1,385,040 (2008 est.) |
| Paraguay |
males age 16-49: 1,589,873
females age 16-49: 1,585,573 (2008 est.) |
| Peru |
males age 16-49: 7,653,898
females age 16-49: 7,531,329 (2008 est.) |
| Philippines |
males age 16-49: 23,547,252
females age 16-49: 23,177,487 (2008 est.) |
| Poland |
males age 16-49: 9,741,508
females age 16-49: 9,514,843 (2008 est.) |
| Portugal |
males age 16-49: 2,573,913
females age 16-49: 2,498,262 (2008 est.) |
| Qatar |
males age 16-49: 320,383
females age 16-49: 167,475 (2008 est.) |
| Romania |
males age 16-49: 5,682,299
females age 16-49: 5,557,098 (2008 est.) |
| Russia |
males age 16-49: 36,219,908
females age 16-49: 37,019,853 (2008 est.) |
| Rwanda |
males age 16-49: 2,430,469
females age 16-49: 2,392,933 (2008 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
males age 16-49: 10,095
females age 16-49: 10,081 (2008 est.) |
| Saint Lucia | males age 16-49: 48,358 (2008 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | males age 16-49: 34,373 (2008 est.) |
| Samoa | males age 16-49: 53,417 (2008 est.) |
| San Marino | males age 16-49: 6,613 (2008 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
males age 16-49: 42,340
females age 16-49: 43,781 (2008 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
males age 16-49: 8,547,441
females age 16-49: 6,381,098 (2008 est.) |
| Senegal |
males age 16-49: 2,943,619
females age 16-49: 2,955,179 (2008 est.) |
| Seychelles |
males age 16-49: 23,598
females age 16-49: 24,424 (2008 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | males age 16-49: 1,315,561 (2008 est.) |
| Singapore | males age 16-49: 1,277,862 (2008 est.) |
| Slovakia |
males age 16-49: 1,420,966
females age 16-49: 1,386,259 (2008 est.) |
| Slovenia |
males age 16-49: 494,496
females age 16-49: 481,180 (2008 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | males age 16-49: 141,051 (2008 est.) |
| Somalia |
males age 16-49: 2,181,050
females age 16-49: 2,125,558 (2008 est.) |
| South Africa |
males age 16-49: 11,622,507
females age 16-49: 11,501,537 (2008 est.) |
| Spain |
males age 16-49: 10,033,069
females age 16-49: 9,764,937 (2008 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
males age 16-49: 5,458,720
females age 16-49: 5,594,006 (2008 est.) |
| Sudan |
males age 16-49: 9,639,923
females age 16-49: 9,321,106 (2008 est.) |
| Suriname |
males age 16-49: 130,534
females age 16-49: 130,243 (2008 est.) |
| Swaziland | males age 16-49: 266,311 (2008 est.) |
| Sweden |
males age 16-49: 2,052,890
females age 16-49: 1,980,550 (2008 est.) |
| Switzerland |
males age 16-49: 1,852,580
females age 16-49: 1,807,667 (2008 est.) |
| Syria |
males age 16-49: 5,251,875
females age 16-49: 4,966,367 (2008 est.) |
| Taiwan |
males age 16-49: 6,283,134
females age 16-49: 6,098,599 (2008 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
males age 16-49: 1,897,356
females age 16-49: 1,911,594 (2008 est.) |
| Tanzania | males age 16-49: 9,108,177 (2008 est.) |
| Thailand |
males age 16-49: 17,553,410
females age 16-49: 17,751,268 (2008 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
males age 16-49: 284,903
females age 16-49: 272,212 (2008 est.) |
| Togo |
males age 16-49: 1,365,505
females age 16-49: 1,374,993 (2008 est.) |
| Tonga |
males age 16-49: 32,053
females age 16-49: 30,981 (2008 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
males age 16-49: 301,561
females age 16-49: 264,225 (2008 est.) |
| Tunisia |
males age 16-49: 2,992,249
females age 16-49: 2,912,819 (2008 est.) |
| Turkey |
males age 16-49: 20,213,205
females age 16-49: 19,432,688 (2008 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
males age 16-49: 1,316,698
females age 16-49: 1,331,005 (2008 est.) |
| Uganda |
males age 16-49: 6,532,894
females age 16-49: 6,352,416 (2008 est.) |
| Ukraine |
males age 16-49: 11,457,562
females age 16-49: 11,767,357 (2008 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
males age 16-49: 2,405,884 (includes non-nationals)
females age 16-49: 884,853 (2008 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
males age 16-49: 14,729,500
females age 16-49: 14,125,600 (2008 est.) |
| United States |
males age 16-49: 72,715,332
females age 16-49: 71,638,785 (2008 est.) |
| Uruguay |
males age 16-49: 837,252
females age 16-49: 824,096 (2008 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
males age 16-49: 7,480,484
females age 16-49: 7,542,017 (2008 est.) |
| Vanuatu | males age 16-49: 58,900 (2008 est.) |
| Venezuela |
males age 16-49: 6,647,124
females age 16-49: 6,801,133 (2008 est.) |
| Vietnam |
males age 16-49: 24,586,328
females age 16-49: 24,335,132 (2008 est.) |
| Yemen |
males age 16-49: 5,080,038
females age 16-49: 4,852,555 (2008 est.) |
| Zambia |
males age 16-49: 2,678,668
females age 16-49: 2,567,433 (2008 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
males age 16-49: 3,264,258
females age 16-49: 3,048,049 (2008 est.) |