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The World Factbook 2002
  Field Listing - Military manpower - military age


This entry gives the minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
Country
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.)
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 19 years of age (2002 est.)
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.)
Yugoslavia 19 years of age (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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