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  Field Listing - Manpower fit for military service


Country
Manpower fit for military service
Afghanistan males age 22-49: 2,662,946
females age 22-49: 2,508,574 (2005 est.)
Albania males age 19-49: 668,526
females age 19-49: 648,334 (2005 est.)
Algeria males age 19-49: 6,590,079
females age 19-49: 6,711,285 (2005 est.)
Andorra males age 18-49: 14,721 (2005 est.)
Angola males age 17-49: 1,282,195
females age 17-49: 1,256,390 (2005 est.)
Anguilla males age 18-49: 2,986 (2005 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda males age 18-49: 14,859
females age 18-49: 14,947 (2005 est.)
Argentina males age 18-49: 7,316,038
females age 18-49: 7,442,589 (2005 est.)
Armenia males age 18-49: 551,938
females age 18-49: 656,493 (2005 est.)
Aruba males age 18-49: 13,219 (2005 est.)
Australia males age 16-49: 4,092,717
females age 16-49: 3,983,447 (2005 est.)
Austria males age 18-49: 1,550,441
females age 18-49: 1,515,365 (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan males age 18-49: 1,314,955
females age 18-49: 1,676,408 (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The males age 18-49: 44,309 (2005 est.)
Bahrain males age 18-49: 161,372
females age 18-49: 125,488 (2005 est.)
Bangladesh males age 18-49: 26,841,255 (2005 est.)
Barbados males age 18-49: 54,510
females age 18-49: 54,889 (2005 est.)
Belarus males age 18-49: 1,657,984
females age 18-49: 2,102,793 (2005 est.)
Belgium males age 16-49: 1,998,003
females age 16-49: 1,940,918 (2005 est.)
Belize males age 18-49: 44,238
females age 18-49: 43,633 (2005 est.)
Benin males age 21-49: 749,774
females age 21-49: 751,329 (2005 est.)
Bermuda males age 18-49: 12,165 (2005 est.)
Bhutan males age 18-49: 314,975
females age 18-49: 296,833 (2005 est.)
Bolivia males age 18-49: 1,311,414
females age 18-49: 1,502,177 (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina males age 18-49: 910,539
females age 18-49: 881,446 (2005 est.)
Botswana males age 18-49: 136,322
females age 18-49: 136,315 (2005 est.)
Brazil males age 19-49: 33,119,098
females age 19-49: 38,079,722 (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands males age 18-49: 5,295 (2005 est.)
Brunei males age 18-49: 85,045
females age 18-49: 77,436 (2005 est.)
Bulgaria males age 18-49: 1,302,037
females age 18-49: 1,365,126 (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso males age 18-49: 1,530,324 (2005 est.)
Burma males age 18-49: 7,946,701
females age 18-49: 8,543,705 (2005 est.)
Burundi males age 16-49: 955,616
females age 16-49: 932,767 (2005 est.)
Cambodia males age 18-49: 1,955,141
females age 18-49: 2,048,611 (2005 est.)
Cameroon males age 18-49: 1,946,767
females age 18-49: 1,834,600 (2005 est.)
Canada males age 16-49: 6,740,490
females age 16-49: 6,580,868 (2005 est.)
Cape Verde males age 18-49: 65,614
females age 18-49: 73,662 (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands males age 18-49: 8,600 (2005 est.)
Central African Republic males age 18-49: 416,091
females age 18-49: 383,056 (2005 est.)
Chad males age 20-49: 794,988
females age 20-49: 849,500 (2005 est.)
Chile males age 18-49: 3,123,281
females age 18-49: 3,128,277 (2005 est.)
China males age 18-49: 281,240,272
females age 18-49: 269,025,517 (2005 est.)
Colombia males age 18-49: 6,986,228
females age 18-49: 8,794,465 (2005 est.)
Comoros males age 18-49: 98,792
females age 18-49: 106,415 (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the males age 18-49: 6,464,223 (2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the males age 18-49: 406,016
females age 18-49: 394,745 (2005 est.)
Costa Rica males age 18-49: 829,874
females age 18-49: 809,343 (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire males age 18-49: 1,973,265
females age 18-49: 1,911,777 (2005 est.)
Croatia males age 18-49: 725,914
females age 18-49: 823,611 (2005 est.)
Cuba males age 17-49: 2,441,927
females age 17-49: 2,396,741 (2005 est.)
Cyprus Greek Cyriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 18-49: 150,750
females age 18-49: 144,344 (2005 est.)
Czech Republic males age 18-49: 1,996,631
females age 18-49: 1,923,508 (2005 est.)
Denmark males age 18-49: 955,168
females age 18-49: 935,643 (2005 est.)
Djibouti males age 18-49: 46,020
females age 18-49: 42,181 (2005 est.)
Dominica males age 18-49: 15,136 (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic males age 18-49: 1,671,493
females age 18-49: 1,536,257 (2005 est.)
East Timor males age 18-49: 179,422
females age 18-49: 184,533 (2005 est.)
Ecuador males age 20-49: 2,338,428
females age 20-49: 2,380,327 (2005 est.)
Egypt males age 18-49: 15,540,234
females age 18-49: 14,939,378 (2005 est.)
El Salvador males age 18-49: 960,315
females age 18-49: 1,310,466 (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea males age 18-49: 56,462
females age 18-49: 59,260 (2005 est.)
Eritrea males age 18-49: 555,553
females age 18-49: 562,426 (2005)
Estonia males age 18-49: 200,382 (in 2004, 51% of the young men called up for service were determined to be unfit; main obstacles to conscription were psychiatric and behavioral)
females age 18-49: 250,351 (2005 est.)
Ethiopia males age 18-49: 8,072,755
females age 18-49: 7,902,660 (2005 est.)
Faroe Islands males age 18-49: 8,852 (2005 est.)
Fiji males age 18-49: 163,960
females age 18-49: 178,714 (2005 est.)
Finland males age 18-49: 913,617
females age 18-49: 875,689 (2005 est.)
France males age 17-49: 11,262,661
females age 17-49: 11,079,472 (2005 est.)
French Polynesia males age 18-49: 55,305 (2005 est.)
Gabon males age 18-49: 159,198
females age 18-49: 156,122 (2005 est.)
Gambia, The males age 18-49: 183,057
females age 18-49: 194,551 (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip males age 18-49: 221,530 (2005 est.)
Georgia males age 18-49: 827,281
females age 18-49: 903,791 (2005 est.)
Germany males age 18-49: 15,258,931
females age 18-49: 14,443,412 (2005 est.)
Ghana males age 18-49: 3,011,081
females age 18-49: 2,991,551 (2005 est.)
Gibraltar males age 18-49: 4,893 (2005 est.)
Greece males age 18-49: 2,018,557
females age 18-49: 2,000,650 (2005 est.)
Greenland males age 18-49: 10,199 (2005 est.)
Grenada males age 18-49: 17,483 (2005 est.)
Guatemala males age 18-49: 1,911,412
females age 18-49: 2,070,806 (2005 est.)
Guinea males age 18-49: 1,034,006
females age 18-49: 1,032,885 (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau males age 18-49: 152,681
females age 18-49: 161,033 (2005 est.)
Guyana males age 18-49: 137,964 (2005 est.)
Haiti males age 18-49: 948,320
females age 18-49: 931,972 (2005 est.)
Honduras males age 18-49: 1,100,991
females age 18-49: 1,121,649 (2005 est.)
Hong Kong males age 18-49: 1,403,088
females age 18-49: 1,527,278 (2005 est.)
Hungary males age 18-49: 1,780,513
females age 18-49: 1,864,580 (2005 est.)
Iceland males age 18-49: 56,777 (2005 est.)
India males age 16-49: 219,471,999
females age 16-49: 209,917,553 (2005 est.)
Indonesia males age 18-49: 48,687,234
females age 18-49: 50,252,911 (2005 est.)
Iran males age 18-49: 15,665,725
females age 18-49: 15,005,597 (2005 est.)
Iraq males age 18-49: 4,930,074
females age 18-49: 4,771,105 (2005 est.)
Ireland males age 17-49: 814,768
females age 17-49: 813,981 (2005 est.)
Israel males age 17-49: 1,255,902
females age 17-49: 1,212,394 (2005 est.)
Italy males age 18-49: 10,963,513
females age 18-49: 10,452,189 (2005 est.)
Jamaica males age 18-49: 478,761
females age 18-49: 504,541 (2005 est.)
Japan males age 18-49: 22,234,663
females age 18-49: 21,494,947 (2005 est.)
Jordan males age 17-49: 1,348,076
females age 17-49: 1,158,011 (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan males age 18-49: 2,473,529
females age 18-49: 3,168,048 (2005 est.)
Kenya males age 18-49: 3,963,532
females age 18-49: 3,471,926 (2005 est.)
Kiribati males age 18-49: 14,231 (2005 est.)
Korea, North males age 17-49: 4,810,831
females age 17-49: 4,853,270 (2005 est.)
Korea, South males age 20-49: 10,115,817
females age 20-49: 9,721,914 (2005 est.)
Kuwait males age 18-49: 737,292
females age 18-49: 405,207 (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan males age 18-49: 871,493
females age 18-49: 1,024,568 (2005 est.)
Laos males age 15-49: 954,816
females age 15-49: 1,006,082 (2005 est.)
Latvia males age 19-49: 361,098
females age 19-49: 422,913 (2005 est.)
Lebanon males age 18-49: 821,762
females age 18-49: 865,770 (2005 est.)
Lesotho males age 18-49: 180,797
females age 18-49: 160,681 (2005 est.)
Liberia males age 18-49: 267,430
females age 18-49: 286,231 (2005 est.)
Libya males age 17-49: 1,291,624
females age 17-49: 1,230,824 (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein males age 18-49: 6,250 (2005 est.)
Lithuania males age 19-49: 590,606
females age 19-49: 676,102 (2005 est.)
Luxembourg males age 17-49: 90,279
females age 17-49: 88,638 (2005 est.)
Macau males age 18-49: 91,299 (2005 est.)
Macedonia males age 18-49: 411,156
females age 18-49: 397,839 (2005 est.)
Madagascar males age 18-49: 2,218,662
females age 18-49: 2,408,810 (2005 est.)
Malawi males age 18-49: 1,226,802 (2005 est.)
Malaysia males age 18-49: 4,574,854
females age 18-49: 4,613,321 (2005 est.)
Maldives males age 18-49: 56,687
females age 18-49: 54,454 (2005 est.)
Mali males age 18-49: 1,244,176
females age 18-49: 1,226,226 (2005 est.)
Malta males age 18-49: 74,525
females age 18-49: 71,333 (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands males age 18-49: 10,792 (2005 est.)
Mauritania males age 18-49: 370,513
females age 18-49: 384,269 (2005 est.)
Mexico males age 18-49: 19,058,337
females age 18-49: 21,966,796 (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of males age 18-49: 18,914 (2005 est.)
Moldova males age 18-49: 693,913
females age 18-49: 911,568 (2005 est.)
Monaco males age 18-49: 4,971 (2005 est.)
Mongolia males age 18-49: 570,435
females age 18-49: 607,918 (2005 est.)
Montserrat males age 18-49: 1,899 (2005 est.)
Morocco males age 18-49: 6,484,787
females age 18-49: 6,675,729 (2005 est.)
Mozambique males age 18-49: 1,751,223 (2005 est.)
Namibia males age 18-49: 217,118 (2005 est.)
Nepal males age 18-49: 4.193 million
females age 18-49: 3,853,102 (2005 est.)
Netherlands males age 20-49: 2,856,691
females age 20-49: 2,786,495 (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles males age 16-49: 45,273
females age 16-49: 47,166 (2005 est.)
New Caledonia males age 18-49: 40,822 (2005 est.)
New Zealand males age 17-49: 809,519
females age 17-49: 802,069 (2005 est.)
Nicaragua males age 17-49: 1,051,425
females age 17-49: 1,129,649 (2005 est.)
Niger males age 18-49: 1,349,863
females age 18-49: 1,256,569 (2005 est.)
Nigeria males age 18-49: 15,052,914
females age 18-49: 13,860,806 (2005 est.)
Norway males age 18-49: 827,016
females age 18-49: 801,358 (2005 est.)
Oman males age 18-49: 581,444
females age 18-49: 435,107 (2005 est.)
Pakistan males age 16-49: 29,428,747
females age 16-49: 28,391,887 (2005 est.)
Palau males age 18-49: 4,087 (2005 est.)
Panama males age 18-49: 591,604 (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea males age 18-49: 902,432
females age 18-49: 894,759 (2005 est.)
Paraguay males age 18-49: 1,109,166
females age 18-49: 1,135,046 (2005 est.)
Peru males age 18-49: 4,938,417
females age 18-49: 5,278,511 (2005 est.)
Philippines males age 18-49: 15,170,096
females age 18-49: 16,931,191 (2005 est.)
Poland males age 17-49: 7,739,472
females age 17-49: 7,859,165 (2005 est.)
Portugal males age 18-49: 1,952,819
females age 18-49: 1,977,264 (2005 est.)
Qatar males age 18-49: 238,566
females age 18-49: 116,595 (2005 est.)
Romania males age 20-49: 3,932,579
females age 20-49: 4,076,288 (2005 est.)
Russia males age 18-49: 21,049,651
females age 18-49: 29,056,021 (2005 est.)
Rwanda males age 16-49: 1,103,823
females age 16-49: 1,096,644 (2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis males age 18-49: 7,119
females age 18-49: 7,645 (2005 est.)
Saint Lucia males age 18-49: 33,539 (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines males age 18-49: 25,787 (2005 est.)
Samoa males age 18-49: 45,294 (2005 est.)
San Marino males age 18-49: 5,107 (2005 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe males age 18-49: 25,950
females age 18-49: 28,660 (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia males age 18-49: 6,592,709
females age 18-49: 4,659,347 (2005 est.)
Senegal males age 18-49: 1,558,175
females age 18-49: 1,642,533 (2005 est.)
Seychelles males age 18-49: 16,122
females age 18-49: 18,777 (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone males age 18-49: 539,697 (2005 est.)
Singapore males age 18-49: 982,368 (2005 est.)
Slovakia males age 18-49: 1,089,645
females age 18-49: 1,093,077 (2005 est.)
Slovenia males age 17-49: 405,593
females age 17-49: 397,167 (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands males age 18-49: 92,796 (2005 est.)
Somalia males age 18-49: 1,022,360
females age 18-49: 1,038,697 (2005 est.)
South Africa males age 18-49: 4,927,757
females age 18-49: 4,609,071 (2005 est.)
Spain males age 20-49: 7,623,356
females age 20-49: 7,434,465 (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka males age 18-49: 3,789,627
females age 18-49: 4,281,043 (2005 est.)
Sudan males age 18-49: 5,427,474
females age 18-49: 5,649,566 (2005 est.)
Suriname males age 18-49: 77,793
females age 18-49: 72,943 (2005 est.)
Swaziland males age 18-49: 89,609 (2005 est.)
Sweden males age 19-49: 1,493,668
females age 19-49: 1,441,257 (2005 est.)
Switzerland males age 19-49: 1,375,889
females age 19-49: 1,342,945 (2005 est.)
Syria males age 18-49: 3,453,888
females age 18-49: 3,421,558 (2005 est.)
Taiwan males age 19-49: 4,749,537
females age 19-49: 4,644,607 (2005 est.)
Tajikistan males age 18-49: 1,244,941
females age 18-49: 1,297,891 (2005 est.)
Tanzania males age 18-49: 3,879,630 (2005 est.)
Thailand males age 21-49: 10,396,032
females age 21-49: 11,487,690 (2005 est.)
Togo males age 18-49: 696,933
females age 18-49: 707,821 (2005 est.)
Tonga males age 18-49: 19,840
females age 18-49: 21,342 (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago males age 18-49: 202,958
females age 18-49: 173,797 (2005 est.)
Tunisia males age 20-49: 2,035,431
females age 20-49: 2,000,757 (2005 est.)
Turkey males age 20-49: 13,905,901
females age 20-49: 13,335,812 (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan males age 18-49: 759,978
females age 18-49: 940,179 (2005 est.)
Uganda males age 18-49: 2,889,808
females age 18-49: 2,780,135 (2005 est.)
Ukraine males age 18-49: 7,376,050
females age 18-49: 9,313,385 (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates males age 18-49: 526,671
females age 18-49: 419,975 (2005 est.)
United Kingdom males age 16-49: 12,046,268
females age 16-49: 11,555,893 (2005 est.)
United States males age 18-49: 54,609,050
females age 18-49: 54,696,706 (2005 est.)
Uruguay males age 18-49: 637,445
females age 18-49: 631,046 (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan males age 18-49: 4,609,621
females age 18-49: 5,383,233 (2005 est.)
Vanuatu males age 18-49: 33,837 (2005 est.)
Venezuela males age 18-49: 4,907,947
females age 18-49: 5,151,843 (2005 est.)
Vietnam males age 18-49: 16,032,358
females age 18-49: 17,921,241 (2005 est.)
Yemen males age 18-49: 2,790,705
females age 18-49: 2,792,406 (2005 est.)
Zambia males age 18-49: 1,043,702
females age 18-49: 953,328 (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe males age 18-49: 1,304,424
females age 18-49: 1,115,096 (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 8 March, 2007
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