Field Listing :: Manpower fit 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 who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. | |
Country |
Manpower fit for military service |
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Afghanistan |
males age 16-49: 3,888,358
females age 16-49: 3,641,998 (2010 est.) |
Albania |
males age 16-49: 802,097
females age 16-49: 768,953 (2010 est.) |
Algeria |
males age 16-49: 8,481,036
females age 16-49: 8,508,245 (2010 est.) |
American Samoa |
males age 16-49: 14,230
females age 16-49: 13,842 (2010 est.) |
Andorra |
males age 16-49: 18,338
females age 16-49: 17,395 (2010 est.) |
Angola |
males age 16-49: 1,506,489
females age 16-49: 1,451,427 (2010 est.) |
Anguilla |
males age 16-49: 2,987
females age 16-49: 3,354 (2010 est.) |
Antigua and Barbuda |
males age 16-49: 17,475
females age 16-49: 19,764 (2010 est.) |
Argentina |
males age 16-49: 8,366,206
females age 16-49: 8,344,321 (2010 est.) |
Armenia |
males age 16-49: 644,195
females age 16-49: 724,085 (2010 est.) |
Aruba |
males age 16-49: 20,398
females age 16-49: 21,371 (2010 est.) |
Australia |
males age 16-49: 4,377,411
females age 16-49: 4,210,442 (2010 est.) |
Austria |
males age 16-49: 1,595,379
females age 16-49: 1,566,884 (2010 est.) |
Azerbaijan |
males age 16-49: 1,753,878
females age 16-49: 1,958,408 (2010 est.) |
Bahamas, The |
males age 16-49: 62,779
females age 16-49: 63,954 (2010 est.) |
Bahrain |
males age 16-49: 170,633
females age 16-49: 146,243 (2010 est.) |
Bangladesh |
males age 16-49: 25,310,750
females age 16-49: 32,154,153 (2010 est.) |
Barbados |
males age 16-49: 58,532
females age 16-49: 58,542 (2010 est.) |
Belarus |
males age 16-49: 1,708,634
females age 16-49: 2,043,083 (2010 est.) |
Belgium |
males age 16-49: 1,949,361
females age 16-49: 1,891,966 (2010 est.) |
Belize |
males age 16-49: 57,759
females age 16-49: 55,903 (2010 est.) |
Benin |
males age 16-49: 1,331,242
females age 16-49: 1,345,145 (2010 est.) |
Bermuda |
males age 16-49: 12,405
females age 16-49: 12,327 (2010 est.) |
Bhutan |
males age 16-49: 153,985
females age 16-49: 140,437 (2010 est.) |
Bolivia |
males age 16-49: 1,714,438
females age 16-49: 1,959,763 (2010 est.) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
males age 16-49: 980,425
females age 16-49: 948,791 (2010 est.) |
Botswana |
males age 16-49: 347,070
females age 16-49: 315,743 (2010 est.) |
Brazil |
males age 16-49: 38,518,822
females age 16-49: 44,560,717 (2010 est.) |
British Virgin Islands |
males age 16-49: 6,028
females age 16-49: 5,778 (2010 est.) |
Brunei |
males age 16-49: 93,809
females age 16-49: 97,345 (2010 est.) |
Bulgaria |
males age 16-49: 1,337,201
females age 16-49: 1,360,039 (2010 est.) |
Burkina Faso |
males age 16-49: 2,280,776
females age 16-49: 2,278,474 (2010 est.) |
Burma |
males age 16-49: 10,281,131
females age 16-49: 10,988,695 (2010 est.) |
Burundi |
males age 16-49: 1,337,935
females age 16-49: 1,414,035 (2010 est.) |
Cambodia |
males age 16-49: 2,751,618
females age 16-49: 2,835,807 (2010 est.) |
Cameroon |
males age 16-49: 2,721,307
females age 16-49: 2,647,640 (2010 est.) |
Canada |
males age 16-49: 6,642,190
females age 16-49: 6,402,896 (2010 est.) |
Cape Verde |
males age 16-49: 103,894
females age 16-49: 114,721 (2010 est.) |
Cayman Islands |
males age 16-49: 9,860
females age 16-49: 10,287 (2010 est.) |
Central African Republic |
males age 16-49: 637,474
females age 16-49: 643,188 (2010 est.) |
Chad |
males age 16-49: 1,141,776
females age 16-49: 1,354,111 (2010 est.) |
Chile |
males age 16-49: 3,599,328
females age 16-49: 3,544,156 (2010 est.) |
China |
males age 16-49: 314,668,817
females age 16-49: 298,745,786 (2010 est.) |
Colombia |
males age 16-49: 8,957,960
females age 16-49: 9,763,655 (2010 est.) |
Comoros |
males age 16-49: 130,064
females age 16-49: 140,600 (2010 est.) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
males age 16-49: 9,301,818
females age 16-49: 9,440,111 (2010 est.) |
Congo, Republic of the |
males age 16-49: 557,764
females age 16-49: 546,755 (2010 est.) |
Cook Islands |
males age 16-49: 2,272
females age 16-49: 2,222 (2010 est.) |
Costa Rica |
males age 16-49: 1,044,923
females age 16-49: 1,026,432 (2010 est.) |
Cote d'Ivoire |
males age 16-49: 3,242,965
females age 16-49: 3,069,569 (2010 est.) |
Croatia |
males age 16-49: 770,574
females age 16-49: 844,594 (2010 est.) |
Cuba |
males age 16-49: 2,516,543
females age 16-49: 2,450,902 (2010 est.) |
Cyprus |
males age 16-49: 271,692
females age 16-49: 236,908 (2010 est.) |
Czech Republic |
males age 16-49: 2,086,662
females age 16-49: 2,003,055 (2010 est.) |
Denmark |
males age 16-49: 1,013,814
females age 16-49: 1,001,411 (2010 est.) |
Djibouti |
males age 16-49: 110,441
females age 16-49: 147,939 (2010 est.) |
Dominica |
males age 16-49: 15,963
females age 16-49: 15,426 (2010 est.) |
Dominican Republic |
males age 16-49: 2,090,785
females age 16-49: 1,957,233 (2010 est.) |
Ecuador |
males age 16-49: 2,770,465
females age 16-49: 3,217,235 (2010 est.) |
Egypt |
males age 16-49: 17,733,851
females age 16-49: 16,942,010 (2010 est.) |
El Salvador |
males age 16-49: 1,056,532
females age 16-49: 1,356,824 (2010 est.) |
Equatorial Guinea |
males age 16-49: 109,311
females age 16-49: 111,543 (2010 est.) |
Eritrea |
males age 16-49: 864,608
females age 16-49: 920,104 (2010 est.) |
Estonia |
males age 16-49: 213,740
females age 16-49: 255,926 (2010 est.) |
Ethiopia |
males age 16-49: 11,466,713
females age 16-49: 12,444,706 (2010 est.) |
Faroe Islands |
males age 16-49: 9,792
females age 16-49: 8,354 (2010 est.) |
Fiji |
males age 16-49: 195,414
females age 16-49: 206,386 (2010 est.) |
Finland |
males age 16-49: 958,949
females age 16-49: 916,818 (2010 est.) |
France |
males age 16-49: 12,053,912
females age 16-49: 11,763,951 (2010 est.) |
French Polynesia |
males age 16-49: 66,451
females age 16-49: 65,306 (2010 est.) |
Gabon |
males age 16-49: 198,970
females age 16-49: 192,807 (2010 est.) |
Gambia, The |
males age 16-49: 238,006
females age 16-49: 248,065 (2010 est.) |
Gaza Strip |
males age 16-49: 324,203
females age 16-49: 308,835 (2010 est.) |
Georgia |
males age 16-49: 901,307
females age 16-49: 946,357 (2010 est.) |
Germany |
males age 16-49: 15,564,748
females age 16-49: 14,723,200 (2010 est.) |
Ghana |
males age 16-49: 4,022,056
females age 16-49: 4,101,964 (2010 est.) |
Gibraltar |
males age 16-49: 5,955
females age 16-49: 5,687 (2010 est.) |
Greece |
males age 16-49: 2,050,018
females age 16-49: 2,033,450 (2010 est.) |
Greenland |
males age 16-49: 10,833
females age 16-49: 11,439 (2010 est.) |
Grenada |
males age 16-49: 22,487
females age 16-49: 22,535 (2010 est.) |
Guam |
males age 16-49: 37,983
females age 16-49: 36,469 (2010 est.) |
Guatemala |
males age 16-49: 2,494,903
females age 16-49: 2,827,208 (2010 est.) |
Guernsey |
males age 16-49: 12,404
females age 16-49: 12,510 (2010 est.) |
Guinea |
males age 16-49: 1,443,655
females age 16-49: 1,483,676 (2010 est.) |
Guinea-Bissau |
males age 16-49: 199,771
females age 16-49: 206,240 (2010 est.) |
Guyana |
males age 16-49: 132,188
females age 16-49: 147,296 (2010 est.) |
Haiti |
males age 16-49: 1,573,371
females age 16-49: 1,591,942 (2010 est.) |
Honduras |
males age 16-49: 1,483,292
females age 16-49: 1,502,788 (2010 est.) |
Hong Kong |
males age 16-49: 1,405,324
females age 16-49: 1,526,196 (2010 est.) |
Hungary |
males age 16-49: 1,884,232
females age 16-49: 1,923,902 (2010 est.) |
Iceland |
males age 16-49: 62,705
females age 16-49: 61,392 (2010 est.) |
India |
males age 16-49: 244,727,406
females age 16-49: 235,662,750 (2010 est.) |
Indonesia |
males age 16-49: 53,624,156
females age 16-49: 52,879,309 (2010 est.) |
Iran |
males age 16-49: 17,844,536
females age 16-49: 17,312,808 (2010 est.) |
Iraq |
males age 16-49: 6,402,171
females age 16-49: 6,232,674 (2010 est.) |
Ireland |
males age 16-49: 858,317
females age 16-49: 855,125 (2010 est.) |
Isle of Man |
males age 16-49: 14,748
females age 16-49: 14,392 (2010 est.) |
Israel |
males age 16-49: 1,496,542
females age 16-49: 1,425,537 (2010 est.) |
Italy |
males age 16-49: 11,092,984
females age 16-49: 10,452,910 (2010 est.) |
Jamaica |
males age 16-49: 581,033
females age 16-49: 590,437 (2010 est.) |
Japan |
males age 16-49: 22,564,075
females age 16-49: 21,720,375 (2010 est.) |
Jersey |
males age 16-49: 16,853
females age 16-49: 16,737 (2010 est.) |
Jordan |
males age 16-49: 1,416,681
females age 16-49: 1,358,608 (2010 est.) |
Kazakhstan |
males age 16-49: 2,902,859
females age 16-49: 3,543,467 (2010 est.) |
Kenya |
males age 16-49: 6,162,904
females age 16-49: 5,904,173 (2010 est.) |
Kiribati |
males age 16-49: 17,941
females age 16-49: 19,758 (2010 est.) |
Korea, North |
males age 16-49: 4,127,999
females age 16-49: 4,522,707 (2010 est.) |
Korea, South |
males age 16-49: 10,929,625
females age 16-49: 10,264,608 (2010 est.) |
Kosovo |
males age 16-49: 429,645
females age 16-49: 389,071 (2010 est.) |
Kuwait |
males age 16-49: 979,832
females age 16-49: 539,574 (2010 est.) |
Kyrgyzstan |
males age 16-49: 1,101,709
females age 16-49: 1,243,904 (2010 est.) |
Laos |
males age 16-49: 1,056,050
females age 16-49: 1,121,640 (2010 est.) |
Latvia |
males age 16-49: 406,592
females age 16-49: 456,071 (2010 est.) |
Lebanon |
males age 16-49: 917,404
females age 16-49: 940,238 (2010 est.) |
Lesotho |
males age 16-49: 267,825
females age 16-49: 273,348 (2010 est.) |
Liberia |
males age 16-49: 510,337
females age 16-49: 527,737 (2010 est.) |
Libya |
males age 16-49: 1,490,011
females age 16-49: 1,436,613 (2010 est.) |
Liechtenstein |
males age 16-49: 6,559
females age 16-49: 6,782 (2010 est.) |
Lithuania |
males age 16-49: 674,265
females age 16-49: 734,806 (2010 est.) |
Luxembourg |
males age 16-49: 96,585
females age 16-49: 95,519 (2010 est.) |
Macau |
males age 16-49: 124,074
females age 16-49: 149,799 (2010 est.) |
Macedonia |
males age 16-49: 442,953
females age 16-49: 425,981 (2010 est.) |
Madagascar |
males age 16-49: 3,268,291
females age 16-49: 3,541,256 (2010 est.) |
Malawi |
males age 16-49: 2,048,900
females age 16-49: 1,960,258 (2010 est.) |
Malaysia |
males age 16-49: 5,612,642
females age 16-49: 5,501,129 (2010 est.) |
Maldives |
males age 16-49: 137,181
females age 16-49: 83,837 (2010 est.) |
Mali |
males age 16-49: 1,760,901
females age 16-49: 1,900,025 (2010 est.) |
Malta |
males age 16-49: 79,961
females age 16-49: 76,067 (2010 est.) |
Marshall Islands |
males age 16-49: 13,277
females age 16-49: 13,374 (2010 est.) |
Mauritania |
males age 16-49: 464,959
females age 16-49: 562,765 (2010 est.) |
Mauritius |
males age 16-49: 279,405
females age 16-49: 283,023 (2010 est.) |
Mayotte |
males age 16-49: 37,001
females age 16-49: 36,018 (2010 est.) |
Mexico |
males age 16-49: 22,893,649
females age 16-49: 25,401,642 (2010 est.) |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
males age 16-49: 21,909
females age 16-49: 23,410 (2010 est.) |
Moldova |
males age 16-49: 877,031
females age 16-49: 979,128 (2010 est.) |
Monaco |
males age 16-49: 4,680
females age 16-49: 4,691 (2010 est.) |
Mongolia |
males age 16-49: 715,585
females age 16-49: 748,083 (2010 est.) |
Montenegro |
males age 16-49: 151,798
females age 16-49: 134,267 (2010 est.) |
Montserrat |
males age 16-49: 1,127
females age 16-49: 1,217 (2010 est.) |
Morocco |
males age 16-49: 6,960,026
females age 16-49: 7,307,491 (2010 est.) |
Mozambique |
males age 16-49: 2,448,161
females age 16-49: 2,269,562 (2010 est.) |
Namibia |
males age 16-49: 341,783
females age 16-49: 304,496 (2010 est.) |
Nauru |
males age 16-49: 2,683
females age 16-49: 3,059 (2010 est.) |
Nepal |
males age 16-49: 5,053,600
females age 16-49: 5,730,116 (2010 est.) |
Netherlands |
males age 16-49: 3,213,954
females age 16-49: 3,133,972 (2010 est.) |
Netherlands Antilles |
males age 16-49: 46,824
females age 16-49: 47,447 (2010 est.) |
New Caledonia |
males age 16-49: 49,173
females age 16-49: 49,619 (2010 est.) |
New Zealand |
males age 16-49: 840,977
females age 16-49: 828,081 (2010 est.) |
Nicaragua |
males age 16-49: 1,318,762
females age 16-49: 1,374,652 (2010 est.) |
Niger |
males age 16-49: 2,104,378
females age 16-49: 2,129,985 (2010 est.) |
Nigeria |
males age 16-49: 20,298,351
females age 16-49: 19,355,456 (2010 est.) |
Northern Mariana Islands |
males age 16-49: 9,359
females age 16-49: 12,385 (2010 est.) |
Norway |
males age 16-49: 888,310
females age 16-49: 864,344 (2010 est.) |
Oman |
males age 16-49: 816,579
females age 16-49: 622,927 (2010 est.) |
Pakistan |
males age 16-49: 35,774,936
females age 16-49: 34,572,451 (2010 est.) |
Palau |
males age 16-49: 5,223
females age 16-49: 3,949 (2010 est.) |
Panama |
males age 16-49: 719,761
females age 16-49: 719,444 (2010 est.) |
Papua New Guinea |
males age 16-49: 1,103,479
females age 16-49: 1,107,479 (2010 est.) |
Paraguay |
males age 16-49: 1,375,610
females age 16-49: 1,400,597 (2010 est.) |
Peru |
males age 16-49: 6,045,256
females age 16-49: 6,501,224 (2010 est.) |
Philippines |
males age 16-49: 19,650,825
females age 16-49: 21,029,243 (2010 est.) |
Poland |
males age 16-49: 7,860,841
females age 16-49: 7,828,221 (2010 est.) |
Portugal |
males age 16-49: 2,104,945
females age 16-49: 2,034,912 (2010 est.) |
Puerto Rico |
males age 16-49: 704,833
females age 16-49: 788,234 (2010 est.) |
Qatar |
males age 16-49: 320,277
females age 16-49: 138,558 (2010 est.) |
Romania |
males age 16-49: 4,513,619
females age 16-49: 4,566,620 (2010 est.) |
Russia |
males age 16-49: 20,746,777
females age 16-49: 27,174,148 (2010 est.) |
Rwanda |
males age 16-49: 1,641,563
females age 16-49: 1,696,514 (2010 est.) |
Saint Barthelemy |
males age 16-49: 1,543
females age 16-49: 1,303 (2010 est.) |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
males age 16-49: 1,575
females age 16-49: 1,591 (2010 est.) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
males age 16-49: 10,736
females age 16-49: 10,913 (2010 est.) |
Saint Lucia |
males age 16-49: 32,406
females age 16-49: 36,216 (2010 est.) |
Saint Martin |
males age 16-49: 6,391
females age 16-49: 6,947 (2010 est.) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
males age 16-49: 1,097
females age 16-49: 1,096 (2010 est.) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
males age 16-49: 22,932
females age 16-49: 22,134 (2010 est.) |
Samoa |
males age 16-49: 37,674
females age 16-49: 37,492 (2010 est.) |
San Marino |
males age 16-49: 5,564
females age 16-49: 6,068 (2010 est.) |
Sao Tome and Principe |
males age 16-49: 26,530
females age 16-49: 28,450 (2010 est.) |
Saudi Arabia |
males age 16-49: 7,560,216
females age 16-49: 5,773,033 (2010 est.) |
Senegal |
males age 16-49: 2,109,080
females age 16-49: 2,287,510 (2010 est.) |
Serbia |
males age 16-49: 1,405,391
females age 16-49: 1,368,207 (2010 est.) |
Seychelles |
males age 16-49: 19,989
females age 16-49: 19,882 (2010 est.) |
Sierra Leone |
males age 16-49: 713,190
females age 16-49: 813,830 (2010 est.) |
Singapore |
males age 16-49: 1,027,701
females age 16-49: 1,097,762 (2010 est.) |
Slovakia |
males age 16-49: 1,162,282
females age 16-49: 1,147,526 (2010 est.) |
Slovenia |
males age 16-49: 397,440
females age 16-49: 385,505 (2010 est.) |
Solomon Islands |
males age 16-49: 125,928
females age 16-49: 126,999 (2010 est.) |
Somalia |
males age 16-49: 1,328,567
females age 16-49: 1,386,971 (2010 est.) |
South Africa |
males age 16-49: 7,676,331
females age 16-49: 6,521,338 (2010 est.) |
Spain |
males age 16-49: 8,040,207
females age 16-49: 7,798,254 (2010 est.) |
Sri Lanka |
males age 16-49: 4,518,582
females age 16-49: 4,701,942 (2010 est.) |
Sudan |
males age 16-49: 6,094,209
females age 16-49: 6,213,984 (2010 est.) |
Suriname |
males age 16-49: 108,555
females age 16-49: 111,927 (2010 est.) |
Swaziland |
males age 16-49: 196,633
females age 16-49: 172,602 (2010 est.) |
Sweden |
males age 16-49: 1,709,592
females age 16-49: 1,649,875 (2010 est.) |
Switzerland |
males age 16-49: 1,502,736
females age 16-49: 1,468,785 (2010 est.) |
Syria |
males age 16-49: 4,948,802
females age 16-49: 4,786,596 (2010 est.) |
Taiwan |
males age 16-49: 5,094,111
females age 16-49: 4,980,454 (2010 est.) |
Tajikistan |
males age 16-49: 1,461,896
females age 16-49: 1,642,240 (2010 est.) |
Tanzania |
males age 16-49: 5,667,987
females age 16-49: 5,690,331 (2010 est.) |
Thailand |
males age 16-49: 13,247,646
females age 16-49: 14,166,227 (2010 est.) |
Timor-Leste |
males age 16-49: 236,996
females age 16-49: 245,033 (2010 est.) |
Togo |
males age 16-49: 983,283
females age 16-49: 1,004,887 (2010 est.) |
Tonga |
males age 16-49: 27,404
females age 16-49: 28,509 (2010 est.) |
Trinidad and Tobago |
males age 16-49: 273,361
females age 16-49: 266,535 (2010 est.) |
Tunisia |
males age 16-49: 2,594,602
females age 16-49: 2,510,159 (2010 est.) |
Turkey |
males age 16-49: 17,447,579
females age 16-49: 17,173,063 (2010 est.) |
Turkmenistan |
males age 16-49: 1,046,907
females age 16-49: 1,168,960 (2010 est.) |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
males age 16-49: 5,062
females age 16-49: 4,772 (2010 est.) |
Tuvalu |
males age 16-49: 1,981
females age 16-49: 2,005 (2010 est.) |
Uganda |
males age 16-49: 4,138,180
females age 16-49: 4,028,125 (2010 est.) |
Ukraine |
males age 16-49: 6,970,035
females age 16-49: 9,015,224 (2010 est.) |
United Arab Emirates |
males age 16-49: 2,157,211
females age 16-49: 816,363 (2010 est.) |
United Kingdom |
males age 16-49: 12,113,310
females age 16-49: 11,604,784 (2010 est.) |
United States |
males age 16-49: 60,388,734
females age 16-49: 59,217,809 (2010 est.) |
Uruguay |
males age 16-49: 713,223
females age 16-49: 697,197 (2010 est.) |
Uzbekistan |
males age 16-49: 6,456,675
females age 16-49: 6,658,475 (2010 est.) |
Vanuatu |
males age 16-49: 42,450
females age 16-49: 43,894 (2010 est.) |
Venezuela |
males age 16-49: 5,504,152
females age 16-49: 5,976,339 (2010 est.) |
Vietnam |
males age 16-49: 20,153,269
females age 16-49: 20,980,830 (2010 est.) |
Virgin Islands |
males age 16-49: 17,675
females age 16-49: 21,070 (2010 est.) |
Wallis and Futuna |
males age 16-49: 3,326
females age 16-49: 3,305 (2010 est.) |
West Bank |
males age 16-49: 562,570
females age 16-49: 531,532 (2010 est.) |
Western Sahara |
males age 16-49: 76,483
females age 16-49: 83,988 (2010 est.) |
Yemen |
males age 16-49: 3,902,186
females age 16-49: 3,952,370 (2010 est.) |
Zambia |
males age 16-49: 1,401,481
females age 16-49: 1,274,583 (2010 est.) |
Zimbabwe |
males age 16-49: 1,327,894
females age 16-49: 1,525,815 (2010 est.) |