military service, conscript
service obligation - 12 months; 17 years of age for voluntary
service (2001)

Brunei
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Bulgaria
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 9 months (2004)

Burkina Faso
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 20
years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Burma
18 years of age for voluntary military service for both sexes
(May 2002)

Burundi
16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service (2001)

Cambodia
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for all
males; conscription law passed September 2004; service obligation is
18 months (September 2004)

Cameroon
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (1999)

Canada
16 years of age for voluntary military service; women
comprise some 11% of Canada's armed forces (2001)

Central African Republic
18 years of age for voluntary and
compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is two
years (2005)

Chad
20 years of age for conscripts, with 3-year service obligation;
18 years of age for volunteers; no minimum age restriction for
volunteers with consent from a guardian (2004)

Chile
18 years of age for compulsory military service; all citizens
18-45 are obligated to perform military service; conscript service
obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy and Air Force
(2004)

China
18-22 years of age for compulsory military service, with
24-month service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service;
17 years of age for women who meet requirements for specific
military jobs (2004)

Colombia
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 24 months (2004)

Congo, Republic of the
18 years of age for voluntary military
service (2001)

Costa Rica
18 years of age (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004)

Croatia
18 years of age for compulsory military service, with
6-month service obligation; 16 years of age with consent for
voluntary service; Croatian Military Police planning to end
conscription in 2005 (December 2004)

Cuba
17 years of age; both sexes are eligible for military service
(2004)

Cyprus
18 years of age (2004)