Czech Republic
18-50 years of age for voluntary military service;
military service transformed into a fully professional,
all-volunteer force no longer dependent on conscription beginning in
January 2004 (2005)

Denmark
18 years of age for compulsory and volunteer military
service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies
from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are
assigned to mobilization units following completion of their
conscript service (2004)

Djibouti
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)

Dominican Republic
18 years of age for voluntary military service
(2001)

East Timor
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Ecuador
20 years of age for conscript military service; 12-month
service obligation (2004)

Egypt
18 years of age for conscript military service; 3-year service
obligation (2001)

El Salvador
18 years of age for compulsory military service, with
12-month service obligation; 16 years of age for volunteers (2002)

Equatorial Guinea
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Eritrea
18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military
service; conscript service obligation - 16 months (2004)

Estonia
18 years of age for compulsory military service, with
11-month service obligation; Estonia has committed to retaining
conscription for men and women up to 2010; 17 years of age for
volunteers (2004)

Ethiopia
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service (2001)

Fiji
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)

Finland
18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military
service (October 2004)

France
17 years of age with consent for voluntary military service
(2001)

Gabon
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service
(2001)

Gambia, The
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2001)

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

Germany
18 years of age (conscripts serve a nine-month tour of
compulsory military service) (2004)

Ghana
18 years of age for compulsory and volunteer military service
(2001)

Greece
18 years of age for compulsory military service; during
wartime the law allows for recruitment after reaching January of the
year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 ye