of age for compulsory and voluntary military duty;
the government has stated that recruitment below that age could
occur with proper consent and that "no person under the apparent age
of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces"

Ukraine
18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 18 months for Army and Air
Force, 24 months for Navy (2004)

United Arab Emirates
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)

United Kingdom
16 years of age for voluntary military service
(January 2004)

United States
18 years of age (2004 est.)

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

Uzbekistan
18 years of age for compulsory military service;
conscript service obligation - 12 months (2004)

Venezuela
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 30 months (2004)

Vietnam
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 2 years (2004)

Yemen
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 2 years (2004)

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

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

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@2025 Military manpower - fit for military service

Afghanistan
males age 15-49: 3,642,659 (2004 est.)

Albania
males age 15-49: 775,422 (2004 est.)

Algeria
males age 15-49: 5,675,739 (2004 est.)

Angola
males age 15-49: 1,317,328 (2004 est.)

Argentina
males age 15-49: 8,042,304 (2004 est.)

Armenia
males age 15-49: 649,568 (2004 est.)

Australia
males age 15-49: 4,356,671 (2004 est.)

Austria
males age 15-49: 1,699,384 (2004 est.)

Azerbaijan
males age 15-49: 1,748,567 (2004 est.)

Bahrain
males age 15-49: 121,484 (2004 est.)

Bangladesh
males age 15-49: 23,441,482 (2004 est.)

Barbados
males age 15-49: 53,127 (2004 est.)

Belarus
males age 15-49: 2,164,923 (2004 est.)

Belgium
males age 15-49: 2,068,221 (2004 est.)

Belize
males age 15-49: 40,619 (2004 est.)

Benin
males age 15-49: 835,561
females age 15-49: 835,633 (2004 est.)

Bhutan
males age 15-49: 290,843 (2004 est.)

Bolivia
males age 15-49: 1,417,804 (2004 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
males age 15-49: 898,451 (2