| People | Brazil |
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Military branches:
 | Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation:
 | 21-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 9 to 12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps (2001) |
Manpower available for military service:
 | males age 16-49: 52,449,957 females age 16-49: 52,375,921 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service:
 | males age 16-49: 39,263,710 females age 16-49: 44,109,056 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
 | males age 18-49: 1,785,930 females age 19-49: 1,731,648 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 2.6% (2006 est.) |
Military - note:
 | void |
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