| People | Switzerland |
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Military branches:
 | Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe); Switzerland has no navy, but maintains a fleet of military patrol boats to patrol Swiss borders (2006) |
Military service age and obligation:
 | 19 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; the Swiss Constitution states that "every Swiss male is obliged to do military service"; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2008) |
Manpower available for military service:
 | males age 16-49: 1,852,580 females age 16-49: 1,807,667 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service:
 | males age 16-49: 1,513,984 females age 16-49: 1,478,761 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
 | males age 18-49: 46,319 females age 19-49: 43,829 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 1% (2005 est.) |
Military - note:
 | void |
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