word | | Military service age and obligation |
| compulsory | Germany | 18 years of age (conscripts serve a 9-month tour of compulsory military service) (2004) |
| compulsory | Greece | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years ... |
| compulsory | Guinea | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Guinea-Bissau | 18 years of age for selective compulsory military service (2006) |
| compulsory | Indonesia | 18 years of age for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 45 (officers); Indonesian citizens only (2008) |
| compulsory | Iran | 19 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army ... |
| compulsory | Israel | 18 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druzes) and voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both sexes are obligated to military service; conscript service obligation - 36 months for enlisted men, 21 months ... |
| compulsory | Kazakhstan | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; minimum age for volunteers NA (2004) |
| compulsory | Korea, South | 20-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the military branch involved (to be reduced to 18 months beginning 2016); 18 years of age for ... |
| compulsory | Kuwait | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; reserve obligation to age 40 with 1 month annual training; women have served in police forces since 1999 (2006) |
| compulsory | Kyrgyzstan | 18 years of age for compulsory military service (2001) |
| compulsory | Laos | 15 years of age for compulsory military service; minimum 18-month conscript service obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Lithuania | 19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Madagascar | 18-25 years of age for male-only compulsory military service; 18-month conscript service obligation (either military or equivalent civil service); 20-30 years of age for National Gendarmerie recruits (35 years of ... |
| compulsory | Mali | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2008) |
| compulsory | Mexico | 18 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript service obligation - 12 months; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary enlistment; conscripts serve only in the Army; Navy and Air Force ... |
| compulsory | Moldova | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 12-month service obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Mongolia | 18-25 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months in land or air defense forces or police; a small portion of Mongolian land forces (2.5 percent) is comprised ... |
| compulsory | Montenegro | compulsory national military service abolished August 2006 |
| compulsory | Morocco | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) |
| compulsory | Mozambique | 18-30 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Niger | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006) |
| compulsory | Norway | 18-44 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women; 12-month service obligation ... |
| compulsory | Paraguay | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy (2006) |
| compulsory | Philippines | 18-25 years of age (officers 21-29) for compulsory and voluntary military service; applicants must be single male or female Philippine citizens (2007) |
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