word | | Military service age and obligation |
| conscript | Ecuador | 20 years of age for selective conscript military service; 12-month service obligation (2008) |
| conscript | Egypt | 18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation 12-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation (2008) |
| conscript | Eritrea | 18-40 years of age for male and female voluntary and compulsory military service; 16-month conscript service obligation (2006) |
| conscript | Estonia | ... months for junior NCOs and reserve platoon leaders; reserve officers and designated specialists have a different conscript service obligation; Estonia has committed to retaining conscription for men up to 2010 and, unlike ... |
| conscript | Georgia | 18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005) |
| conscript | Greece | ... of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 1 year for all services; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2008 |
| conscript | Guatemala | all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 are liable for military service; conscript service obligation varies from 12 to 24 months; women can serve as officers (2007) |
| conscript | Guinea | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006) |
| conscript | 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) |
| conscript | Iran | ... for volunteers; 17 years of age for Law Enforcement Forces; 15 years of age for Basij Forces (Popular Mobilization Army); conscript military service obligation - 18 months; women exempt from military service (2008 |
| conscript | Israel | ... 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 for enlisted women, 48 months for ... |
| conscript | Kazakhstan | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years; minimum age for volunteers NA (2004) |
| conscript | Korea, South | 20-30 years of age for compulsory military service, with middle schoool education required; conscript service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the military branch involved (to be reduced to 18 months beginning 2016 ... |
| conscript | Laos | 15 years of age for compulsory military service; minimum 18-month conscript service obligation (2006) |
| conscript | Lithuania | 19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation (2006) |
| conscript | 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 ... |
| conscript | Mali | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2008) |
| conscript | Mauritania | 18 years of age (est.); conscript service obligation - 2 years; majority of servicemen believed to be volunteers; service in Air Force and Navy is voluntary (2006) |
| conscript | 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 ... |
| conscript | 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 ... |
| conscript | Morocco | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) |
| conscript | Paraguay | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy (2006) |
| conscript | Poland | ... January 1st of the year of 18th birthday; 17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscript service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; by 2008, plans call for ... |
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