word | | Military service age and obligation |
| conscription | Estonia | compulsory military service for men between 19 and 28; conscription lasts 11 months for junior NCOs and reserve platoon leaders; reserve officers and designated specialists have a different conscript service obligation; Estonia ... |
| conscription | France | 17-40 years of age for male or female voluntary military service); no conscription; 12-month service obligation; women serve in noncombat military posts (2005) |
| conscription | Gambia, The | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Ghana | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Guyana | 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Hungary | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in June 2004; 6-month service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 50 (2006) |
| conscription | India | 16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Italy | 18-27 year of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2005; women may serve in any military branch; 10-month service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 45 (Army and ... |
| conscription | Jordan | 17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription at age 18 was suspended in 1999, although all males under age 37 are required to register; women not subject to conscription, but ... |
| conscription | Latvia | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished January 2007; under current law, every citizen is entitled to serve in the armed forces for life (2006) |
| conscription | Lebanon | 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2007) |
| conscription | Lesotho | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Liberia | 16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Luxembourg | ... male and female voluntary military service; soldiers under 18 are not deployed into combat or with peacekeeping missions; no conscription; Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3-year residence in Luxembourg (2008 |
| conscription | Maldives | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Malta | 17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Namibia | 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Nepal | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of age for military training; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Netherlands Antilles | 16 years of age for National Guard recruitment; no conscription (2004) |
| conscription | New Zealand | 17 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be deployed until the age of 18; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Oman | 18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Papua New Guinea | 16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Peru | 18-30 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Qatar | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Romania | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription officially ended October 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service; subsequent voluntary service contracts are ... |
| conscription | Rwanda | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
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