word | | Military service age and obligation |
| 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) |
| conscription | Saudi Arabia | 18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2004) |
| conscription | Serbia | ... 19-35 years of age for compulsory military service; under a state of war or impending war, conscription can begin at age 16; conscription is to be abolished in 2010; 9-month service ... |
| conscription | Seychelles | 18 years of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Sierra Leone | 17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service (younger with parental consent); no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Slovakia | 17-30 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2006; women are eligible to serve (2007) |
| conscription | Slovenia | 17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2003 (2007) |
| conscription | Swaziland | 18-30 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Timor-Leste | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Tonga | 18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Trinidad and Tobago | 18 years of age for voluntary military service (16 years of age with parental consent); no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | United Arab Emirates | 18 years of age (est.) for voluntary military service; 18 years of age for officers and women; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Uzbekistan | ... age for compulsory military service; 1-year conscript service obligation; moving toward a professional military, but conscription will continue; the military cannot accomodate everyone who wishes to enlist, and competition for entrance ... |
| conscription | Zambia | 18 years of age for voluntary military service (16 years of age with parental consent); no conscription (2008) |
| conscripts | Chad | 20 years of age for conscripts, with 3-year service obligation; 18 years of age for volunteers; no minimum age restriction for volunteers with consent from a guardian; women are subject to ... |
| conscripts | Denmark | 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to mobilization units ... |
| conscripts | Germany | 18 years of age (conscripts serve a 9-month tour of compulsory military service) (2004) |
| conscripts | Mexico | ... 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 service is all voluntary; women are ... |
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