word | | Military service age and obligation |
| conscription | Cameroon | 18-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription; high school graduation required; service obligation 4 years; the government periodically calls for volunteers (2011) |
| conscription | Comoros | 18 years of age for 2-year voluntary military service; no conscription; women first inducted into the Army in 2004 (2011) |
| conscription | Croatia | 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; 16 years of age with parental consent; 6-month service obligation; conscription abolished 1 January 2008 (2010) |
| conscription | Curacao | no conscription (2010) |
| conscription | Czech Republic | 18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (2011) |
| conscription | Djibouti | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; 16-25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2008) |
| conscription | Estonia | obligation for compulsory service ages 16-60, with conscription "likely" ages 18-27; service requirement 8-11 months (2009) |
| conscription | France | 17-40 years of age for male and female voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; 12-month service obligation; women serve in noncombat posts (2010) |
| conscription | Gabon | 20 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2009) |
| conscription | Gambia, The | 18 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (2010) |
| conscription | Germany | 17-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription ended 1 July 2011; 1-2 year service obligation; women have been eligible for voluntary service in all military branches and ... |
| conscription | Ghana | 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service, with basic education certificate; no conscription (2011) |
| conscription | Guyana | 18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2008) |