field - Military service age and obligation

Country	Military service age and obligation
Brunei	18 years of age (est.) for voluntary military service; non-Malays are ineligible to serve (2007)
Bulgaria	18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 9 months; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription ended as of 1 January 2008; Air and Air Defense Forces and Naval Forces became fully professional at the end of 2006 (2008)
Burkina Faso	18 years of age for compulsory military service; 20 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Burma	18 years of age for voluntary military service for both sexes; forced conscription of children, although officially prohibited, reportedly continues (2007)
Burundi	16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; children as young as 10 years of age have been conscripted into the armed forces; the enrollment of children is still not prohibited (2007)
Cambodia	conscription law of October 2006 requires all males between 18-30 to register for military service; 18-month service obligation (2006)
Cameroon	18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; the government makes periodic calls for volunteers (2006)
Canada	16-34 years of age for voluntary military service; women comprise approximately 11% of Canada's armed forces (2006)
Cape Verde	18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military service; 14-month conscript service obligation (2006)
Cayman Islands	void
Central African Republic	18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006)
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 1 year of compulsory military or civic service at age of 21 (2004)
Chile	18-45 years of age for voluntary male and female military service, although the right to compulsory recruitment is retained; service obligation - 12 months for Army, 22 months for Navy and Air Force (2008)
China	18-22 years of age for selective compulsory military service, with 24-month service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service (all officers are volunteers); 18-19 years of age for women high school graduates who meet requirements for specific military jobs (2007)
Christmas Island	void
Clipperton Island	void
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	void
Colombia	18-24 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; service obligation - 18 months (2004)
Comoros	void
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	18-45 years of age for military service
Congo, Republic of the	18 years of age for voluntary military service; women allowed to serve (2007)
Cook Islands	void
Coral Sea Islands	void
Costa Rica	void
Cote d'Ivoire	18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2008)
Croatia	18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary service; 6-month conscript service obligation; full conversion to professional military service by 2010 (2006)
Cuba	17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service (2006)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG): 18-50 years of age for compulsory military service for all Greek Cypriot males; 17 years of age for voluntary service; females are not conscripted; age of military eligibility 17 to 50; length of normal service is 25 months with a minimum of 3 months (2006)
Czech Republic	18-28 years of age for voluntary and 19-28 for compulsory military service (2008)
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 following completion of their conscript service; women eligible to volunteer for military service (2004)
Dhekelia	void
Djibouti	18 years of age for voluntary military service; 16-25 years of age for voluntary military training; no conscription (2008)
Dominica	void
Dominican Republic	18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)

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