| Rank | Country | total | Manpower reaching military service age annually |
| Kyrgyzstan | |  male: 60,706 female: 58,721 (2008 est.) |
| Laos | |  male: 73,973 female: 72,758 (2008 est.) |
| Latvia | |  male: 14,506 female: 13,982 (2008 est.) |
| Lebanon | |  male: 32,815 female: 31,610 (2008 est.) |
| Lesotho | |  male: 26,084 female: 26,006 (2008 est.) |
| Liberia | |  male: 30,448 female: 29,902 (2008 est.) |
| Libya | |  male: 61,305 female: 58,788 (2008 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | |  male: 202 female: 222 (2008 est.) |
| Lithuania | |  male: 25,907 female: 24,735 (2008 est.) |
| Luxembourg | |  male: 3,066 female: 2,909 (2008 est.) |
| Macau | |  male: 4,601 female: 4,171 (2008 est.) |
| Macedonia | |  male: 15,141 female: 14,434 (2008 est.) |
| Madagascar | |  male: 230,088 female: 229,932 (2008 est.) |
| Malawi | |  male: 168,858 female: 168,946 (2008 est.) |
| Malaysia | |  male: 260,725 female: 247,309 (2008 est.) |
| Maldives | |  male: 4,749 female: 4,084 (2008 est.) |
| Mali | |  male: 144,293 female: 136,381 (2008 est.) |
| Malta | |  male: 2,815 female: 2,657 (2008 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | |  male: 512 female: 494 (2008 est.) |
| Mauritania | |  male: 38,191 female: 38,638 (2008 est.) |
| Mauritius | |  male: 11,089 female: 10,843 (2008 est.) |
| Mayotte | |  male: 2,407 female: 2,401 (2008 est.) |
| Mexico | |  male: 1,110,544 female: 1,073,223 (2008 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | |  male: 1,310 female: 1,262 (2008 est.) |
| Moldova | |  male: 33,053 female: 31,712 (2008 est.) |
| Monaco | |  male: 191 female: 182 (2008 est.) |