Afghanistan | 22 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Albania | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Algeria | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Angola | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Argentina | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Armenia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Australia | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Austria | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Azerbaijan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Bahrain | 15 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Belarus | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Belgium | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Belize | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Benin | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Bhutan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Bolivia | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Botswana | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Brazil | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Brunei | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Bulgaria | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Burma | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Burundi | 16 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Cambodia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Cameroon | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Canada | 16 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Chad | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Chile | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
China | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Colombia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Costa Rica | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Croatia | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Cuba | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Cyprus | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Czech Republic | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Denmark | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Dominican Republic | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
East Timor | 18-21 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Ecuador | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Egypt | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
El Salvador | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Estonia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Ethiopia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Fiji | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Finland | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
France | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Gabon | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Georgia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Germany | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Ghana | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Greece | 21 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Guatemala | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Haiti | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Honduras | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Hong Kong | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Hungary | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
India | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Indonesia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Iran | 21 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Iraq | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Ireland | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Israel | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Italy | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Jamaica | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Japan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Jordan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Kazakhstan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Korea, North | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Korea, South | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Kuwait | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Laos | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Latvia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Libya | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Lithuania | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Luxembourg | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Madagascar | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Malaysia | 21 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Mexico | 18 years of age
note: starting in 2000, females were allowed to volunteer for military service (2003 est.) |
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Moldova | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Mongolia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Morocco | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Nepal | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Netherlands | 20 years of age (note - age 17 for cadets and midshipmen) (2003 est.) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
New Zealand | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Nicaragua | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Niger | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Nigeria | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Norway | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Oman | 14 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Pakistan | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Paraguay | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Peru | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Philippines | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Poland | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Portugal | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Qatar | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Reunion | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Romania | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Russia | 18 years of age (2003) | |
Saudi Arabia | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Senegal | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Slovakia | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Slovenia | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
South Africa | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Spain | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Sri Lanka | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Sudan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Sweden | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Switzerland | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Syria | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Taiwan | 19 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Tajikistan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Thailand | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Tunisia | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Turkey | 20 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Turkmenistan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Ukraine | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
United Arab Emirates | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
United States | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Uzbekistan | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Venezuela | 18 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Vietnam | 17 years of age (2003 est.) | |
Yemen | 14 years of age (2003 est.) |