The CIA World Factbook Edition 1994 Defense Forces

Manpower availability In 6 editions of 36.

Manpower availability was published in 6 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1991 to 1996. The 1994 edition carries it in 172 entries, in its Defense Forces section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1994 edition: 172
the first edition with it: 1991
the latest edition with it: 1996

Published as “Manpower availability” (1991 to 1996).

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Africa

53 entries

Algeria

males age 15-49 6,863,378;
fit for military service 4,215,767;
reach military age (19) annually 301,945 (1994 est.)

Angola

males age 15-49 2,262,669;
fit for military service 1,139,319;
reach military age (18) annually 96,900 (1994 est.)

Benin

males age 15-49 1,209,226;
females age 15-49 1,120,105;
males fit for military service 611,257;
females fit for military service 573,775;
males reach military age (18) annually 58,293 (1994 est.);
femalesreach military age (18) annually 56,735 (1994 est.);
both sexes are liable for miltary service

Botswana

males age 15-49 294,603;
fit for military service 154,997;
reach military age (18) annually 15,156 (1994 est.)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

males age 15-49 2,013,763; fit for military service 1,029,960

Burundi

males age 15-49 1,315,660;
fit for military service 687,474;
reach military age (16) annually 67,949 (1994 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

males age 15-49 78,153; fit for military service 45,804

Cameroon

males age 15-49 2,939,761;
fit for military service 1,481,750;
reach military age (18) annually 137,020 (1994 est.)

Central African Republic

males age 15-49 701,728; fit for military service 367,264

Chad

males age 15-49 1,276,167;
fit for military service 663,326;
reach military age (20) annually 54,027 (1994 est.)

Comoros

males age 15-49 112,918; fit for military service 67,522

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

males age 15-49 9,178,659; fit for military service 4,674,819

Congo now Republic of the Congo

males age 15-49 551,151;
fit for military service 280,372;
reach military age (20) annually 24,441 (1994 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

males age 15-49 3,224,673;
fit for military service 1,674,127;
reach military age (18) annually 149,991 (1994 est.)

Djibouti

males age 15-49 99,811; fit for military service 58,346

Egypt

males age 15-49 15,335,889;
fit for military service 9,961,128;
reach military age (20) annually 625,748 (1994 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

males age 15-49 86,957; fit for military service 44,174

Swaziland now Eswatini

males age 15-49 204,608; fit for military service 118,380

Ethiopia

males age 15-49 13,229,078;
fit for military service 6,867,582;
reach military age (18) annually 596,691 (1994 est.)

Gabon

males age 15-49 270,501;
fit for military service 136,995;
reach military age (20) annually 10,107 (1994 est.)

The Gambia

males age 15-49 207,754; fit for military service 105,100

Ghana

males age 15-49 3,867,183;
fit for military service 2,159,769;
reach military age (18) annually 170,283 (1994 est.)

Guinea

males age 15-49 1,440,297; fit for military service 726,543

Guinea-Bissau

males age 15-49 243,715; fit for military service 139,161

Kenya

males age 15-49 6,144,891; fit for military service 3,799,202

Lesotho

males age 15-49 438,096; fit for military service 236,324

Liberia

males age 15-49 707,927; fit for military service 377,950

Libya

males age 15-49 1,094,052;
fit for military service 649,976;
reach military age (17) annually 52,723 (1994 est.)

Madagascar

males age 15-49 2,924,829;
fit for military service 1,739,830;
reach military age (20) annually 124,652 (1994 est.)

Malawi

males age 15-49 2,046,413; fit for military service 1,043,674

Mali

males age 15-49 1,803,301; fit for military service 1,027,780

Mauritania

males age 15-49 467,677; fit for military service 228,385

Mauritius

males age 15-49 316,975; fit for military service 161,634

Morocco

males age 15-49 7,076,261;
fit for military service 4,494,641;
reach military age (18) annually 317,093 (1994 est.)

Mozambique

males age 15-49 3,890,532; fit for military service 2,233,824

Namibia

males age 15-49 336,145; fit for military service 199,337

Niger

males age 15-49 1,845,374;
fit for military service 994,683;
reach military age (18) annually 91,595 (1994 est.)

Nigeria

males age 15-49 22,468,803;
fit for military service 12,840,029;
reach military age (18) annually 986,518 (1994 est.)

Reunion

males age 15-49 170,810;
fit for military service 88,108;
reach military age (18) annually 5,867 (1994 est.)

Rwanda

males age 15-49 1,733,246; fit for military service 883,291

Sao Tome and Principe

males age 15-49 32,560; fit for military service 17,136

Senegal

males age 15-49 1,951,370;
fit for military service 1,018,802;
reach military age (18) annually 94,973 (1994 est.)

Seychelles

males age 15-49 19,399; fit for military service 9,900

Sierra Leone

males age 15-49 1,006,280; fit for military service 487,158

Somalia

males age 15-49 1,630,864; fit for military service 915,368

South Africa

males age 15-49 10,557,346;
fit for military service 6,437,240;
reach military age (18) annually 431,832 (1994 est.)

Sudan

males age 15-49 6,640,123;
fit for military service 4,080,715;
reach military age (18) annually 305,885 (1994 est.)

Tanzania

males age 15-49 6,011,564; fit for military service 3,480,179

Togo

males age 15-49 898,448; fit for military service 471,807

Tunisia

males age 15-49 2,229,362;
fit for military service 1,281,015;
reach military age (20) annually 91,941 (1994 est.)

Uganda

males age 15-49 4,138,087; fit for military service 2,248,232

Zambia

males age 15-49 1,882,053; fit for military service 988,913

Zimbabwe

males 15-49 2,371,186; fit for military service 1,472,603 (1994 est.)

Arctic Region

1 entry

Iceland

males age 15-49 70,074; fit for military service 62,197

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

males age 15-49 4,188,036;
fit for military service 2,245,196;
reach military age (22) annually 158,335 (1994 est.)

Armenia

males age 15-49 862,921;
fit for military service 690,113;
reach military age (18) annually 28,458 (1994 est.)

Azerbaijan

males age 15-49 1,884,458;
fit for military service 1,525,123;
reach military age (18) annually 68,192 (1994 est.)

Bangladesh

males age 15-49 31,955,948; fit for military service 18,967,602

Bhutan

males age 15-49 424,558;
fit for military service 226,851;
reach military age (18) annually 17,310 (1994 est.)

China

males age 15-49 347,458,052;
fit for military service 192,546,413;
reach military age (18) annually 10,256,181 (1994 est.)

Georgia

males age 15-49 1,362,818;
fit for military service 1,081,624;
reach military age (18) annually 42,881 (1994 est.)

India

males age 15-49 247,948,906;
fit for military service 145,881,705;
reach military age (17) annually 9,408,586 (1994 est.)

Japan

males age 15-49 32,044,032;
fit for military service 27,597,444;
reach military age (18) annually 953,928 (1994 est.)

Kazakhstan

males age 15-49 4,432,716;
fit for military service 3,554,209;
reach military age (18) annually 154,989 (1994 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

males age 15-49 6,658,529;
fit for military service 4,044,355;
reach military age (18) annually 196,763 (1994 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

males age 15-49 13,435,598;
fit for military service 8,623,325;
reach military age (18) annually 417,055 (1994 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

males age 15-49 1,123,959;
fit for military service 912,516;
reach military age (18) annually 44,528 (1994 est.)

Maldives

males age 15-49 55,369; fit for military service 30,919

Mongolia

males age 15-49 587,113;
fit for military service 382,633;
reach military age (18) annually 25,261 (1994 est.)

Nepal

males age 15-49 5,003,661;
fit for military service 2,598,507;
reach military age (17) annually 241,405 (1994 est.)

Pakistan

males age 15-49 29,548,746;
fit for military service 18,134,013;
reach military age (17) annually 1,391,258 (1994 est.)

Russia

males age 15-49 37,706,825;
fit for military service 29,623,429;
reach military age (18) annually 1,098,307 (1994 est.)

Sri Lanka

males age 15-49 4,906,666;
fit for military service 3,825,774;
reach military age (18) annually 178,213 (1994 est.)

Tajikistan

males age 15-49 1,361,143;
fit for military service 1,116,246;
reach military age (18) annually 57,681 (1994 est.)

Turkmenistan

males age 15-49 962,987;
fit for military service 787,991;
reach military age (18) annually 40,079 (1994 est.)

Uzbekistan

males age 15-49 5,388,456;
fit for military service 4,403,497;
reach military age (18) annually 222,405 (1994 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

14 entries

Barbados

males age 15-49 70,751; fit for military service 49,330

Belize

males age 15-49 48,789;
fit for military service 29,040;
reach military age (18) annually 2,175 (1994 est.)

Costa Rica

males age 15-49 873,987;
fit for military service 588,223;
reach military age (18) annually 32,308 (1994 est.)

Cuba

males age 15-49 3,064,898;
females age 15-49 3,088,810;
males fit for military service 1,907,396;
females fit for military service 1,927,306;
males reach military age (17) annually 81,536 (1994 est.);
females reach military age (17) annually 78,612 (1994 est.)

Dominican Republic

males age 15-49 2,114,606;
fit for military service 1,333,049;
reach military age (18) annually 81,919 (1994 est.)

El Salvador

males age 15-49 1,351,641;
fit for military service 866,010;
reach military age (18) annually 74,181 (1994 est.)

Guatemala

males age 15-49 2,491,582;
fit for military service 1,629,222;
reach military age (18) annually 119,545 (1994 est.)

Haiti

males age 15-49 1,313,265;
fit for military service 709,712;
reach military age (18) annually 62,488 (1994 est.)

Honduras

males age 15-49 1,229,777;
fit for military service 732,866;
reach military age (18) annually 60,445 (1994 est.)

Jamaica

males age 15-49 664,122;
fit for military service 469,982;
reach military age (18) annually 26,103 (1994 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

males age 15-49 48,866;
fit for military service 27,421;
reach military age (20) annually 1,595 (1994 est.)

Nicaragua

males age 15-49 946,177;
fit for military service 582,669;
reach military age (18) annually 45,555 (1994 est.)

Panama

males age 15-49 686,479; fit for military service 471,780

Trinidad and Tobago

males age 15-49 357,904; fit for military service 257,667

Europe

35 entries

Albania

males age 15-49 906,938;
fit for military service 746,945;
reach military age (19) annually 33,184 (1994 est.)

Austria

males age 15-49 2,018,954;
fit for military service 1,693,341;
reach military age (19) annually 48,710 (1994 est.)

Belarus

males age 15-49 2,520,487;
fit for military service 1,981,749;
reach military age (18) annually 71,922 (1994 est.)

Belgium

males age 15-49 2,558,109;
fit for military service 2,130,172;
reach military age (19) annually 61,710 (1994 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

males age 15-49 1,298,102;
fit for military service 1,054,068;
reach military age (19) annually 38,283 (1994 est.)

Bulgaria

males age 15-49 2,175,921;
fit for military service 1,816,484;
reach military age (19) annually 70,306 (1994 est.)

Croatia

males age 15-49 1,182,767;
fit for military service 946,010;
reach military age (19) annually 33,166 (1994 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

males age 15-49 2,747,126;
fit for military service 2,091,532;
reach military age (18) annually 93,342 (1994 est.)

Denmark

males age 15-49 1,360,050;
fit for military service 1,168,940;
reach military age (20) annually 36,800 (1994 est.)

Estonia

males age 15-49 392,135;
fit for military service 308,951;
reach military age (18) annually 11,789 (1994 est.)

Finland

males age 15-49 1,323,322;
fit for military service 1,089,300;
reach military age (17) annually 33,594 (1994 est.)

France

males age 15-49 14,717,461;
fit for military service 12,265,874;
reach military age (18) annually 376,485 (1994 est.)

Germany

males age 15-49 20,253,482;
fit for military service 17,506,468;
reach military age (18) annually 418,124 (1994 est.)

Greece

males age 15-49 2,645,859;
fit for military service 2,025,212;
reach military age (21) annually 74,484 (1994 est.)

Hungary

males age 15-49 2,636,888;
fit for military service 2,105,628;
reach military age (18) annually 90,134 (1994 est.)

Ireland

males age 15-49 914,052;
fit for military service 739,288;
reach military age (17) annually 33,809 (1994 est.)

Italy

males age 15-49 14,921,411;
fit for military service 12,982,445;
reach military age (18) annually 403,017 (1994 est.)

Latvia

males age 15-49 652,444;
fit for military service 514,055;
reach military age (18) annually 18,803 (1994 est.)

Lithuania

males age 15-49 941,273;
fit for military service 744,867;
reach military age (18) annually 27,375 (1994 est.)

Luxembourg

males age 15-49 103,872;
fit for military service 86,026;
reach military age (19) annually 2,235 (1994 est.)

Malta

males age 15-49 98,241; fit for military service 78,071

Moldova

males age 15-49 1,098,156;
fit for military service 869,866;
reach military age (18) annually 35,814 (1994 est.)

Netherlands

males age 15-49 4,180,745;
fit for military service 3,667,212;
reach military age (20) annually 98,479 (1994 est.)

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia now North Macedonia

males age 15-49 604,257;
fit for military service 489,746;
reach military age (19) annually 19,539 (1994 est.)

Norway

males age 15-49 1,119,405;
fit for military service 932,438;
reach military age (20) annually 30,557 (1994 est.)

Poland

males age 15-49 10,046,993;
fit for military service 7,856,680;
reach military age (19) annually 316,339 (1994 est.)

Portugal

males age 15-49 2,723,987;
fit for military service 2,207,637;
reach military age (20) annually 89,380 (1994 est.)

Romania

males age 15-49 5,888,452;
fit for military service 4,972,834;
reach military age (20) annually 193,901 (1994 est.)

Slovakia

males age 15-49 1,426,290;
fit for military service 1,095,604;
reach military age (18) annually 48,695 (1994 est.)

Slovenia

males age 15-49 513,885;
fit for military service 411,619;
reach military age (19) annually 15,157 (1994 est.)

Spain

males age 15-49 10,377,990;
fit for military service 8,396,405;
reach military age (20) annually 337,764 (1994 est.)

Sweden

males age 15-49 2,146,145;
fit for military service 1,874,787;
reach military age (19) annually 55,262 (1994 est.)

Switzerland

males age 15-49 1,853,075;
fit for military service 1,589,288;
reach military age (20) annually 43,005 (1994 est.)

Ukraine

males age 15-49 12,191,984;
fit for military service 9,591,276;
reach military age (18) annually 364,676 (1994 est.)

United Kingdom

males age 15-49 14,432,081; fit for military service 12,056,828

Middle East

15 entries

Bahrain

males age 15-49 198,414;
fit for military service 109,431;
reach military age (15) annually 5,093 (1994 est.)

Cyprus

males age 15-49 186,807;
fit for military service 128,444;
reach military age (18) annually 5,233 (1994 est.)

Iran

males age 15-49 14,382,216;
fit for military service 8,555,760;
reach military age (21) annually 600,630 (1994 est.)

Iraq

males age 15-49 4,428,193;
fit for military service 2,487,319;
reach military age (18) annually 219,641 (1994 est.)

Israel

males age 15-49 1,257,345;
females age 15-49 1,280,899;
males fit for military service 1,026,699;
females fit for military service 1,049,998;
males reach military age (18) annually 47,297 (1994 est.);
females reach military age (18) annually 45,214 (1994 est.);
both sexes are liable for military service

Jordan

males age 15-49 966,420;
fit for military service 685,112;
reach military age (18) annually 42,776 (1994 est.)

Kuwait

males age 15-49 537,696;
fit for military service 321,767;
reach military age (18) annually 15,354 (1994 est.)

Lebanon

males age 15-49 827,267; fit for military service 514,291

Oman

males age 15-49 382,793;
fit for military service 217,755;
reach military age (14) annually 22,118 (1994 est.)

Qatar

males age 15-49 217,538;
fit for military service 114,468;
reach military age (18) annually 3,737 (1994 est.)

Saudi Arabia

males age 15-49 5,682,036;
fit for military service 3,140,464;
reach military age (17) annually 147,420 (1994 est.)

Syria

males age 15-49 3,300,397;
fit for military service 1,850,545;
reach military age (19) annually 155,569 (1994 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

males age 15-49 16,112,783;
fit for military service 9,828,853;
reach military age (20) annually 614,252 (1994 est.)

United Arab Emirates

males age 15-49 1,040,828;
fit for military service 567,766;
reach military age (18) annually 17,303 (1994 est.)

Yemen

males age 15-49 2,142,519;
fit for military service 1,219,985;
reach military age (14) annually 137,497 (1994 est.)

North America

2 entries

Canada

males age 15-49 7,508,590;
fit for military service 6,482,267;
reach military age (17) annually 191,850 (1994 est.)

Mexico

males age 15-49 22,779,635;
fit for military service 16,619,809;
reach military age (18) annually 1,053,025 (1994 est.)

Oceania

4 entries

Australia

males age 15-49 4,885,574;
fit for military service 4,239,459;
reach military age (17) annually 133,337 (1994 est.)

Fiji

males age 15-49 197,767;
fit for military service 109,026;
reach military age (18) annually 8,154 (1994 est.)

New Zealand

males age 15-49 880,576;
fit for military service 741,629;
reach military age (20) annually 28,242 (1994 est.)

Papua New Guinea

males age 15-49 1,080,316; fit for military service 601,369

South America

13 entries

Argentina

males age 15-49 8,417,880;
fit for military service 6,825,795;
reach military age (20) annually 292,725 (1994 est.)

Bolivia

males age 15-49 1,835,661;
fit for military service 1,194,077;
reach military age (19) annually 79,580 (1994 est.)

Brazil

males age 15-49 43,489,704;
fit for military service 29,286,530;
reach military age (18) annually 1,674,930 (1994 est.)

Chile

males age 15-49 3,705,321;
fit for military service 2,759,130;
reach military age (19) annually 120,512 (1994 est.)

Colombia

males age 15-49 9,639,080;
fit for military service 6,507,935;
reach military age (18) annually 354,944 (1994 est.)

Ecuador

males age 15-49 2,734,988;
fit for military service 1,850,989;
reach military age (20) annually 111,707 (1994 est.)

French Guiana

males age 15-49 40,506; fit for military service 26,394

Guyana

males age 15-49 197,802; fit for military service 150,072

Paraguay

males age 15-49 1,249,470;
fit for military service 907,533;
reach military age (17) annually 53,126 (1994 est.)

Peru

males age 15-49 6,199,785;
fit for military service 4,188,706;
reach military age (20) annually 246,427 (1994 est.)

Suriname

males age 15-49 113,963; fit for military service 67,648

Uruguay

males age 15-49 765,490; fit for military service 621,629

Venezuela

males age 15-49 5,341,855;
fit for military service 3,875,523;
reach military age (18) annually 224,550 (1994 est.)

Southeast Asia

13 entries

Brunei

males age 15-49 79,486;
fit for military service 46,258;
reach military age (18) annually 2,756 (1994 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

males age 15-49 11,199,531;
females age 15-49 11,273,643;
males fit for military service 5,979,710;
females fit for military service 6,034,810;
males reach military age (18) annually 445,933 (1994 est.);
females reach military age (18) annually 430,738 (1994 est.);
both sexes liable for military service

Cambodia

males age 15-49 2,182,912;
fit for military service 1,217,357;
reach military age (18) annually 67,463 (1994 est.)

Hong Kong

males age 15-49 1,636,397;
fit for military service 1,251,901;
reach military age (18) annually 42,044 (1994 est.)

Indonesia

males age 15-49 54,518,490;
fit for military service 32,175,853;
reach military age (18) annually 2,201,295 (1994 est.)

Laos

males age 15-49 1,015,357;
fit for military service 547,566;
reach military age (18) annually 49,348 (1994 est.)

Macau

males age 15-49 139,499; fit for military service 77,887

Malaysia

males age 15-49 4,942,387;
fit for military service 3,001,972;
reach military age (21) annually 182,850 (1994 est.)

Philippines

males age 15-49 17,668,781;
fit for military service 12,479,312;
reach military age (20) annually 733,880 (1994 est.)

Singapore

males age 15-49 857,824; fit for military service 630,055

Taiwan

males age 15-49 6,205,707;
fit for military service 4,806,456;
reach military age (19) annually 192,083 (1994 est.)

Thailand

males age 15-49 16,982,226;
fit for military service 10,312,744;
reach military age (18) annually 599,240 (1994 est.)

Vietnam

males age 15-49 18,281,483;
fit for military service 11,602,318;
reach military age (17) annually 762,943 (1994 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1994, “Manpower availability”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/manpower-availability/1994.

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