The CIA World Factbook Edition 2009 Military

Manpower available for military service In 11 editions of 36.

Manpower available for military service was published in 11 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2005 to 2015. The 2009 edition carries it in 205 entries, in its Military section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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205
the first edition with it
2005
the latest edition with it
2015

Published as “Manpower available for military service” (2005 to 2015).

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Africa

53 entries

Algeria

males age 16-49:
9,736,757
females age 16-49:
9,590,978 (2008 est.)

Angola

males age 16-49:
2,856,492
females age 16-49:
2,755,864 (2008 est.)

Benin

males age 16-49:
1,908,457
females age 16-49:
1,882,421 (2008 est.)

Botswana

males age 16-49:
487,853
females age 16-49:
464,278 (2008 est.)

Burkina Faso

males age 16-49:
3,364,288 (2008 est.)

Burundi

males age 16-49:
1,878,544
females age 16-49:
1,851,676 (2008 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

males age 16-49:
103,650
females age 16-49:
103,553 (2008 est.)

Cameroon

males age 16-49:
4,321,175
females age 16-49:
4,228,625 (2008 est.)

Central African Republic

males age 16-49:
1,032,828
females age 16-49:
999,330 (2008 est.)

Chad

males age 16-49:
1,906,545
females age 16-49:
2,258,758 (2008 est.)

Comoros

males age 16-49:
167,850
females age 16-49:
167,362 (2008 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

males age 16-49:
14,101,263 (2008 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

males age 16-49:
842,771
females age 16-49:
833,624 (2008 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

males age 16-49:
4,369,735
females age 16-49:
4,287,042 (2008 est.)

Djibouti

males age 16-49:
111,274
females age 16-49:
105,168 (2008 est.)

Egypt

males age 16-49:
21,247,777
females age 16-49:
20,406,408 (2008 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

males age 16-49:
136,725
females age 16-49:
138,018 (2008 est.)

Eritrea

males age 16-49:
1,108,836
females age 16-49:
1,096,120 (2008 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

males age 16-49:
266,311 (2008 est.)

Ethiopia

males age 16-49:
17,666,967
females age 16-49:
17,530,211 (2008 est.)

Gabon

males age 16-49:
331,181
females age 16-49:
332,498 (2008 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

males age 16-49:
379,668
females age 16-49:
384,438 (2008 est.)

Ghana

males age 16-49:
5,802,096
females age 16-49:
5,729,939 (2008 est.)

Guinea

males age 16-49:
2,230,049
females age 16-49:
2,193,236 (2008 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

males age 16-49:
344,087
females age 16-49:
347,886 (2008 est.)

Kenya

males age 16-49:
9,044,685
females age 16-49:
8,805,736 (2008 est.)

Lesotho

males age 16-49:
525,203
females age 16-49:
522,485 (2008 est.)

Liberia

males age 16-49:
729,813
females age 16-49:
741,223 (2008 est.)

Libya

males age 16-49:
1,682,183
females age 16-49:
1,611,001 (2008 est.)

Madagascar

males age 16-49:
4,443,341
females age 16-49:
4,441,124 (2008 est.)

Malawi

males age 16-49:
3,050,444 (2008 est.)

Mali

males age 16-49:
2,603,700
females age 16-49:
2,441,776 (2008 est.)

Mauritania

males age 16-49:
740,675
females age 16-49:
744,709 (2008 est.)

Mauritius

males age 16-49:
341,018 (2008 est.)

Morocco

males age 16-49:
9,152,580
females age 16-49:
9,080,830 (2008 est.)

Mozambique

males age 16-49:
4,545,975 (2008 est.)

Namibia

males age 16-49:
527,948 (2008 est.)

Niger

males age 16-49:
2,871,868
females age 16-49:
2,696,966 (2008 est.)

Nigeria

males age 16-49:
31,929,204
females age 16-49:
30,638,979 (2008 est.)

Rwanda

males age 16-49:
2,430,469
females age 16-49:
2,392,933 (2008 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

males age 16-49:
42,340
females age 16-49:
43,781 (2008 est.)

Senegal

males age 16-49:
2,943,619
females age 16-49:
2,955,179 (2008 est.)

Seychelles

males age 16-49:
23,598
females age 16-49:
24,424 (2008 est.)

Sierra Leone

males age 16-49:
1,315,561 (2008 est.)

Somalia

males age 16-49:
2,181,050
females age 16-49:
2,125,558 (2008 est.)

South Africa

males age 16-49:
11,622,507
females age 16-49:
11,501,537 (2008 est.)

Sudan

males age 16-49:
9,639,923
females age 16-49:
9,321,106 (2008 est.)

Tanzania

males age 16-49:
9,108,177 (2008 est.)

Togo

males age 16-49:
1,365,505
females age 16-49:
1,374,993 (2008 est.)

Tunisia

males age 16-49:
2,992,249
females age 16-49:
2,912,819 (2008 est.)

Uganda

males age 16-49:
6,532,894
females age 16-49:
6,352,416 (2008 est.)

Zambia

males age 16-49:
2,678,668
females age 16-49:
2,567,433 (2008 est.)

Zimbabwe

males age 16-49:
3,264,258
females age 16-49:
3,048,049 (2008 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

males age 16-49:
15,221 (2008 est.)

Iceland

males age 16-49:
74,896 (2008 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

males age 16-49:
7,431,147
females age 16-49:
7,004,819 (2008 est.)

Armenia

males age 16-49:
809,576
females age 16-49:
870,864 (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan

males age 16-49:
2,278,888
females age 16-49:
2,291,770 (2008 est.)

Bangladesh

males age 16-49:
41,199,340 (2008 est.)

Bhutan

males age 16-49:
190,104
females age 16-49:
167,289 (2008 est.)

China

males age 16-49:
375,009,345
females age 16-49:
354,314,328 (2008 est.)

Georgia

males age 16-49:
1,113,251
females age 16-49:
1,168,021 (2008 est.)

India

males age 16-49:
301,094,084
females age 16-49:
283,047,141 (2008 est.)

Japan

males age 16-49:
27,819,804
females age 16-49:
26,863,794 (2008 est.)

Kazakhstan

males age 16-49:
4,176,731
females age 16-49:
4,219,636 (2008 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

males age 16-49:
6,225,747
females age 16-49:
6,188,270 (2008 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

males age 16-49:
13,691,809
females age 16-49:
13,029,859 (2008 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

males age 16-49:
1,398,878
females age 16-49:
1,419,374 (2008 est.)

Maldives

males age 16-49:
89,505
females age 16-49:
85,745 (2008 est.)

Mongolia

males age 16-49:
865,425
females age 16-49:
860,669 (2008 est.)

Nepal

males age 16-49:
7,322,965
females age 16-49:
6,859,064 (2008 est.)

Pakistan

males age 16-49:
42,633,765
females age 16-49:
40,114,017 (2008 est.)

Russia

males age 16-49:
36,219,908
females age 16-49:
37,019,853 (2008 est.)

Sri Lanka

males age 16-49:
5,458,720
females age 16-49:
5,594,006 (2008 est.)

Tajikistan

males age 16-49:
1,897,356
females age 16-49:
1,911,594 (2008 est.)

Turkmenistan

males age 16-49:
1,316,698
females age 16-49:
1,331,005 (2008 est.)

Uzbekistan

males age 16-49:
7,480,484
females age 16-49:
7,542,017 (2008 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

26 entries

Anguilla

males age 16-49:
3,538 (2008 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

males age 16-49:
19,560
females age 16-49:
18,977 (2008 est.)

Aruba

males age 16-49:
24,585
females age 16-49:
25,742 (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

males age 16-49:
80,200 (2008 est.)

Barbados

males age 16-49:
75,265
females age 16-49:
75,389 (2008 est.)

Belize

males age 16-49:
74,605
females age 16-49:
72,926 (2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands

males age 16-49:
7,101 (2008 est.)

Cayman Islands

males age 16-49:
11,790 (2008 est.)

Costa Rica

males age 16-49:
1,134,205
females age 16-49:
1,095,763 (2008 est.)

Cuba

males age 16-49:
3,094,388
females age 16-49:
3,024,876 (2008 est.)

Dominica

males age 16-49:
18,584 (2008 est.)

Dominican Republic

males age 16-49:
2,440,203
females age 16-49:
2,326,694 (2008 est.)

El Salvador

males age 16-49:
1,634,816
females age 16-49:
1,775,474 (2008 est.)

Grenada

males age 16-49:
27,309 (2008 est.)

Guatemala

males age 16-49:
2,861,696
females age 16-49:
3,062,967 (2008 est.)

Haiti

males age 16-49:
2,047,083
females age 16-49:
2,047,953 (2008 est.)

Honduras

males age 16-49:
1,868,940
females age 16-49:
1,825,770 (2008 est.)

Jamaica

males age 16-49:
688,480
females age 16-49:
709,548 (2008 est.)

Montserrat

males age 16-49:
2,528 (2008 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

males age 16-49:
55,365
females age 16-49:
57,060 (2008 est.)

Nicaragua

males age 16-49:
1,513,312
females age 16-49:
1,507,999 (2008 est.)

Panama

males age 16-49:
851,044 (2008 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

males age 16-49:
10,095
females age 16-49:
10,081 (2008 est.)

Saint Lucia

males age 16-49:
48,358 (2008 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

males age 16-49:
34,373 (2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

males age 16-49:
301,561
females age 16-49:
264,225 (2008 est.)

Europe

41 entries

Albania

males age 16-49:
944,592
females age 16-49:
908,527 (2008 est.)

Andorra

males age 16-49:
18,685 (2008 est.)

Austria

males age 16-49:
1,986,411
females age 16-49:
1,944,834 (2008 est.)

Belarus

males age 16-49:
2,491,643
females age 16-49:
2,528,779 (2008 est.)

Belgium

males age 16-49:
2,407,128
females age 16-49:
2,340,039 (2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

males age 16-49:
1,212,007
females age 16-49:
1,170,645 (2008 est.)

Bulgaria

males age 16-49:
1,701,979
females age 16-49:
1,691,092 (2008 est.)

Croatia

males age 16-49:
1,035,712
females age 16-49:
1,037,896 (2008 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

males age 16-49:
2,522,383
females age 16-49:
2,425,095 (2008 est.)

Denmark

males age 16-49:
1,235,067
females age 16-49:
1,215,418 (2008 est.)

Estonia

males age 16-49:
306,273
females age 16-49:
317,852 (2008 est.)

Faroe Islands

males age 16-49:
11,725 (2008 est.)

Finland

males age 16-49:
1,169,910
females age 16-49:
1,121,187 (2008 est.)

France

males age 16-49:
14,646,427
females age 16-49:
14,379,630 (2008 est.)

Germany

males age 16-49:
19,594,118
females age 16-49:
18,543,955 (2008 est.)

Gibraltar

males age 16-49:
6,308 (2008 est.)

Greece

males age 16-49:
2,535,174
females age 16-49:
2,517,273 (2008 est.)

Hungary

males age 16-49:
2,391,400
females age 16-49:
2,337,240 (2008 est.)

Ireland

males age 16-49:
1,024,635
females age 16-49:
1,024,276 (2008 est.)

Italy

males age 16-49:
13,884,079
females age 16-49:
13,158,378 (2008 est.)

Latvia

males age 16-49:
568,683
females age 16-49:
565,826 (2008 est.)

Liechtenstein

males age 16-49:
8,102 (2008 est.)

Lithuania

males age 16-49:
915,187
females age 16-49:
906,097 (2008 est.)

Luxembourg

males age 16-49:
116,305
females age 16-49:
114,566 (2008 est.)

Malta

males age 16-49:
96,309
females age 16-49:
92,242 (2008 est.)

Moldova

males age 16-49:
1,161,924
females age 16-49:
1,187,771 (2008 est.)

Monaco

males age 16-49:
6,687 (2008 est.)

Netherlands

males age 16-49:
3,950,825
females age 16-49:
3,850,800 (2008 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

males age 16-49:
532,856
females age 16-49:
513,684 (2008 est.)

Norway

males age 16-49:
1,078,181
females age 16-49:
1,046,550 (2008 est.)

Poland

males age 16-49:
9,741,508
females age 16-49:
9,514,843 (2008 est.)

Portugal

males age 16-49:
2,573,913
females age 16-49:
2,498,262 (2008 est.)

Romania

males age 16-49:
5,682,299
females age 16-49:
5,557,098 (2008 est.)

San Marino

males age 16-49:
6,613 (2008 est.)

Slovakia

males age 16-49:
1,420,966
females age 16-49:
1,386,259 (2008 est.)

Slovenia

males age 16-49:
494,496
females age 16-49:
481,180 (2008 est.)

Spain

males age 16-49:
10,033,069
females age 16-49:
9,764,937 (2008 est.)

Sweden

males age 16-49:
2,052,890
females age 16-49:
1,980,550 (2008 est.)

Switzerland

males age 16-49:
1,852,580
females age 16-49:
1,807,667 (2008 est.)

Ukraine

males age 16-49:
11,457,562
females age 16-49:
11,767,357 (2008 est.)

United Kingdom

males age 16-49:
14,729,500
females age 16-49:
14,125,600 (2008 est.)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

males age 16-49:
210,938
females age 16-49:
170,471 (2008 est.)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 16-49:
199,767
females age 16-49:
190,665 (2008 est.)

Gaza Strip

males age 16-49:
337,670 (2008 est.)

Iran

males age 16-49:
20,212,275
females age 16-49:
19,638,751 (2008 est.)

Iraq

males age 16-49:
7,086,200
females age 16-49:
6,808,954 (2008 est.)

Israel

males age 16-49:
1,717,362
females age 16-49:
1,636,574 (2008 est.)

Jordan

males age 16-49:
1,812,551
females age 16-49:
1,559,155 (2008 est.)

Kuwait

males age 16-49:
1,032,408
females age 16-49:
568,657 (2008 est.)

Lebanon

males age 16-49:
1,106,879
females age 16-49:
1,122,595 (2008 est.)

Oman

males age 16-49:
802,455
females age 16-49:
626,841 (2008 est.)

Qatar

males age 16-49:
320,383
females age 16-49:
167,475 (2008 est.)

Saudi Arabia

males age 16-49:
8,547,441
females age 16-49:
6,381,098 (2008 est.)

Syria

males age 16-49:
5,251,875
females age 16-49:
4,966,367 (2008 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

males age 16-49:
20,213,205
females age 16-49:
19,432,688 (2008 est.)

United Arab Emirates

males age 16-49:
2,405,884 (includes non-nationals)
females age 16-49:
884,853 (2008 est.)

Yemen

males age 16-49:
5,080,038
females age 16-49:
4,852,555 (2008 est.)

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

males age 16-49:
15,623 (2008 est.)

Canada

males age 16-49:
8,072,010
females age 16-49:
7,813,462 (2008 est.)

Mexico

males age 16-49:
27,774,688
females age 16-49:
29,376,791 (2008 est.)

United States

males age 16-49:
72,715,332
females age 16-49:
71,638,785 (2008 est.)

Oceania

15 entries

Australia

males age 16-49:
4,999,988
females age 16-49:
4,870,043 (2008 est.)

Fiji

males age 16-49:
242,567
females age 16-49:
238,556 (2008 est.)

French Polynesia

males age 16-49:
79,540 (2008 est.)

Kiribati

males age 16-49:
26,377 (2008 est.)

Marshall Islands

males age 16-49:
15,708 (2008 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

males age 16-49:
26,686 (2008 est.)

Nauru

males age 16-49:
3,470 (2008 est.)

New Caledonia

males age 16-49:
57,738 (2008 est.)

New Zealand

males age 16-49:
1,009,298
females age 16-49:
997,134 (2008 est.)

Palau

males age 16-49:
5,973 (2008 est.)

Papua New Guinea

males age 16-49:
1,481,417
females age 16-49:
1,385,040 (2008 est.)

Samoa

males age 16-49:
53,417 (2008 est.)

Solomon Islands

males age 16-49:
141,051 (2008 est.)

Tonga

males age 16-49:
32,053
females age 16-49:
30,981 (2008 est.)

Vanuatu

males age 16-49:
58,900 (2008 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

males age 16-49:
10,029,488
females age 16-49:
9,889,002 (2008 est.)

Bolivia

males age 16-49:
2,295,746
females age 16-49:
2,366,828 (2008 est.)

Brazil

males age 16-49:
52,449,957
females age 16-49:
52,375,921 (2008 est.)

Chile

males age 16-49:
4,242,912
females age 16-49:
4,182,509 (2008 est.)

Colombia

males age 16-49:
11,478,109
females age 16-49:
11,809,279 (2008 est.)

Ecuador

males age 16-49:
3,536,602
females age 16-49:
3,559,188 (2008 est.)

Guyana

males age 16-49:
220,797 (2008 est.)

Paraguay

males age 16-49:
1,589,873
females age 16-49:
1,585,573 (2008 est.)

Peru

males age 16-49:
7,653,898
females age 16-49:
7,531,329 (2008 est.)

Suriname

males age 16-49:
130,534
females age 16-49:
130,243 (2008 est.)

Uruguay

males age 16-49:
837,252
females age 16-49:
824,096 (2008 est.)

Venezuela

males age 16-49:
6,647,124
females age 16-49:
6,801,133 (2008 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

males age 16-49:
108,356
females age 16-49:
110,153 (2008 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

males age 16-49:
13,402,788
females age 16-49:
13,437,042 (2008 est.)

Cambodia

males age 16-49:
3,759,034
females age 16-49:
3,784,333 (2008 est.)

Hong Kong

males age 16-49:
1,772,820
females age 16-49:
1,941,448 (2008 est.)

Indonesia

males age 16-49:
63,800,825
females age 16-49:
61,729,717 (2008 est.)

Laos

males age 16-49:
1,549,774
females age 16-49:
1,570,702 (2008 est.)

Macau

males age 16-49:
121,825 (2008 est.)

Malaysia

males age 16-49:
6,440,338
females age 16-49:
6,280,826 (2008 est.)

Philippines

males age 16-49:
23,547,252
females age 16-49:
23,177,487 (2008 est.)

Singapore

males age 16-49:
1,277,862 (2008 est.)

Taiwan

males age 16-49:
6,283,134
females age 16-49:
6,098,599 (2008 est.)

Thailand

males age 16-49:
17,553,410
females age 16-49:
17,751,268 (2008 est.)

Timor-Leste

males age 16-49:
284,903
females age 16-49:
272,212 (2008 est.)

Vietnam

males age 16-49:
24,586,328
females age 16-49:
24,335,132 (2008 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2009, “Manpower available for military service”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/manpower-available-for-military-service/2009.

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