The CIA World Factbook Edition 2003, the latest with this field Military

Military manpower - military age In 7 editions of 36.

Military manpower - military age was published in 7 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1997 to 2003. The 2003 edition carries it in 129 entries, in its Military section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2003 edition
129
the first edition with it
1997
the latest edition with it
2003

Published as “Military manpower - military age” (1997 to 2003), “Military manpower--military age” (1999) and “Military manpower-military age” (1998).

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Military manpower - military age, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

Entries with Military manpower - military age in each edition

19902000201020202025

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Africa

23 entries

Algeria

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Angola

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Benin

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Botswana

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Burundi

16 years of age (2003 est.)

Cameroon

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Chad

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Egypt

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Ethiopia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Gabon

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Ghana

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Libya

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Madagascar

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Morocco

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Niger

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Nigeria

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Reunion

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Senegal

18 years of age (2003 est.)

South Africa

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Sudan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Tunisia

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Asia

20 entries

Afghanistan

22 years of age (2003 est.)

Armenia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Azerbaijan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Bhutan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

China

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Georgia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

India

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Japan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Kazakhstan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Mongolia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Nepal

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Pakistan

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Russia

18 years of age (2003)

Sri Lanka

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Tajikistan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Turkmenistan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

11 entries

Belize

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Costa Rica

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Cuba

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Dominican Republic

18 years of age (2003 est.)

El Salvador

18 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.)

Jamaica

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Nicaragua

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Europe

34 entries

Albania

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Austria

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Belarus

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Belgium

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Bulgaria

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Croatia

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Denmark

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Estonia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Finland

18 years of age (2003 est.)

France

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Germany

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Greece

21 years of age (2003 est.)

Hungary

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Ireland

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Italy

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Latvia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Lithuania

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Luxembourg

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Moldova

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Netherlands

  • 20 years of age (note - age 17 for cadets and midshipmen) (2003 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Norway

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Poland

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Portugal

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Romania

20 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.)

Spain

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Sweden

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Switzerland

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Ukraine

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Middle East

14 entries

Bahrain

15 years of age (2003 est.)

Cyprus

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Iran

21 years of age (2003 est.)

Iraq

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Israel

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Jordan

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Kuwait

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Oman

14 years of age (2003 est.)

Qatar

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Saudi Arabia

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Syria

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

20 years of age (2003 est.)

United Arab Emirates

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Yemen

14 years of age (2003 est.)

North America

3 entries

Canada

16 years of age (2003 est.)

Mexico

18 years of age

note: starting in 2000, females were allowed to volunteer for military service (2003 est.)

United States

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Oceania

3 entries

Australia

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Fiji

18 years of age (2003 est.)

New Zealand

20 years of age (2003 est.)

South America

9 entries

Argentina

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Bolivia

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Brazil

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Chile

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Colombia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Ecuador

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Paraguay

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Peru

17 years of age (2003 est.)

Venezuela

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Southeast Asia

12 entries

Brunei

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Cambodia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Hong Kong

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Indonesia

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Laos

18 years of age (2003 est.)

Malaysia

21 years of age (2003 est.)

Philippines

20 years of age (2003 est.)

Taiwan

19 years of age (2003 est.)

Thailand

18 years of age (2003 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

  • 18-21 years of age (2003 est.)

Vietnam

17 years of age (2003 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Military manpower - military age”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/military-manpower-military-age.

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