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Military service age and obligation Georgia, in 21 editions.
The entry for Georgia published Military service age and obligation in 21 editions of 34, from 2005 to 2025. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Military service age and obligation in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 10
- the first edition with it
- 2005
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Military service age and obligation” (2005 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 202418 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004)
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004)
The same text in 7 editions, 2006 to 2012.
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005)
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004) (2005)
The same text in 4 editions, 2013 to 2016.
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 18 months (2012)
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - is 18 months (2005) (2012)
18 to 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2014)
18 to 34 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 18 12 months (2012) (2014)
The same text in 2018 and 2019.
18 to 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2017)
18 to 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2014) (2017)
- conscription reinstated in 2017;
- 18 to 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service;
- conscript service obligation is 12 months (2019)
conscription reinstated in 2017; 18 to 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2017) (2019)
- conscription abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017;
- 18 to 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service;
- conscript service obligation is 12 months (2021)
conscription abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017; 18 to 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2019) (2021)
- 18-27 years of age for voluntary active duty military service;
- conscription abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18 to 27 years of age;
- conscript service obligation is 12 months (2022)
note 1: approximately 6-7,000 individuals are called up annually for conscription for service; approximately 25% enter the Defense Forces, while the remainder serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs or as prison guards in the Ministry of Corrections
note 2: as of 2019, women made up about 6% of the military's full-time personnel
Rewritten: too little of the 2021 text remains to mark the changes.
18-27 years of age for voluntary active duty military service; conscription abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18 to 27 years of age; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2022)
note 1: approximately 6-7,000 individuals are called up annually for conscription for service; approximately 25% enter the Defense Forces, while the remainder serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs or as prison guards in the Ministry of Corrections
note 2: as of 2019, women made up about 6% of the military's full-time personnel
- 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women;
- conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18-27 years of age;
- conscript service obligation is 12 months (2023)
note 1: approximately 6-7,000 individuals are called up annually for conscription for service; approximately 25% enter the Defense Forces, while the remainder serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs or as prison guards in the Ministry of Corrections
note 2: as of 2022, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel
18-27 years of age for voluntary active duty military service; service for men and women; conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18 to 27 18-27 years of age; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2022) (2023)
note 1: approximately 6-7,000 individuals are called up annually for conscription for service; approximately 25% enter the Defense Forces, while the remainder serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs or as prison guards in the Ministry of Corrections
note 2: as of 2019, 2022, women made up about 6% 8% of the military's full-time personnel
- 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women;
- conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18-27 years of age;
- conscript service obligation is 12 months (2024)
note 1: approximately 6-7,000 individuals are called up annually for conscription for service; conscripts serve in the Defense Forces, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the Ministry of Corrections
note 2: as of 2022, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel
18-27 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18-27 years of age; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2023) (2024)
note 1: approximately 6-7,000 individuals are called up annually for conscription for service; approximately 25% enter conscripts serve in the Defense Forces, while the remainder serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs Affairs, or as prison guards in the Ministry of Corrections
note 2: as of 2022, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel
- 18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women;
- conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18-27 years of age;
- conscript service obligation is up to 11 months depending on the assigned ministry, job specialty, and if the service is carried out in a combat unit (2025)
note: conscripts serve in the Defense Forces, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the Ministry of Corrections
18-27 18-35 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription was abolished in 2016, but reinstated in 2017 for men 18-27 years of age; conscript service obligation is 12 up to 11 months (2024) depending on the assigned ministry, job specialty, and if the service is carried out in a combat unit (2025)note 1: approximately 6-7,000 individuals are called up annually for conscription for service; note: conscripts serve in the Defense Forces, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the Ministry of Corrections
note 2: as of 2022, women made up about 8% of the military's full-time personnel
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Georgia: Military service age and obligation.” The World Factbook, 2005–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/georgia/military-service-age-and-obligation.