List of enlistment age by country

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These are the enlistment ages for Military service by country, according to the online CIA publication The World Factbook.


A

  • Afghanistan – 18 (voluntary)
  • Albania – 19 (voluntary)
  • Algeria – 17 (voluntary), 19 (compulsory)
  • Angola – 18 (voluntary - men), 20 (voluntary - women), 20 (compulsory - men)
  • Antigua and Barbuda – 18 (voluntary)
  • Argentina – 18 (lowering age of majority 21 to 18)
  • Armenia – 17 (military cadets), 18 (compulsory)
  • Australia – 18 (voluntary; volunteers can join at age 17 with parental consent)
  • Austria – 17 (voluntary), 18 (compulsory)
  • Azerbaijan – 17 (voluntary), 18 (compulsory)

B

  • Bahamas – 18 (voluntary)
  • Bahrain – 15 (voluntary, military cadets, NCOs and technicians), 18 (voluntary)
  • Bangladesh – 16 (voluntary)
  • Barbados - 18 (voluntary)
  • Belarus - 17 (military cadets), 18 (compulsory)
  • Belgium - 18 (voluntary)
  • Belize - 18 (voluntary)
  • Benin - 18 (compulsory)
  • Bhutan - 18 (voluntary), 20 (compulsory militia training)
  • Bolivia - 17 (voluntary; volunteers can start military training at age 15, exempting them from compulsory service), 18 (compulsory; conscription is only used when annual number of volunteers falls short of goal)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina - 18 (voluntary)
  • Botswana - 18 (voluntary)
  • Brazil - 17 (voluntary), 18 (compulsory)
  • Brunei - 17 (voluntary)
  • Bulgaria - 18 (voluntary)
  • Burkina Faso - 18 (voluntary)
  • Burma - 18 (voluntary)
  • Burundi - 18 (voluntary)

C

D

E

F

G

  • Gabon - 20 (voluntary)
  • Gambia - 18 (voluntary)
  • Georgia - 18 (compulsory)
  • Germany - 17 (voluntary)
  • Ghana - 18 (voluntary)
  • Greece - 18 (voluntary), 19 (compulsory; conscription age can be lowered to 17 in wartime)
  • Guatemala - 17 (compulsory)
  • Guinea - 18 (compulsory)
  • Guinea-Bissau - 16 (voluntary, with parental consent), 18 (compulsory)
  • Guyana - 16 (voluntary)

H

I

  • India - 17 (voluntary; volunteers can join the Navy at age 16)
  • Indonesia - 18 (voluntary)
  • Iran - 15 (voluntary service in the Basij), 16 (voluntary), 18 (compulsory)
  • Iraq - 18 (voluntary)
  • Ireland - 18 (voluntary) 17 with parental consent
  • Israel - 17 (voluntary), 18 (compulsory)
  • Italy - 18 (voluntary)

J

K

L

M

N

  • Namibia - 18 (voluntary)
  • Nepal - 18 (voluntary)
  • Netherlands - 17 (voluntary)
  • New Zealand - 17 (voluntary; soldiers are not deployed in combat before the age of 18)
  • Nicaragua - 18 (voluntary)
  • Niger - 18 (compulsory)
  • Nigeria - 18 (voluntary)
  • Norway - 17 (voluntary - men), 18 (voluntary - women), 19 (compulsory - men; conscription age can be lowered to 16 in wartime)

O

  • Oman - 18 (voluntary)

P

Q

R

  • Romania - 18 (voluntary), 20 (compulsory)
  • Russia - 16 (military cadets), 18 (compulsory)
  • Rwanda - 18 (voluntary)

S

T

  • Taiwan - 18 (voluntary)
  • Tajikistan - 15 (military cadets), 18 (compulsory)
  • Tanzania - 18 (voluntary)
  • Thailand - 18 (voluntary), 21 (compulsory)
  • Timor-Leste - 18 (voluntary)
  • Togo - 18 (compulsory)
  • Tonga - 18 (voluntary; volunteers can join at age 16 with parental consent)
  • Trinidad and Tobago - 18 (voluntary; volunteers can join at age 16 with parental consent)
  • Tunisia - 18 (voluntary), 20 (compulsory)
  • Turkey - 18 (voluntary), 21 (compulsory)
  • Turkmenistan - 15 (military cadets), 18 (compulsory)

U

  • Uganda - 18 (voluntary)
  • Ukraine - 20 (compulsory; conscription is planned to be abolished in the future)
  • United Arab Emirates - 16 (naval cadets), 18 (compulsory); The country started compulsory national service recently. Exceptions can be made if the applicant had good grades.
  • United Kingdom - 18 (voluntary; volunteers can join at age 16 with parental consent; 17 years old for admission to an officer program; Nepalese citizens can join the Brigade of Gurkhas at age 17)
  • United States - 18 (compulsory registration) 18 (voluntary service; volunteers can serve at age 17 with parental consent)
  • Uruguay - 18 (voluntary)
  • Uzbekistan - 18 (compulsory)

V

Y

Z

  • Zambia - 18 (voluntary; volunteers can join at age 16 with parental consent)
  • Zimbabwe - 18 (voluntary)

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