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Country
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Military manpower - military age (years of age)
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Afghanistan
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22 years of age (2004 est.)
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Albania
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Algeria
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Angola
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Argentina
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18 years of age (2004)
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Armenia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Australia
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Austria
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Azerbaijan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Bahrain
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15 years of age (2004 est.)
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Belarus
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Belgium
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Belize
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Benin
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Bhutan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Bolivia
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Botswana
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Brazil
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Brunei
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Bulgaria
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Burma
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Burundi
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16 years of age (2004 est.)
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Cambodia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Cameroon
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Canada
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Chad
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Chile
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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China
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Colombia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Congo, Republic of the
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Costa Rica
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Croatia
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Cuba
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Cyprus
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Czech Republic
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Denmark
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18 years of age; note - conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from four to 12 months according to specialization; following their conscript service, reservists are assigned to mobilization units (2004 est.)
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Dominican Republic
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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East Timor
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Ecuador
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Egypt
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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El Salvador
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Estonia
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18 years of age (Estonia has committed to retaining conscription up to 2010) (2004 est.)
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Ethiopia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Fiji
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Finland
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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France
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Gabon
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Georgia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Germany
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18 years of age (conscripts serve a nine-month tour of compulsory military service) (2004 est.)
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Ghana
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Greece
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Guatemala
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Haiti
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Honduras
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Hong Kong
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Hungary
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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India
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Indonesia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Iran
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21 years of age (2004 est.)
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Iraq
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18 years of age; note - US-led coalition is planning to create a new Iraqi military force of men aged 18 to 40 to defend Iraqi territory from external threats (2004 est.)
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Ireland
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Israel
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Italy
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Jamaica
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Japan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Jordan
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17 years of age (conscription at age 18 was suspended in 1999, although all males under age 37 are required to register; recruits are accepted from age 17) (2004 est.)
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Kazakhstan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Korea, North
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Korea, South
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18 years of age (24-28 months mandatory service required, depending on the military baranch involved) (2004 est.)
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Kuwait
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Kyrgyzstan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Laos
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Latvia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Lebanon
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Libya
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Lithuania
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16 years of age (2004 est.)
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Luxembourg
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Macedonia
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Madagascar
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Malaysia
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21 years of age (2004 est.)
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Mali
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Mexico
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18 years of age (no conscription; all-volunteer force)
note: starting in 2000, females were allowed to volunteer for military service (2004 est.)
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Moldova
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18 years of age (12 months of national service required) (2004 est.)
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Mongolia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Morocco
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Nepal
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Netherlands
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Netherlands Antilles
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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New Zealand
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Nicaragua
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Niger
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Nigeria
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Norway
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Oman
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14 years of age (2004 est.)
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Pakistan
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Paraguay
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Peru
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Philippines
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Poland
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Portugal
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Qatar
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Reunion
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Romania
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Russia
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Saudi Arabia
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Senegal
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Serbia and Montenegro
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19 years of age (nine months compulsory service) (2004)
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Slovakia
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18 years of age (conscripts serve nine months of basic military service; term of service will be reduced to six months effective 2004) (2004 est.)
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Slovenia
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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South Africa
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Spain
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Sri Lanka
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Sudan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Sweden
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19 years of age; conscripts serve seven to 15 months depending on their role; after completing their initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until the age of 47 (2004 est.)
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Switzerland
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Syria
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19 years of age (2004 est.)
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Taiwan
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19 years of age; 22-month active service obligation (2004 est.)
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Tajikistan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Thailand
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20 years of age; males are registered at 18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Tunisia
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Turkey
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20 years of age (2004 est.)
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Turkmenistan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Ukraine
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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United Arab Emirates
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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United Kingdom
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16 years of age (2004 est.)
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United States
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Uzbekistan
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Venezuela
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18 years of age (2004 est.)
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Vietnam
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17 years of age (2004 est.)
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Yemen
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14 years of age (2004 est.)
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