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Afghanistan: 22 years of age
Albania: 19 years of age
Algeria: 19 years of age
Angola: 18 years of age
Argentina: 20 years of age
Armenia: 18 years of age
Australia: 17 years of age
Austria: 19 years of age
Azerbaijan: 18 years of age
Bahrain: 15 years of age
Belarus: 18 years of age
Belgium: 19 years of age
Belize: 18 years of age
Benin: 18 years of age
Bhutan: 18 years of age
Bolivia: 19 years of age
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 19 years of age
Botswana: 18 years of age
Brazil: 18 years of age
Brunei: 18 years of age
Bulgaria: 19 years of age
Burma: 18 years of age
Burundi: 16 years of age
Cambodia: 18 years of age
Cameroon: 18 years of age
Canada: 17 years of age
Chad: 20 years of age
Chile: 19 years of age
China: 18 years of age
Colombia: 18 years of age
Congo, Republic of the: 20 years of age
Costa Rica: 18 years of age
Cote d'Ivoire: 18 years of age
Croatia: 19 years of age
Cuba: 17 years of age
Cyprus: 18 years of age
Czech Republic: 18 years of age
Denmark: 18 years of age
Dominican Republic: 18 years of age
Ecuador: 20 years of age
Egypt: 20 years of age
El Salvador: 18 years of age
Estonia: 18 years of age
Ethiopia: 18 years of age
Fiji: 18 years of age
Finland: 17 years of age
France: 18 years of age
Gabon: 20 years of age
Georgia: 18 years of age
Germany: 18 years of age
Ghana: 18 years of age
Greece: 21 years of age
Guatemala: 18 years of age
Haiti: 18 years of age
Honduras: 18 years of age
Hong Kong: 18 years of age
Hungary: 18 years of age
India: 17 years of age
Indonesia: 18 years of age
Iran: 21 years of age
Iraq: 18 years of age
Ireland: 17 years of age
Israel: 18 years of age
Italy: 18 years of age
Jamaica: 18 years of age
Japan: 18 years of age
Jordan: 18 years of age
Kazakhstan: 18 years of age
Korea, North: 18 years of age
Korea, South: 18 years of age
Kuwait: 18 years of age
Kyrgyzstan: 18 years of age
Laos: 18 years of age
Latvia: 18 years of age
Libya: 17 years of age
Lithuania: 18 years of age
Luxembourg: 19 years of age
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 19 years of age
Madagascar: 20 years of age
Malaysia: 21 years of age
Mexico: 18 years of age

note:  starting in 2000, females will be allowed to volunteer for military service
Moldova: 18 years of age
Mongolia: 18 years of age
Morocco: 18 years of age
Nepal: 17 years of age
Netherlands: 20 years of age
Netherlands Antilles: 20 years of age
New Zealand: 20 years of age
Nicaragua: 18 years of age
Niger: 18 years of age
Nigeria: 18 years of age
Norway: 20 years of age
Oman: 14 years of age
Pakistan: 17 years of age
Paraguay: 17 years of age
Peru: 20 years of age
Philippines: 20 years of age
Poland: 19 years of age
Portugal: 20 years of age
Qatar: 18 years of age
Reunion: 18 years of age
Romania: 20 years of age
Russia: 18 years of age
Saudi Arabia: 17 years of age
Senegal: 18 years of age
Slovakia: 18 years of age
Slovenia: 19 years of age
South Africa: 18 years of age
Spain: 20 years of age
Sri Lanka: 18 years of age
Sudan: 18 years of age
Sweden: 19 years of age
Switzerland: 20 years of age
Syria: 19 years of age
Tajikistan: 18 years of age
Thailand: 18 years of age
Tunisia: 20 years of age
Turkey: 20 years of age
Turkmenistan: 18 years of age
Ukraine: 18 years of age
United Arab Emirates: 18 years of age
United States: 18 years of age
Uzbekistan: 18 years of age
Venezuela: 18 years of age
Vietnam: 17 years of age
Yemen: 14 years of age
Yugoslavia: 19 years of age
Taiwan: 19 years of age