Angola
17 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - 2 years plus time for training (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)
Argentina
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2001)
Armenia
18-27 years of age for compulsory military service,
conscript service obligation - 12 months; 18 years of age for
voluntary military service (May 2004)
Australia
16 years of age for voluntary service (2001)
Austria
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of
age for voluntary service; from 2007, at the earliest, compulsory
military service obligation will be reduced from 8 months to 6 (June
2004)
Azerbaijan
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; law passed December 2001 raises maximum conscription age
from 28 to 35 (December 2001)
Bahamas, The
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)
Bahrain
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Bangladesh
16 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2001)