Burma
18 years of age for voluntary military service for both sexes
(May 2002)
Burundi
16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service (2001)
Cambodia
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service for all
males; conscription law passed September 2004; service obligation is
18 months (September 2004)
Cameroon
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (1999)
Canada
16 years of age for voluntary military service; women
comprise some 11% of Canada's armed forces (2001)
Central African Republic
18 years of age for voluntary and
compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is two
years (2005)
Chad
20 years of age for conscripts, with 3-year service obligation;
18 years of age for volunteers; no minimum age restriction for
volunteers with consent from a guardian (2004)
Chile
18 years of age for compulsory military service; all citizens
18-45 are obligated to perform military service; conscript service
obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy and Air Force
(2004)
China
18-22 years of age for compulsory military service, with
24-month service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service;
17 years of age for women who meet requirements for specific
military jobs (2004)
Colombia
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 24 months (2004)