Congo, Republic of the
18 years of age for voluntary military
service (2001)
Costa Rica
18 years of age (2004)
Cote d'Ivoire
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2004)
Croatia
18 years of age for compulsory military service, with
6-month service obligation; 16 years of age with consent for
voluntary service; Croatian Military Police planning to end
conscription in 2005 (December 2004)
Cuba
17 years of age; both sexes are eligible for military service
(2004)
Cyprus
18 years of age (2004)
Czech Republic
18-50 years of age for voluntary military service;
military service transformed into a fully professional,
all-volunteer force no longer dependent on conscription beginning in
January 2004 (2005)
Denmark
18 years of age for compulsory and volunteer military
service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies
from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are
assigned to mobilization units following completion of their
conscript service (2004)
Djibouti
18 years of age (est.); no conscription (2001)
Dominican Republic 18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)