Cambodia
conscription law made effective in October 2006 requires
all males between 18-30 to register for military service; service
obligation is 18 months (2006)
Cameroon
18 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (1999)
Canada
16 years of age for voluntary military service; women
comprise approximately 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 three-year service
obligation; 18 years of age for volunteers; no minimum age
restriction for volunteers with consent from a guardian; women are
subject to one year of compulsory military or civic service at age
of 21 (2004)
Chile
all male 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
(all officers are volunteers); 18-22 years of age for women who meet
requirements for specific military jobs (2006)
Colombia
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; conscript service obligation - 24 months (2004)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
18-45 years of age for military
service
Congo, Republic of the
18 years of age for voluntary military
service (2001)