Namibia
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Nepal
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Netherlands
20 years of age for an all-volunteer force (2004)
Netherlands Antilles
16 years of age for National Guard recruitment;
no conscription (2004)
New Zealand
17 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers
cannot be deployed until the age of 18 (2001)
Nicaragua
17 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Niger
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript
service obligation - two years (2004)
Nigeria
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2006)
Norway
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of
age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age
for women; 16 years of age for volunteers to the Home Guard;
conscript service obligation - 12 months (2004)
Oman
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)