Mozambique
18-30 years of age for compulsory military service;
2-year service obligation (2006)
Namibia
18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2008)
Nepal
18 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of
age for military training; no conscription (2008)
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; no conscription (2008)
Nicaragua
17 years of age for voluntary military service; tour of
duty 18-36 months (2008)
Niger
17-21 years of age for voluntary military service; 2-year
service term; women may serve in health care (2008)
Nigeria
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)
Norway
18-44 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16
years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18
years of age for women; 12-month service obligation, in practice
shortened to 8 to 9 months; although all males between ages of 18
and 44 are liable for service, in practice they are seldom called to
duty after age 30; reserve obligation to age 35-60; 16 years of age
for volunteers to the Home Guard, who serve 6-month duty tours (2006)