Cape Verde
18 years of age (est.) for selective compulsory military
service; 14-month conscript service obligation (2006)
Central African Republic
18 years of age for selective military
service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2009)
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; women are subject to 1 year
of compulsory military or civic service at age of 21 (2004)
Chile
18-45 years of age for voluntary male and female military
service, although the right to compulsory recruitment is retained;
service obligation - 12 months for Army, 22 months for Navy and Air
Force (2008)
China
18-22 years of age for selective compulsory military service,
with 24-month service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary
service (all officers are volunteers); 18-19 years of age for women
high school graduates who meet requirements for specific military
jobs (2009)
Colombia
18-24 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military
service; service obligation - 18 months (2004)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
18-45 years of age for voluntary
military service (2009)
Congo, Republic of the
18 years of age for voluntary military
service; women allowed to serve (2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary male and
female military service (2008)
Croatia
18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years
of age with consent for voluntary service; 6-month conscript service
obligation; full conversion to voluntary military service by 2010
(2006)