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Field Listing :: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
This entry gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
Country
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Afghanistan male: 392,116
female: 370,295 (2010 est.)
Albania male: 31,986
female: 29,533 (2010 est.)
Algeria male: 342,895
female: 330,098 (2010 est.)
American Samoa male: 775
female: 762 (2010 est.)
Andorra male: 397
female: 347 (2010 est.)
Angola male: 155,476
female: 152,054 (2010 est.)
Anguilla male: 111
female: 113 (2010 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda male: 806
female: 799 (2010 est.)
Argentina male: 339,503
female: 323,170 (2010 est.)
Armenia male: 23,470
female: 21,417 (2010 est.)
Aruba male: 767
female: 743 (2010 est.)
Australia male: 143,565
female: 135,800 (2010 est.)
Austria male: 48,108
female: 45,752 (2010 est.)
Azerbaijan male: 76,923
female: 71,024 (2010 est.)
Bahamas, The male: 2,829
female: 2,750 (2010 est.)
Bahrain male: 8,988
female: 8,117 (2010 est.)
Bangladesh male: 1,606,963
female: 1,689,442 (2010 est.)
Barbados male: 1,842
female: 1,849 (2010 est.)
Belarus male: 51,855
female: 48,760 (2010 est.)
Belgium male: 59,665
female: 57,142 (2010 est.)
Belize male: 3,723
female: 3,584 (2010 est.)
Benin male: 108,496
female: 104,526 (2010 est.)
Bermuda male: 433
female: 410 (2010 est.)
Bhutan male: 7,363
female: 7,095 (2010 est.)
Bolivia male: 108,334
female: 104,945 (2010 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina male: 26,601
female: 24,879 (2010 est.)
Botswana male: 23,649
female: 23,063 (2010 est.)
Brazil male: 1,733,168
female: 1,672,477 (2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands male: 168
female: 162 (2010 est.)
Brunei male: 3,572
female: 3,465 (2010 est.)
Bulgaria male: 33,444
female: 32,075 (2010 est.)
Burkina Faso male: 193,905
female: 191,662 (2010 est.)
Burma male: 522,478
female: 506,388 (2010 est.)
Burundi male: 117,956
female: 116,956 (2010 est.)
Cambodia male: 151,143
female: 154,542 (2010 est.)
Cameroon male: 215,248
female: 211,636 (2010 est.)
Canada male: 218,069
female: 206,195 (2010 est.)
Cape Verde male: 6,029
female: 6,026 (2010 est.)
Cayman Islands male: 333
female: 342 (2010 est.)
Central African Republic male: 54,843
female: 53,999 (2010 est.)
Chad male: 128,723
female: 128,244 (2010 est.)
Chile male: 141,500
female: 135,709 (2010 est.)
China male: 10,406,544
female: 9,131,990 (2010 est.)
Colombia male: 430,634
female: 413,974 (2010 est.)
Comoros male: 8,831
female: 8,809 (2010 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the male: 877,684
female: 871,880 (2010 est.)
Congo, Republic of the male: 50,000
female: 49,641 (2010 est.)
Cook Islands male: 127
female: 107 (2010 est.)
Costa Rica male: 42,201
female: 40,444 (2010 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire male: 247,011
female: 242,958 (2010 est.)
Croatia male: 28,334
female: 27,015 (2010 est.)
Cuba male: 72,823
female: 69,108 (2010 est.)
Cyprus male: 8,167
female: 7,398 (2010 est.)
Czech Republic male: 49,999
female: 47,501 (2010 est.)
Denmark male: 37,913
female: 35,865 (2010 est.)
Djibouti male: 8,360
female: 8,602 (2010 est.)
Dominica male: 675
female: 636 (2010 est.)
Dominican Republic male: 100,047
female: 96,302 (2010 est.)
Ecuador male: 152,593
female: 147,143 (2010 est.)
Egypt male: 783,405
female: 748,647 (2010 est.)
El Salvador male: 71,530
female: 68,971 (2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea male: 7,398
female: 7,126 (2010 est.)
Eritrea male: 66,829
female: 66,731 (2010 est.)
Estonia male: 6,668
female: 6,309 (2010 est.)
Ethiopia male: 967,411
female: 981,714 (2010 est.)
Faroe Islands male: 372
female: 373 (2010 est.)
Fiji male: 8,403
female: 8,039 (2010 est.)
Finland male: 32,599
female: 31,416 (2010 est.)
France male: 396,050
female: 377,839 (2010 est.)
French Polynesia male: 2,498
female: 2,390 (2010 est.)
Gabon male: 17,638
female: 17,614 (2010 est.)
Gambia, The male: 20,508
female: 20,853 (2010 est.)
Gaza Strip male: 18,805
female: 17,903 (2010 est.)
Georgia male: 29,723
female: 27,242 (2010 est.)
Germany male: 405,438
female: 384,930 (2010 est.)
Ghana male: 267,896
female: 260,992 (2010 est.)
Gibraltar male: 228
female: 220 (2010 est.)
Greece male: 52,754
female: 49,485 (2010 est.)
Greenland male: 488
female: 478 (2010 est.)
Grenada male: 995
female: 1,002 (2010 est.)
Guam male: 1,701
female: 1,608 (2010 est.)
Guatemala male: 171,092
female: 168,151 (2010 est.)
Guernsey male: 354
female: 342 (2010 est.)
Guinea male: 118,443
female: 115,901 (2010 est.)
Guinea-Bissau male: 17,639
female: 17,865 (2010 est.)
Guyana male: 8,849
female: 8,460 (2010 est.)
Haiti male: 115,246
female: 115,282 (2010 est.)
Honduras male: 95,895
female: 92,087 (2010 est.)
Hong Kong male: 39,579
female: 36,554 (2010 est.)
Hungary male: 59,237
female: 55,533 (2010 est.)
Iceland male: 2,277
female: 2,200 (2010 est.)
India male: 12,151,065
female: 10,745,891 (2010 est.)
Indonesia male: 2,263,892
female: 2,191,267 (2010 est.)
Iran male: 715,111
female: 677,372 (2010 est.)
Iraq male: 332,194
female: 322,010 (2010 est.)
Ireland male: 28,564
female: 27,197 (2010 est.)
Isle of Man male: 507
female: 494 (2010 est.)
Israel male: 62,304
female: 59,418 (2010 est.)
Italy male: 288,188
female: 281,671 (2010 est.)
Jamaica male: 33,369
female: 32,702 (2010 est.)
Japan male: 623,365
female: 591,253 (2010 est.)
Jersey male: 664
female: 590 (2010 est.)
Jordan male: 73,574
female: 69,420 (2010 est.)
Kazakhstan male: 125,322
female: 119,541 (2010 est.)
Kenya male: 422,104
female: 416,927 (2010 est.)
Kiribati male: 1,132
female: 1,120 (2010 est.)
Korea, North male: 207,737
female: 204,553 (2010 est.)
Korea, South male: 365,760
female: 321,225 (2010 est.)
Kuwait male: 17,653
female: 16,232 (2010 est.)
Kyrgyzstan male: 56,606
female: 54,056 (2010 est.)
Laos male: 71,400
female: 73,038 (2010 est.)
Latvia male: 10,482
female: 9,858 (2010 est.)
Lebanon male: 36,856
female: 35,121 (2010 est.)
Lesotho male: 19,110
female: 20,037 (2010 est.)
Liberia male: 36,585
female: 38,516 (2010 est.)
Libya male: 59,547
female: 57,070 (2010 est.)
Liechtenstein male: 219
female: 211 (2010 est.)
Lithuania male: 20,425
female: 19,527 (2010 est.)
Luxembourg male: 3,263
female: 3,084 (2010 est.)
Macau male: 4,274
female: 3,674 (2010 est.)
Macedonia male: 16,144
female: 14,920 (2010 est.)
Madagascar male: 248,184
female: 246,769 (2010 est.)
Malawi male: 183,683
female: 183,028 (2010 est.)
Malaysia male: 265,008
female: 254,812 (2010 est.)
Maldives male: 4,167
female: 3,595 (2010 est.)
Mali male: 158,031
female: 159,733 (2010 est.)
Malta male: 2,554
female: 2,385 (2010 est.)
Marshall Islands male: 653
female: 631 (2010 est.)
Mauritania male: 36,116
female: 36,826 (2010 est.)
Mauritius male: 10,193
female: 10,104 (2010 est.)
Mexico male: 1,105,371
female: 1,067,007 (2010 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of male: 1,276
female: 1,253 (2010 est.)
Moldova male: 28,213
female: 26,614 (2010 est.)
Monaco male: 153
female: 141 (2010 est.)
Mongolia male: 30,829
female: 29,648 (2010 est.)
Montenegro male: 3,120
female: 3,677 (2010 est.)
Montserrat male: 35
female: 34 (2010 est.)
Morocco male: 300,327
female: 298,366 (2010 est.)
Mozambique male: 274,602
female: 280,008 (2010 est.)
Namibia male: 26,413
female: 26,038 (2010 est.)
Nauru male: 74
female: 78 (2010 est.)
Nepal male: 380,172
female: 367,103 (2010 est.)
Netherlands male: 103,462
female: 98,383 (2010 est.)
New Caledonia male: 2,272
female: 2,167 (2010 est.)
New Zealand male: 30,846
female: 28,825 (2010 est.)
Nicaragua male: 69,093
female: 67,522 (2010 est.)
Niger male: 186,348
female: 180,779 (2010 est.)
Nigeria male: 1,767,428
female: 1,687,719 (2010 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands male: 410
female: 306 (2010 est.)
Norway male: 32,290
female: 30,777 (2010 est.)
Oman male: 31,959
female: 30,264 (2010 est.)
Pakistan male: 2,237,723
female: 2,104,906 (2010 est.)
Palau male: 216
female: 222 (2010 est.)
Panama male: 32,142
female: 30,879 (2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea male: 67,781
female: 65,820 (2010 est.)
Paraguay male: 73,367
female: 71,801 (2010 est.)
Peru male: 304,094
female: 298,447 (2010 est.)
Philippines male: 1,060,319
female: 1,021,069 (2010 est.)
Poland male: 221,889
female: 211,172 (2010 est.)
Portugal male: 62,208
female: 54,786 (2010 est.)
Puerto Rico male: 30,517
female: 29,010 (2010 est.)
Qatar male: 6,429
female: 5,162 (2010 est.)
Romania male: 117,798
female: 111,607 (2010 est.)
Russia male: 693,843
female: 660,359 (2010 est.)
Rwanda male: 110,736
female: 110,328 (2010 est.)
Saint Barthelemy male: 23
female: 21 (2010 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha male: 49
female: 48 (2010 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis male: 380
female: 422 (2010 est.)
Saint Lucia male: 1,574
female: 1,502 (2010 est.)
Saint Martin male: 168
female: 168 (2010 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon male: 34
female: 32 (2010 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines male: 964
female: 953 (2010 est.)
Samoa male: 2,221
female: 2,062 (2010 est.)
San Marino male: 186
female: 166 (2010 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe male: 2,076
female: 2,003 (2010 est.)
Saudi Arabia male: 261,105
female: 244,763 (2010 est.)
Senegal male: 145,509
female: 145,064 (2010 est.)
Serbia male: 43,945
female: 41,080 (2010 est.)
Seychelles male: 686
female: 650 (2010 est.)
Sierra Leone male: 54,212
female: 57,154 (2010 est.)
Singapore male: 27,098
female: 25,368 (2010 est.)
Slovakia male: 31,646
female: 30,219 (2010 est.)
Slovenia male: 9,818
female: 9,395 (2010 est.)
Solomon Islands male: 6,483
female: 6,098 (2010 est.)
Somalia male: 101,634
female: 101,072 (2010 est.)
South Africa male: 482,122
female: 485,017 (2010 est.)
Spain male: 217,244
female: 205,278 (2010 est.)
Sri Lanka male: 167,026
female: 162,587 (2010 est.)
Sudan male: 532,030
female: 512,476 (2010 est.)
Suriname male: 4,119
female: 4,106 (2010 est.)
Swaziland male: 16,168
female: 15,763 (2010 est.)
Sweden male: 54,960
female: 52,275 (2010 est.)
Switzerland male: 46,562
female: 42,585 (2010 est.)
Syria male: 256,698
female: 244,712 (2010 est.)
Taiwan male: 166,190
female: 155,306 (2010 est.)
Tajikistan male: 76,430
female: 74,038 (2010 est.)
Tanzania male: 512,294
female: 514,164 (2010 est.)
Thailand male: 533,424
female: 509,780 (2010 est.)
Timor-Leste male: 12,737
female: 12,389 (2010 est.)
Togo male: 74,036
female: 73,515 (2010 est.)
Tonga male: 1,196
female: 1,134 (2010 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago male: 8,164
female: 7,503 (2010 est.)
Tunisia male: 90,436
female: 87,346 (2010 est.)
Turkey male: 700,079
female: 670,328 (2010 est.)
Turkmenistan male: 53,829
female: 52,988 (2010 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands male: 338
female: 342 (2010 est.)
Tuvalu male: 119
female: 111 (2010 est.)
Uganda male: 423,923
female: 420,236 (2010 est.)
Ukraine male: 246,397
female: 234,916 (2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates male: 27,439
female: 24,419 (2010 est.)
United Kingdom male: 383,989
female: 365,491 (2010 est.)
United States male: 2,161,727
female: 2,055,685 (2010 est.)
Uruguay male: 27,564
female: 26,811 (2010 est.)
Uzbekistan male: 306,404
female: 295,456 (2010 est.)
Vanuatu male: 2,323
female: 2,230 (2010 est.)
Venezuela male: 277,210
female: 273,353 (2010 est.)
Vietnam male: 847,743
female: 787,341 (2010 est.)
Virgin Islands male: 744
female: 788 (2010 est.)
Wallis and Futuna male: 168
female: 139 (2010 est.)
West Bank male: 30,925
female: 29,440 (2010 est.)
Western Sahara male: 5,523
female: 5,429 (2010 est.)
Yemen male: 287,141
female: 277,612 (2010 est.)
Zambia male: 158,592
female: 158,805 (2010 est.)
Zimbabwe male: 154,870
female: 152,550 (2010 est.)
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