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Field Listing :: Manpower available for military service

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This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for a country (defined as being ages 16-49) and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.

Country	Manpower available for military service


Afghanistan	males age 16-49: 7,056,339 females age 16-49: 6,653,419 (2010 est.)


Albania	males age 16-49: 731,111 females age 16-49: 780,216 (2010 est.)


Algeria	males age 16-49: 10,273,129 females age 16-49: 10,114,552 (2010 est.)


Andorra	males age 16-49: 22,390 (2010 est.)


Angola	males age 16-49: 3,062,438 females age 16-49: 2,964,262 (2010 est.)


Anguilla	males age 16-49: 3,641 (2010 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	males age 16-49: 21,141 females age 16-49: 24,056 (2010 est.)


Argentina	males age 16-49: 10,038,967 females age 16-49: 9,959,134 (2010 est.)


Armenia	males age 16-49: 805,847 females age 16-49: 854,296 (2010 est.)


Aruba	males age 16-49: 24,891 females age 16-49: 26,202 (2010 est.)


Australia	males age 16-49: 5,316,464 females age 16-49: 5,116,722 (2010 est.)


Austria	males age 16-49: 1,941,110 females age 16-49: 1,910,434 (2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	males age 16-49: 2,354,249 females age 16-49: 2,334,632 (2010 est.)


Bahamas, The	males age 16-49: 85,568 (2010 est.)


Bahrain	males age 16-49: 508,863 females age 16-49: 290,801 (2010 est.)


Bangladesh	males age 16-49: 36,520,491 (2010 est.)


Barbados	males age 16-49: 73,820 females age 16-49: 73,835 (2010 est.)


Belarus	males age 16-49: 2,401,785 females age 16-49: 2,429,653 (2010 est.)


Belgium	males age 16-49: 2,359,232 females age 16-49: 2,291,689 (2010 est.)


Belize	males age 16-49: 81,284 females age 16-49: 79,185 (2010 est.)


Benin	males age 16-49: 2,095,373 females age 16-49: 2,038,351 (2010 est.)


Bermuda	males age 16-49: 15,081 (2010 est.)


Bhutan	males age 16-49: 202,407 females age 16-49: 180,349 (2010 est.)


Bolivia	males age 16-49: 2,472,490 females age 16-49: 2,535,768 (2010 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	males age 16-49: 1,180,829 females age 16-49: 1,143,919 (2010 est.)


Botswana	males age 16-49: 557,647 females age 16-49: 531,095 (2010 est.)


Brazil	males age 16-49: 53,350,703 females age 16-49: 53,433,918 (2010 est.)


British Virgin Islands	males age 16-49: 7,266 (2010 est.)


Brunei	males age 16-49: 112,688 females age 16-49: 117,536 (2010 est.)


Bulgaria	males age 16-49: 1,637,470 females age 16-49: 1,621,352 (2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	males age 16-49: 3,735,735 (2010 est.)


Burma	males age 16-49: 14,747,845 females age 16-49: 14,710,871 (2010 est.)


Burundi	males age 16-49: 2,182,327 females age 16-49: 2,202,125 (2010 est.)


Cambodia	males age 16-49: 3,883,724 females age 16-49: 4,003,585 (2010 est.)


Cameroon	males age 16-49: 4,667,251 females age 16-49: 4,548,909 (2010 est.)


Canada	males age 16-49: 8,031,266 females age 16-49: 7,755,550 (2010 est.)


Cape Verde	males age 16-49: 132,087 females age 16-49: 136,956 (2010 est.)


Cayman Islands	males age 16-49: 12,238 (2010 est.)


Central African Republic	males age 16-49: 1,149,856 females age 16-49: 1,145,897 (2010 est.)


Chad	males age 16-49: 2,090,244 females age 16-49: 2,441,321 (2010 est.)


Chile	males age 16-49: 4,324,732 females age 16-49: 4,251,954 (2010 est.)


China	males age 16-49: 385,821,101 females age 16-49: 363,789,674 (2010 est.)


Colombia	males age 16-49: 11,692,647 females age 16-49: 11,727,625 (2010 est.)


Comoros	males age 16-49: 184,236 females age 16-49: 183,363 (2010 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	males age 16-49: 15,980,106 (2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	males age 16-49: 928,664 females age 16-49: 914,265 (2010 est.)


Costa Rica	males age 16-49: 1,255,798 females age 16-49: 1,230,202 (2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	males age 16-49: 5,247,522 females age 16-49: 5,047,901 (2010 est.)


Croatia	males age 16-49: 1,016,234 females age 16-49: 1,017,355 (2010 est.)


Cuba	males age 16-49: 2,998,201 females age 16-49: 2,919,107 (2010 est.)


Cyprus	Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG): males age 16-49: 327,875 females age 16-49: 287,891 (2010 est.)


Czech Republic	males age 16-49: 2,506,826 females age 16-49: 2,407,634 (2010 est.)


Denmark	males age 16-49: 1,236,337 females age 16-49: 1,224,182 (2010 est.)


Djibouti	males age 16-49: 170,386 females age 16-49: 221,411 (2010 est.)


Dominica	males age 16-49: 19,075 (2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	males age 16-49: 2,580,083 females age 16-49: 2,464,698 (2010 est.)


Ecuador	males age 16-49: 3,728,906 females age 16-49: 3,844,918 (2010 est.)


Egypt	males age 16-49: 21,012,199 females age 16-49: 20,145,021 (2010 est.)


El Salvador	males age 16-49: 1,449,214 females age 16-49: 1,611,248 (2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	males age 16-49: 151,147 females age 16-49: 150,345 (2010 est.)


Eritrea	males age 16-49: 1,350,446 females age 16-49: 1,362,575 (2010 est.)


Estonia	males age 16-49: 291,801 females age 16-49: 302,696 (2010 est.)


Ethiopia	males age 16-49: 19,067,499 females age 16-49: 19,726,816 (2010 est.)


Faroe Islands	males age 16-49: 11,831 (2010 est.)


Fiji	males age 16-49: 233,240 females age 16-49: 222,587 (2010 est.)


Finland	males age 16-49: 1,155,368 females age 16-49: 1,106,193 (2010 est.)


France	males age 16-49: 14,563,662 females age 16-49: 14,238,434 (2010 est.)


French Polynesia	males age 16-49: 82,722 (2010 est.)


Gabon	males age 16-49: 350,640 females age 16-49: 351,718 (2010 est.)


Gambia, The	males age 16-49: 423,306 females age 16-49: 438,641 (2010 est.)


Gaza Strip	males age 16-49: 385,961 (2010 est.)


Georgia	males age 16-49: 1,080,840 females age 16-49: 1,122,031 (2010 est.)


Germany	males age 16-49: 18,529,299 females age 16-49: 17,888,543 (2010 est.)


Ghana	males age 16-49: 6,268,191 females age 16-49: 6,194,339 (2010 est.)


Gibraltar	males age 16-49: 7,037 (2010 est.)


Greece	males age 16-49: 2,485,389 females age 16-49: 2,469,854 (2010 est.)


Greenland	males age 16-49: 15,280 (2010 est.)


Grenada	males age 16-49: 27,468 (2010 est.)


Guatemala	males age 16-49: 3,165,870 females age 16-49: 3,371,217 (2010 est.)


Guinea	males age 16-49: 2,359,203 females age 16-49: 2,329,784 (2010 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	males age 16-49: 370,790 females age 16-49: 372,171 (2010 est.)


Guyana	males age 16-49: 189,840 (2010 est.)


Haiti	males age 16-49: 2,398,804 females age 16-49: 2,415,039 (2010 est.)


Honduras	males age 16-49: 2,045,914 females age 16-49: 1,991,418 (2010 est.)


Hong Kong	males age 16-49: 1,704,090 females age 16-49: 1,873,175 (2010 est.)


Hungary	males age 16-49: 2,349,948 females age 16-49: 2,290,568 (2010 est.)


Iceland	males age 16-49: 75,337 (2010 est.)


India	males age 16-49: 319,129,420 females age 16-49: 296,071,637 (2010 est.)


Indonesia	males age 16-49: 65,847,171 females age 16-49: 63,228,017 (2010 est.)


Iran	males age 16-49: 23,619,215 females age 16-49: 22,628,341 (2010 est.)


Iraq	males age 16-49: 7,767,329 females age 16-49: 7,461,766 (2010 est.)


Ireland	males age 16-49: 1,179,125 females age 16-49: 1,163,728 (2010 est.)


Israel	males age 16-49: 1,797,960 females age 16-49: 1,713,230 (2010 est.)


Italy	males age 16-49: 13,865,688 females age 16-49: 14,003,755 (2010 est.)


Jamaica	males age 16-49: 726,263 females age 16-49: 742,958 (2010 est.)


Japan	males age 16-49: 27,301,443 females age 16-49: 26,307,003 (2010 est.)


Jordan	males age 16-49: 1,674,260 females age 16-49: 1,611,315 (2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	males age 16-49: 4,163,629 females age 16-49: 4,179,051 (2010 est.)


Kenya	males age 16-49: 9,768,140 females age 16-49: 9,466,257 (2010 est.)


Kiribati	males age 16-49: 25,190 (2010 est.)


Korea, North	males age 16-49: 6,515,279 females age 16-49: 6,418,693 (2010 est.)


Korea, South	males age 16-49: 13,185,794 females age 16-49: 12,423,496 (2010 est.)


Kuwait	males age 16-49: 1,002,480 females age 16-49: 616,958 (2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	males age 16-49: 1,456,881 females age 16-49: 1,470,317 (2010 est.)


Laos	males age 16-49: 1,574,362 females age 16-49: 1,607,856 (2010 est.)


Latvia	males age 16-49: 546,090 females age 16-49: 540,810 (2010 est.)


Lebanon	males age 16-49: 1,081,016 females age 16-49: 1,115,349 (2010 est.)


Lesotho	males age 16-49: 472,456 females age 16-49: 508,953 (2010 est.)


Liberia	males age 16-49: 815,826 females age 16-49: 828,484 (2010 est.)


Libya	males age 16-49: 1,775,078 females age 16-49: 1,714,194 (2010 est.)


Liechtenstein	males age 16-49: 8,009 (2010 est.)


Lithuania	males age 16-49: 890,074 females age 16-49: 875,780 (2010 est.)


Luxembourg	males age 16-49: 118,665 females age 16-49: 117,456 (2010 est.)


Macau	males age 16-49: 150,780 (2010 est.)


Macedonia	males age 16-49: 532,196 females age 16-49: 511,964 (2010 est.)


Madagascar	males age 16-49: 4,900,729 females age 16-49: 4,909,061 (2010 est.)


Malawi	males age 16-49: 3,514,809 (2010 est.)


Malaysia	males age 16-49: 7,501,518 females age 16-49: 7,315,999 (2010 est.)


Maldives	males age 16-49: 156,319 females age 16-49: 98,815 (2010 est.)


Mali	males age 16-49: 2,848,412 females age 16-49: 2,981,106 (2010 est.)


Malta	males age 16-49: 95,499 females age 16-49: 90,919 (2010 est.)


Marshall Islands	males age 16-49: 16,446 (2010 est.)


Mauritania	males age 16-49: 718,713 females age 16-49: 804,622 (2010 est.)


Mauritius	males age 16-49: 343,628 (2010 est.)


Mexico	males age 16-49: 28,815,506 females age 16-49: 30,363,558 (2010 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	males age 16-49: 26,712 (2010 est.)


Moldova	males age 16-49: 1,143,440 females age 16-49: 1,156,958 (2010 est.)


Monaco	males age 16-49: 5,749 (2010 est.)


Mongolia	males age 16-49: 898,546 females age 16-49: 891,192 (2010 est.)


Montserrat	males age 16-49: 1,353 (2010 est.)


Morocco	males age 16-49: 8,252,682 females age 16-49: 8,691,419 (2010 est.)


Mozambique	males age 16-49: 4,613,367 (2010 est.)


Namibia	males age 16-49: 568,231 (2010 est.)


Nauru	males age 16-49: 2,542 (2010 est.)


Nepal	males age 16-49: 6,941,152 females age 16-49: 7,618,397 (2010 est.)


Netherlands	males age 16-49: 3,911,098 females age 16-49: 3,817,031 (2010 est.)


New Caledonia	males age 16-49: 68,219 (2010 est.)


New Zealand	males age 16-49: 1,019,798 females age 16-49: 1,003,429 (2010 est.)


Nicaragua	males age 16-49: 1,452,107 females age 16-49: 1,552,698 (2010 est.)


Niger	males age 16-49: 3,329,184 females age 16-49: 3,267,669 (2010 est.)


Nigeria	males age 16-49: 37,087,711 females age 16-49: 35,232,127 (2010 est.)


Norway	males age 16-49: 1,079,043 females age 16-49: 1,051,210 (2010 est.)


Oman	males age 16-49: 985,957 females age 16-49: 737,812 (2010 est.)


Pakistan	males age 16-49: 48,453,305 females age 16-49: 44,898,096 (2010 est.)


Palau	males age 16-49: 6,987 (2010 est.)


Panama	males age 16-49: 890,006 (2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	males age 16-49: 1,568,210 females age 16-49: 1,478,965 (2010 est.)


Paraguay	males age 16-49: 1,678,335 females age 16-49: 1,675,352 (2010 est.)


Peru	males age 16-49: 7,385,588 females age 16-49: 7,727,623 (2010 est.)


Philippines	males age 16-49: 25,614,135 females age 16-49: 25,035,061 (2010 est.)


Poland	males age 16-49: 9,531,855 females age 16-49: 9,298,593 (2010 est.)


Portugal	males age 16-49: 2,566,264 females age 16-49: 2,458,297 (2010 est.)


Qatar	males age 16-49: 389,487 females age 16-49: 165,572 (2010 est.)


Romania	males age 16-49: 5,601,234 females age 16-49: 5,428,939 (2010 est.)


Russia	males age 16-49: 34,132,156 females age 16-49: 34,985,115 (2010 est.)


Rwanda	males age 16-49: 2,625,917 females age 16-49: 2,608,110 (2010 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	males age 16-49: 13,506 females age 16-49: 13,089 (2010 est.)


Saint Lucia	males age 16-49: 41,414 (2010 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	males age 16-49: 27,809 (2010 est.)


Samoa	males age 16-49: 47,906 (2010 est.)


San Marino	males age 16-49: 6,892 (2010 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	males age 16-49: 39,182 females age 16-49: 39,845 (2010 est.)


Saudi Arabia	males age 16-49: 8,644,522 females age 16-49: 6,601,985 (2010 est.)


Senegal	males age 16-49: 2,699,196 females age 16-49: 3,018,565 (2010 est.)


Seychelles	males age 16-49: 26,257 females age 16-49: 23,996 (2010 est.)


Sierra Leone	males age 16-49: 1,183,093 (2010 est.)


Singapore	males age 16-49: 1,255,902 (2010 est.)


Slovakia	males age 16-49: 1,405,310 females age 16-49: 1,369,897 (2010 est.)


Slovenia	males age 16-49: 477,592 females age 16-49: 464,301 (2010 est.)


Solomon Islands	males age 16-49: 142,913 (2010 est.)


Somalia	males age 16-49: 2,260,175 females age 16-49: 2,159,293 (2010 est.)


South Africa	males age 16-49: 13,439,781 females age 16-49: 12,473,641 (2010 est.)


Spain	males age 16-49: 11,759,557 females age 16-49: 11,204,688 (2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	males age 16-49: 5,342,147 females age 16-49: 5,466,409 (2010 est.)


Sudan	males age 16-49: 10,433,973 females age 16-49: 10,411,443 (2010 est.)


Suriname	males age 16-49: 134,218 females age 16-49: 134,439 (2010 est.)


Swaziland	males age 16-49: 344,038 (2010 est.)


Sweden	males age 16-49: 2,065,691 females age 16-49: 1,996,764 (2010 est.)


Switzerland	males age 16-49: 1,828,043 females age 16-49: 1,786,552 (2010 est.)


Syria	males age 16-49: 5,889,837 females age 16-49: 5,660,751 (2010 est.)


Taiwan	males age 16-49: 6,183,567 females age 16-49: 6,006,676 (2010 est.)


Tajikistan	males age 16-49: 2,012,790 females age 16-49: 2,020,618 (2010 est.)


Tanzania	males age 16-49: 9,985,445 (2010 est.)


Thailand	males age 16-49: 17,689,921 females age 16-49: 17,754,795 (2010 est.)


Timor-Leste	males age 16-49: 305,643 females age 16-49: 293,052 (2010 est.)


Togo	males age 16-49: 1,577,572 females age 16-49: 1,589,715 (2010 est.)


Tonga	males age 16-49: 24,460 females age 16-49: 24,041 (2010 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	males age 16-49: 341,764 females age 16-49: 317,899 (2010 est.)


Tunisia	males age 16-49: 2,846,572 females age 16-49: 2,952,180 (2010 est.)


Turkey	males age 16-49: 21,079,077 females age 16-49: 20,558,696 (2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	males age 16-49: 1,380,794 females age 16-49: 1,387,211 (2010 est.)


Uganda	males age 16-49: 7,249,271 females age 16-49: 7,025,439 (2010 est.)


Ukraine	males age 16-49: 10,984,394 females age 16-49: 11.26 million (2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	males age 16-49: 2,676,928 (includes non-nationals) females age 16-49: 981,649 (2010 est.)


United Kingdom	males age 16-49: 14,856,917 females age 16-49: 14,307,316 (2010 est.)


United States	males age 16-49: 73,270,043 females age 16-49: 71,941,969 (2010 est.)


Uruguay	males age 16-49: 771,159 females age 16-49: 780,932 (2010 est.)


Uzbekistan	males age 16-49: 7,887,292 females age 16-49: 7,886,459 (2010 est.)


Vanuatu	males age 16-49: 62,216 (2010 est.)


Venezuela	males age 16-49: 7,013,854 females age 16-49: 7,165,661 (2010 est.)


Vietnam	males age 16-49: 25,649,738 females age 16-49: 24,995,692 (2010 est.)


Yemen	males age 16-49: 5,652,256 females age 16-49: 5,387,160 (2010 est.)


Zambia	males age 16-49: 3,041,069 females age 16-49: 2,948,291 (2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	males age 16-49: 2,616,051 females age 16-49: 2,868,376 (2010 est.)

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