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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: 382,720
female: 361,733 (2009 est.)
Albania male: 34,778
female: 31,673 (2009 est.)
Algeria male: 375,852
female: 362,158 (2009 est.)
American Samoa male: 820
female: 802 (2009 est.)
Andorra male: 402
female: 373 (2009 est.)
Angola male: 146,738
female: 143,478 (2009 est.)
Anguilla male: 107
female: 106 (2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda male: 744
female: 743 (2009 est.)
Argentina male: 341,590
female: 326,342 (2009 est.)
Armenia male: 27,293
female: 25,574 (2009 est.)
Aruba male: 722
female: 711 (2009 est.)
Australia male: 144,959
female: 137,333 (2009 est.)
Austria male: 50,540
female: 48,042 (2009 est.)
Azerbaijan male: 90,416
female: 85,344 (2009 est.)
Bahamas, The male: 2,992
female: 3,003 (2009 est.)
Bahrain male: 6,612
female: 6,499 (2009 est.)
Bangladesh male: 1,538,865
female: 1,666,670 (2009 est.)
Barbados male: 2,015
female: 2,007 (2009 est.)
Belarus male: 60,009
female: 56,834 (2009 est.)
Belgium male: 62,722
female: 59,969 (2009 est.)
Belize male: 3,632
female: 3,500 (2009 est.)
Benin male: 101,549
female: 97,856 (2009 est.)
Bermuda male: 426
female: 413 (2009 est.)
Bhutan male: 7,668
female: 7,379 (2009 est.)
Bolivia male: 108,304
female: 104,882 (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina male: 27,368
female: 25,644 (2009 est.)
Botswana male: 23,420
female: 22,904 (2009 est.)
Brazil male: 1,690,031
female: 1,630,851 (2009 est.)
British Virgin Islands male: 178
female: 173 (2009 est.)
Brunei male: 3,460
female: 3,399 (2009 est.)
Bulgaria male: 38,263
female: 36,374 (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso male: 182,540
female: 180,051 (2009 est.)
Burma male: 426,110
female: 417,674 (2009 est.)
Burundi male: 101,402
female: 101,897 (2009 est.)
Cambodia male: 177,881
female: 175,332 (2009 est.)
Cameroon male: 213,027
female: 208,642 (2009 est.)
Canada male: 223,238
female: 210,797 (2009 est.)
Cape Verde male: 5,471
female: 5,349 (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands male: 334
female: 345 (2009 est.)
Central African Republic male: 55,484
female: 55,168 (2009 est.)
Chad male: 121,080
female: 121,585 (2009 est.)
Chile male: 145,766
female: 139,648 (2009 est.)
China male: 10,621,373
female: 9,533,880 (2009 est.)
Colombia male: 446,432
female: 437,164 (2009 est.)
Comoros male: 8,203
female: 8,188 (2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the male: 814,199
female: 811,238 (2009 est.)
Congo, Republic of the male: 46,976
female: 46,490 (2009 est.)
Cook Islands male: 148
female: 125 (2009 est.)
Costa Rica male: 40,698
female: 38,808 (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire male: 236,159
female: 232,617 (2009 est.)
Croatia male: 27,620
female: 26,154 (2009 est.)
Cuba male: 75,969
female: 72,253 (2009 est.)
Cyprus male: 6,241
female: 5,979 (2009 est.)
Czech Republic male: 60,150
female: 57,157 (2009 est.)
Denmark male: 37,231
female: 35,306 (2009 est.)
Djibouti male: 5,778
female: 5,771 (2009 est.)
Dominica male: 776
female: 731 (2009 est.)
Dominican Republic male: 97,766
female: 93,922 (2009 est.)
Ecuador male: 148,010
female: 143,291 (2009 est.)
Egypt male: 831,157
female: 792,330 (2009 est.)
El Salvador male: 77,473
female: 74,655 (2009 est.)
Equatorial Guinea male: 6,983
female: 6,726 (2009 est.)
Eritrea male: 62,265
female: 62,328 (2009 est.)
Estonia male: 7,583
female: 7,111 (2009 est.)
Ethiopia male: 908,384
female: 916,354 (2009 est.)
Faroe Islands male: 386
female: 375 (2009 est.)
Fiji male: 9,107
female: 8,755 (2009 est.)
Finland male: 33,784
female: 32,621 (2009 est.)
France male: 391,480
female: 373,334 (2009 est.)
French Polynesia male: 2,665
female: 2,552 (2009 est.)
Gabon male: 16,933
female: 16,942 (2009 est.)
Gambia, The male: 20,238
female: 20,167 (2009 est.)
Gaza Strip male: 19,147
female: 18,200 (2009 est.)
Georgia male: 32,355
female: 30,809 (2009 est.)
Germany male: 431,508
female: 409,111 (2009 est.)
Ghana male: 272,954
female: 266,186 (2009 est.)
Gibraltar male: 186
female: 179 (2009 est.)
Greece male: 53,401
female: 50,084 (2009 est.)
Greenland male: 532
female: 491 (2009 est.)
Grenada male: 982
female: 937 (2009 est.)
Guam male: 1,677
female: 1,581 (2009 est.)
Guatemala male: 165,910
female: 163,760 (2009 est.)
Guernsey male: 362
female: 351 (2009 est.)
Guinea male: 110,281
female: 107,879 (2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau male: 16,957
female: 17,172 (2009 est.)
Guyana male: 6,625
female: 6,365 (2009 est.)
Haiti male: 108,444
female: 106,243 (2009 est.)
Honduras male: 92,638
female: 88,993 (2009 est.)
Hong Kong male: 42,330
female: 38,797 (2009 est.)
Hungary male: 60,248
female: 57,280 (2009 est.)
Iceland male: 2,369
female: 2,349 (2009 est.)
India male: 11.795 million
female: 10,820,590 (2009 est.)
Indonesia male: 2,197,323
female: 2,126,412 (2009 est.)
Iran male: 700,213
female: 664,846 (2009 est.)
Iraq male: 313,500
female: 304,923 (2009 est.)
Ireland male: 28,072
female: 26,400 (2009 est.)
Isle of Man male: 466
female: 446 (2009 est.)
Israel male: 61,223
female: 58,219 (2009 est.)
Italy male: 287,845
female: 270,384 (2009 est.)
Jamaica male: 31,833
female: 31,257 (2009 est.)
Japan male: 621,254
female: 589,270 (2009 est.)
Jersey male: 586
female: 541 (2009 est.)
Jordan male: 69,830
female: 67,292 (2009 est.)
Kazakhstan male: 139,262
female: 133,047 (2009 est.)
Kenya male: 412,656
female: 408,657 (2009 est.)
Kiribati male: 1,264
female: 1,242 (2009 est.)
Korea, North male: 191,759
female: 184,641 (2009 est.)
Korea, South male: 371,728
female: 322,605 (2009 est.)
Kuwait male: 18,122
female: 18,865 (2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan male: 57,659
female: 55,557 (2009 est.)
Laos male: 75,310
female: 74,498 (2009 est.)
Latvia male: 12,901
female: 12,497 (2009 est.)
Lebanon male: 33,018
female: 31,800 (2009 est.)
Lesotho male: 26,039
female: 25,964 (2009 est.)
Liberia male: 34,059
female: 33,281 (2009 est.)
Libya male: 60,710
female: 58,219 (2009 est.)
Liechtenstein male: 199
female: 222 (2009 est.)
Lithuania male: 23,556
female: 22,404 (2009 est.)
Luxembourg male: 3,170
female: 2,995 (2009 est.)
Macau male: 4,578
female: 4,052 (2009 est.)
Macedonia male: 14,596
female: 13,881 (2009 est.)
Madagascar male: 236,500
female: 235,994 (2009 est.)
Malawi male: 174,044
female: 173,828 (2009 est.)
Malaysia male: 266,267
female: 252,543 (2009 est.)
Maldives male: 4,576
female: 3,942 (2009 est.)
Mali male: 147,846
female: 140,543 (2009 est.)
Malta male: 2,695
female: 2,533 (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands male: 540
female: 521 (2009 est.)
Mauritania male: 34,546
female: 35,272 (2009 est.)
Mauritius male: 10,901
female: 10,796 (2009 est.)
Mayotte male: 2,517
female: 2,511 (2009 est.)
Mexico male: 1,109,981
female: 1,072,094 (2009 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of male: 1,273
female: 1,212 (2009 est.)
Moldova male: 31,633
female: 30,214 (2009 est.)
Monaco male: 190
female: 182 (2009 est.)
Mongolia male: 28,251
female: 27,344 (2009 est.)
Montenegro male: 3,945
female: 3,907 (2009 est.)
Montserrat male: 36
female: 33 (2009 est.)
Morocco male: 356,014
female: 343,520 (2009 est.)
Mozambique male: 263,994
female: 265,058 (2009 est.)
Namibia male: 25,857
female: 25,505 (2009 est.)
Nauru male: 179
female: 174 (2009 est.)
Nepal male: 365,567
female: 352,643 (2009 est.)
Netherlands male: 105,194
female: 100,341 (2009 est.)
Netherlands Antilles male: 1,920
female: 1,827 (2009 est.)
New Caledonia male: 2,160
female: 2,087 (2009 est.)
New Zealand male: 31,461
female: 29,809 (2009 est.)
Nicaragua male: 72,366
female: 70,118 (2009 est.)
Niger male: 170,060
female: 163,996 (2009 est.)
Nigeria male: 1,697,030
female: 1,618,561 (2009 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands male: 570
female: 587 (2009 est.)
Norway male: 31,980
female: 30,543 (2009 est.)
Oman male: 35,647
female: 34,407 (2009 est.)
Pakistan male: 2,089,936
female: 1,964,090 (2009 est.)
Palau male: 207
female: 214 (2009 est.)
Panama male: 31,089
female: 29,939 (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea male: 64,636
female: 62,803 (2009 est.)
Paraguay male: 73,660
female: 72,046 (2009 est.)
Peru male: 310,575
female: 300,838 (2009 est.)
Philippines male: 1,023,431
female: 986,434 (2009 est.)
Poland male: 246,667
female: 235,698 (2009 est.)
Portugal male: 64,047
female: 57,630 (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico male: 30,422
female: 29,396 (2009 est.)
Qatar male: 6,337
female: 5,059 (2009 est.)
Romania male: 124,356
female: 118,430 (2009 est.)
Russia male: 741,692
female: 706,081 (2009 est.)
Rwanda male: 106,741
female: 106,935 (2009 est.)
Saint Barthelemy male: 21
female: 20 (2009 est.)
Saint Helena male: 47
female: 45 (2009 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis male: 376
female: 362 (2009 est.)
Saint Lucia male: 1,607
female: 1,511 (2009 est.)
Saint Martin male: 177
female: 162 (2009 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon male: 61
female: 57 (2009 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines male: 1,020
female: 1,009 (2009 est.)
Samoa male: 2,597
female: 2,477 (2009 est.)
San Marino male: 161
female: 160 (2009 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe male: 2,534
female: 2,485 (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia male: 278,179
female: 267,905 (2009 est.)
Senegal male: 154,249
female: 153,679 (2009 est.)
Serbia male: 44,601
female: 41,845 (2009 est.)
Seychelles male: 714
female: 685 (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone male: 71,524
female: 75,491 (2009 est.)
Singapore male: 27,715
female: 26,290 (2009 est.)
Slovakia male: 36,552
female: 34,783 (2009 est.)
Slovenia male: 10,192
female: 9,717 (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands male: 7,091
female: 6,837 (2009 est.)
Somalia male: 93,763
female: 93,738 (2009 est.)
South Africa male: 511,616
female: 510,540 (2009 est.)
Spain male: 199,124
female: 187,224 (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka male: 173,256
female: 167,645 (2009 est.)
Sudan male: 498,376
female: 479,005 (2009 est.)
Suriname male: 4,251
female: 4,265 (2009 est.)
Swaziland male: 15,985
female: 15,754 (2009 est.)
Sweden male: 62,262
female: 59,340 (2009 est.)
Switzerland male: 48,076
female: 44,049 (2009 est.)
Syria male: 213,513
female: 201,055 (2009 est.)
Taiwan male: 165,738
female: 154,123 (2009 est.)
Tajikistan male: 80,819
female: 78,460 (2009 est.)
Tanzania male: 487,742
female: 489,462 (2009 est.)
Thailand male: 532,977
female: 510,737 (2009 est.)
Timor-Leste male: 12,887
female: 12,529 (2009 est.)
Togo male: 70,775
female: 70,051 (2009 est.)
Tonga male: 1,458
female: 1,403 (2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago male: 9,183
female: 8,662 (2009 est.)
Tunisia male: 100,478
female: 94,055 (2009 est.)
Turkey male: 692,592
female: 663,689 (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan male: 57,021
female: 56,064 (2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands male: 226
female: 218 (2009 est.)
Tuvalu male: 125
female: 121 (2009 est.)
Uganda male: 399,134
female: 395,505 (2009 est.)
Ukraine male: 269,311
female: 257,656 (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates male: 26,659
female: 23,793 (2009 est.)
United Kingdom male: 393,892
female: 376,351 (2009 est.)
United States male: 2,196,124
female: 2,085,085 (2009 est.)
Uruguay male: 27,452
female: 26,479 (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan male: 313,131
female: 310,442 (2009 est.)
Vanuatu male: 2,368
female: 2,272 (2009 est.)
Venezuela male: 276,051
female: 274,162 (2009 est.)
Vietnam male: 893,726
female: 834,279 (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands male: 831
female: 873 (2009 est.)
Wallis and Futuna male: 175
female: 164 (2009 est.)
West Bank male: 30,233
female: 28,745 (2009 est.)
Western Sahara male: 4,796
female: 4,679 (2009 est.)
Yemen male: 273,624
female: 263,402 (2009 est.)
Zambia male: 149,567
female: 148,889 (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe male: 149,592
female: 149,717 (2009 est.)
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