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Field Listing :: Manpower fit for military service |
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 who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. | |
Country |
Manpower fit for military service |
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Afghanistan |
males age 16-49: 4,371,193
females age 16-49: 4,072,945 (2009 est.) |
Albania |
males age 16-49: 800,665
females age 16-49: 768,536 (2009 est.) |
Algeria |
males age 16-49: 8,317,473
females age 16-49: 8,367,005 (2009 est.) |
American Samoa |
males age 16-49: 13,875
females age 16-49: 13,517 (2009 est.) |
Andorra |
males age 16-49: 18,617
females age 16-49: 17,613 (2009 est.) |
Angola |
males age 16-49: 1,467,833
females age 16-49: 1,411,468 (2009 est.) |
Anguilla |
males age 16-49: 2,955
females age 16-49: 3,308 (2009 est.) |
Antigua and Barbuda |
males age 16-49: 17,271
females age 16-49: 19,586 (2009 est.) |
Argentina |
males age 16-49: 8,264,853
females age 16-49: 8,268,498 (2009 est.) |
Armenia |
males age 16-49: 642,734
females age 16-49: 729,047 (2009 est.) |
Aruba |
males age 16-49: 20,287
females age 16-49: 21,232 (2009 est.) |
Australia |
males age 16-49: 4,341,591
females age 16-49: 4,179,659 (2009 est.) |
Austria |
males age 16-49: 1,607,456
females age 16-49: 1,576,335 (2009 est.) |
Azerbaijan |
males age 16-49: 1,727,464
females age 16-49: 1,944,260 (2009 est.) |
Bahamas, The |
males age 16-49: 50,764
females age 16-49: 51,690 (2009 est.) |
Bahrain |
males age 16-49: 171,004
females age 16-49: 144,555 (2009 est.) |
Bangladesh |
males age 16-49: 24,946,041
females age 16-49: 31,409,069 (2009 est.) |
Barbados |
males age 16-49: 58,596
females age 16-49: 58,866 (2009 est.) |
Belarus |
males age 16-49: 1,720,049
females age 16-49: 2,069,898 (2009 est.) |
Belgium |
males age 16-49: 1,962,409
females age 16-49: 1,905,178 (2009 est.) |
Belize |
males age 16-49: 56,135
females age 16-49: 54,732 (2009 est.) |
Benin |
males age 16-49: 1,279,053
females age 16-49: 1,292,438 (2009 est.) |
Bermuda |
males age 16-49: 12,496
females age 16-49: 12,486 (2009 est.) |
Bhutan |
males age 16-49: 150,210
females age 16-49: 135,991 (2009 est.) |
Bolivia |
males age 16-49: 1,666,697
females age 16-49: 1,906,396 (2009 est.) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
males age 16-49: 991,953
females age 16-49: 959,226 (2009 est.) |
Botswana |
males age 16-49: 341,190
females age 16-49: 315,588 (2009 est.) |
Brazil |
males age 16-49: 38,043,555
females age 16-49: 44,267,520 (2009 est.) |
British Virgin Islands |
males age 16-49: 5,979
females age 16-49: 5,738 (2009 est.) |
Brunei |
males age 16-49: 92,543
females age 16-49: 95,301 (2009 est.) |
Bulgaria |
males age 16-49: 1,351,312
females age 16-49: 1,381,017 (2009 est.) |
Burkina Faso |
males age 16-49: 2,197,557
females age 16-49: 2,191,978 (2009 est.) |
Burma |
males age 16-49: 9,146,312
females age 16-49: 9,520,852 (2009 est.) |
Burundi |
males age 16-49: 1,124,072
females age 16-49: 1,102,729 (2009 est.) |
Cambodia |
males age 16-49: 2,673,383
females age 16-49: 2,763,256 (2009 est.) |
Cameroon |
males age 16-49: 2,645,601
females age 16-49: 2,574,948 (2009 est.) |
Canada |
males age 16-49: 6,647,513
females age 16-49: 6,413,748 (2009 est.) |
Cape Verde |
males age 16-49: 84,967
females age 16-49: 90,154 (2009 est.) |
Cayman Islands |
males age 16-49: 9,735
females age 16-49: 10,145 (2009 est.) |
Central African Republic |
males age 16-49: 552,907
females age 16-49: 512,611 (2009 est.) |
Chad |
males age 16-49: 1,103,006
females age 16-49: 1,315,620 (2009 est.) |
Chile |
males age 16-49: 3,573,165
females age 16-49: 3,523,649 (2009 est.) |
China |
males age 16-49: 314,459,083
females age 16-49: 296,763,134 (2009 est.) |
Colombia |
males age 16-49: 8,212,944
females age 16-49: 10,045,435 (2009 est.) |
Comoros |
males age 16-49: 125,747
females age 16-49: 135,707 (2009 est.) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
males age 16-49: 8,925,355
females age 16-49: 9,047,356 (2009 est.) |
Congo, Republic of the |
males age 16-49: 538,202
females age 16-49: 527,649 (2009 est.) |
Cook Islands |
males age 16-49: 2,334
females age 16-49: 2,286 (2009 est.) |
Costa Rica |
males age 16-49: 971,224
females age 16-49: 936,978 (2009 est.) |
Cote d'Ivoire |
males age 16-49: 3,122,106
females age 16-49: 2,936,391 (2009 est.) |
Croatia |
males age 16-49: 770,798
females age 16-49: 849,957 (2009 est.) |
Cuba |
males age 16-49: 2,532,495
females age 16-49: 2,468,631 (2009 est.) |
Cyprus |
Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 16-49: 165,615 females age 16-49: 159,362 (2009 est.) |
Czech Republic |
males age 16-49: 2,095,038
females age 16-49: 2,011,531 (2009 est.) |
Denmark |
males age 16-49: 1,013,223
females age 16-49: 998,837 (2009 est.) |
Djibouti |
males age 16-49: 55,173
females age 16-49: 52,825 (2009 est.) |
Dominica |
males age 16-49: 15,821
females age 16-49: 15,291 (2009 est.) |
Dominican Republic |
males age 16-49: 2,056,774
females age 16-49: 1,921,836 (2009 est.) |
Ecuador |
males age 16-49: 2,708,470
females age 16-49: 3,165,489 (2009 est.) |
Egypt |
males age 16-49: 18,490,522
females age 16-49: 17,719,905 (2009 est.) |
El Salvador |
males age 16-49: 1,201,290
females age 16-49: 1,547,278 (2009 est.) |
Equatorial Guinea |
males age 16-49: 105,468
females age 16-49: 107,919 (2009 est.) |
Eritrea |
males age 16-49: 834,018
females age 16-49: 887,495 (2009 est.) |
Estonia |
males age 16-49: 216,483
females age 16-49: 260,408 (2009 est.) |
Ethiopia |
males age 16-49: 11,078,847
females age 16-49: 12,017,073 (2009 est.) |
Faroe Islands |
males age 16-49: 9,759
females age 16-49: 8,311 (2009 est.) |
Fiji |
males age 16-49: 192,363
females age 16-49: 204,410 (2009 est.) |
Finland |
males age 16-49: 962,479
females age 16-49: 920,297 (2009 est.) |
France |
males age 16-49: 12,087,606
females age 16-49: 11,811,260 (2009 est.) |
French Polynesia |
males age 16-49: 65,408
females age 16-49: 64,421 (2009 est.) |
Gabon |
males age 16-49: 195,519
females age 16-49: 190,519 (2009 est.) |
Gambia, The |
males age 16-49: 238,454
females age 16-49: 253,680 (2009 est.) |
Gaza Strip |
males age 16-49: 312,003
females age 16-49: 297,380 (2009 est.) |
Georgia |
males age 16-49: 908,282
females age 16-49: 959,290 (2009 est.) |
Germany |
males age 16-49: 15,747,493
females age 16-49: 14,899,416 (2009 est.) |
Ghana |
males age 16-49: 3,849,113
females age 16-49: 3,840,083 (2009 est.) |
Gibraltar |
males age 16-49: 5,234
females age 16-49: 5,242 (2009 est.) |
Greece |
males age 16-49: 2,067,878
females age 16-49: 2,050,289 (2009 est.) |
Greenland |
males age 16-49: 10,809
females age 16-49: 11,437 (2009 est.) |
Grenada |
males age 16-49: 20,483
females age 16-49: 20,923 (2009 est.) |
Guam |
males age 16-49: 37,563
females age 16-49: 36,083 (2009 est.) |
Guatemala |
males age 16-49: 2,401,297
females age 16-49: 2,725,572 (2009 est.) |
Guernsey |
males age 16-49: 12,447
females age 16-49: 12,566 (2009 est.) |
Guinea |
males age 16-49: 1,396,278
females age 16-49: 1,435,387 (2009 est.) |
Guinea-Bissau |
males age 16-49: 194,110
females age 16-49: 200,660 (2009 est.) |
Guyana |
males age 16-49: 150,307
females age 16-49: 144,622 (2009 est.) |
Haiti |
males age 16-49: 1,518,840
females age 16-49: 1,530,043 (2009 est.) |
Honduras |
males age 16-49: 1,397,938
females age 16-49: 1,402,398 (2009 est.) |
Hong Kong |
males age 16-49: 1,421,406
females age 16-49: 1,543,443 (2009 est.) |
Hungary |
males age 16-49: 1,887,755
females age 16-49: 1,934,019 (2009 est.) |
Iceland |
males age 16-49: 62,576
females age 16-49: 61,159 (2009 est.) |
India |
males age 16-49: 237,042,868
females age 16-49: 243,276,310 (2009 est.) |
Indonesia |
males age 16-49: 52,997,922
females age 16-49: 52,503,046 (2009 est.) |
Iran |
males age 16-49: 17,658,573
females age 16-49: 17,148,290 (2009 est.) |
Iraq |
males age 16-49: 6,203,425
females age 16-49: 6,065,009 (2009 est.) |
Ireland |
males age 16-49: 857,162
females age 16-49: 854,416 (2009 est.) |
Isle of Man |
males age 16-49: 14,691
females age 16-49: 14,338 (2009 est.) |
Israel |
males age 16-49: 1,474,966
females age 16-49: 1,404,712 (2009 est.) |
Italy |
males age 16-49: 11,197,487
females age 16-49: 10,574,250 (2009 est.) |
Jamaica |
males age 16-49: 573,520
females age 16-49: 586,426 (2009 est.) |
Japan |
males age 16-49: 22,757,136
females age 16-49: 21,920,703 (2009 est.) |
Jersey |
males age 16-49: 16,920
females age 16-49: 16,826 (2009 est.) |
Jordan |
males age 16-49: 1,593,919
females age 16-49: 1,382,097 (2009 est.) |
Kazakhstan |
males age 16-49: 2,888,931
females age 16-49: 3,550,014 (2009 est.) |
Kenya |
males age 16-49: 5,935,480
females age 16-49: 5,662,755 (2009 est.) |
Kiribati |
males age 16-49: 18,129
females age 16-49: 20,643 (2009 est.) |
Korea, North |
males age 16-49: 4,104,964
females age 16-49: 4,492,374 (2009 est.) |
Korea, South |
males age 16-49: 10,991,263
females age 16-49: 10,356,604 (2009 est.) |
Kosovo |
males age 16-49: 428,685
females age 16-49: 388,848 (2009 est.) |
Kuwait |
males age 16-49: 935,525
females age 16-49: 519,854 (2009 est.) |
Kyrgyzstan |
males age 16-49: 1,083,777
females age 16-49: 1,229,406 (2009 est.) |
Laos |
males age 16-49: 1,023,205
females age 16-49: 1,085,197 (2009 est.) |
Latvia |
males age 16-49: 410,374
females age 16-49: 463,144 (2009 est.) |
Lebanon |
males age 16-49: 948,765
females age 16-49: 954,663 (2009 est.) |
Lesotho |
males age 16-49: 267,083
females age 16-49: 240,868 (2009 est.) |
Liberia |
males age 16-49: 387,417
females age 16-49: 382,334 (2009 est.) |
Libya |
males age 16-49: 1,466,578
females age 16-49: 1,409,684 (2009 est.) |
Liechtenstein |
males age 16-49: 6,584
females age 16-49: 6,801 (2009 est.) |
Lithuania |
males age 16-49: 677,689
females age 16-49: 743,468 (2009 est.) |
Luxembourg |
males age 16-49: 95,840
females age 16-49: 94,641 (2009 est.) |
Macau |
males age 16-49: 122,962
females age 16-49: 148,809 (2009 est.) |
Macedonia |
males age 16-49: 444,247
females age 16-49: 427,556 (2009 est.) |
Madagascar |
males age 16-49: 3,150,043
females age 16-49: 3,404,988 (2009 est.) |
Malawi |
males age 16-49: 1,732,621
females age 16-49: 1,562,107 (2009 est.) |
Malaysia |
males age 16-49: 5,493,946
females age 16-49: 5,409,524 (2009 est.) |
Maldives |
males age 16-49: 138,746
females age 16-49: 82,247 (2009 est.) |
Mali |
males age 16-49: 1,649,772
females age 16-49: 1,579,601 (2009 est.) |
Malta |
males age 16-49: 80,186
females age 16-49: 76,426 (2009 est.) |
Marshall Islands |
males age 16-49: 13,041
females age 16-49: 13,199 (2009 est.) |
Mauritania |
males age 16-49: 450,289
females age 16-49: 544,598 (2009 est.) |
Mauritius |
males age 16-49: 277,690
females age 16-49: 282,211 (2009 est.) |
Mayotte |
males age 16-49: 35,849
females age 16-49: 34,456 (2009 est.) |
Mexico |
males age 16-49: 22,541,654
females age 16-49: 25,149,027 (2009 est.) |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
males age 16-49: 21,845
females age 16-49: 23,401 (2009 est.) |
Moldova |
males age 16-49: 877,665
females age 16-49: 987,356 (2009 est.) |
Monaco |
males age 16-49: 5,495
females age 16-49: 5,406 (2009 est.) |
Mongolia |
males age 16-49: 706,774
females age 16-49: 740,550 (2009 est.) |
Montenegro |
males age 16-49: 154,029
females age 16-49: 136,847 (2009 est.) |
Montserrat |
males age 16-49: 1,126
females age 16-49: 1,226 (2009 est.) |
Morocco |
males age 16-49: 7,779,589
females age 16-49: 7,881,024 (2009 est.) |
Mozambique |
males age 16-49: 2,366,897
females age 16-49: 2,209,764 (2009 est.) |
Namibia |
males age 16-49: 329,614
females age 16-49: 294,490 (2009 est.) |
Nauru |
males age 16-49: 2,592
females age 16-49: 2,966 (2009 est.) |
Nepal |
males age 16-49: 4,886,103
females age 16-49: 5,525,764 (2009 est.) |
Netherlands |
males age 16-49: 3,224,790
females age 16-49: 3,143,096 (2009 est.) |
Netherlands Antilles |
males age 16-49: 46,461
females age 16-49: 47,325 (2009 est.) |
New Caledonia |
males age 16-49: 48,288
females age 16-49: 48,959 (2009 est.) |
New Zealand |
males age 16-49: 837,553
females age 16-49: 825,981 (2009 est.) |
Nicaragua |
males age 16-49: 1,277,878
females age 16-49: 1,339,413 (2009 est.) |
Niger |
males age 16-49: 2,019,553
females age 16-49: 2,046,906 (2009 est.) |
Nigeria |
males age 16-49: 19,763,535
females age 16-49: 18,850,650 (2009 est.) |
Northern Mariana Islands |
males age 16-49: 19,209
females age 16-49: 33,074 (2009 est.) |
Norway |
males age 16-49: 888,219
females age 16-49: 863,255 (2009 est.) |
Oman |
males age 16-49: 675,454
females age 16-49: 563,890 (2009 est.) |
Pakistan |
males age 16-49: 33,690,322
females age 16-49: 32,602,910 (2009 est.) |
Palau |
males age 16-49: 5,177
females age 16-49: 3,936 (2009 est.) |
Panama |
males age 16-49: 705,160
females age 16-49: 710,521 (2009 est.) |
Papua New Guinea |
males age 16-49: 1,110,175
females age 16-49: 1,127,758 (2009 est.) |
Paraguay |
males age 16-49: 1,363,746
females age 16-49: 1,390,799 (2009 est.) |
Peru |
males age 16-49: 5,920,716
females age 16-49: 6,359,803 (2009 est.) |
Philippines |
males age 16-49: 19,169,298
females age 16-49: 20,636,853 (2009 est.) |
Poland |
males age 16-49: 7,898,892
females age 16-49: 7,888,035 (2009 est.) |
Portugal |
males age 16-49: 2,103,558
females age 16-49: 2,049,032 (2009 est.) |
Puerto Rico |
males age 16-49: 699,784
females age 16-49: 790,482 (2009 est.) |
Qatar |
males age 16-49: 318,388
females age 16-49: 136,841 (2009 est.) |
Romania |
males age 16-49: 4,542,720
females age 16-49: 4,604,484 (2009 est.) |
Russia |
males age 16-49: 21,098,306
females age 16-49: 27,968,883 (2009 est.) |
Rwanda |
males age 16-49: 1,452,768
females age 16-49: 1,456,207 (2009 est.) |
Saint Barthelemy |
males age 16-49: 1,594
females age 16-49: 1,340 (2009 est.) |
Saint Helena |
males age 16-49: 1,586
females age 16-49: 1,600 (2009 est.) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
males age 16-49: 8,159
females age 16-49: 8,517 (2009 est.) |
Saint Lucia |
males age 16-49: 32,094
females age 16-49: 36,110 (2009 est.) |
Saint Martin |
males age 16-49: 6,336
females age 16-49: 6,925 (2009 est.) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
males age 16-49: 1,427
females age 16-49: 1,406 (2009 est.) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
males age 16-49: 22,975
females age 16-49: 22,250 (2009 est.) |
Samoa |
males age 16-49: 43,169
females age 16-49: 40,957 (2009 est.) |
San Marino |
males age 16-49: 5,343
females age 16-49: 6,048 (2009 est.) |
Sao Tome and Principe |
males age 16-49: 35,216
females age 16-49: 38,329 (2009 est.) |
Saudi Arabia |
males age 16-49: 7,486,622
females age 16-49: 5,652,819 (2009 est.) |
Senegal |
males age 16-49: 2,038,508
females age 16-49: 2,207,510 (2009 est.) |
Serbia |
males age 16-49: 1,415,007
females age 16-49: 1,379,541 (2009 est.) |
Seychelles |
males age 16-49: 19,702
females age 16-49: 19,780 (2009 est.) |
Sierra Leone |
males age 16-49: 692,469
females age 16-49: 762,239 (2009 est.) |
Singapore |
males age 16-49: 1,033,961
females age 16-49: 1,104,952 (2009 est.) |
Slovakia |
males age 16-49: 1,165,470
females age 16-49: 1,152,941 (2009 est.) |
Slovenia |
males age 16-49: 402,484
females age 16-49: 390,559 (2009 est.) |
Solomon Islands |
males age 16-49: 121,368
females age 16-49: 122,821 (2009 est.) |
Somalia |
males age 16-49: 1,301,026
females age 16-49: 1,351,649 (2009 est.) |
South Africa |
males age 16-49: 7,641,557
females age 16-49: 6,518,793 (2009 est.) |
Spain |
males age 16-49: 8,139,020
females age 16-49: 7,899,157 (2009 est.) |
Sri Lanka |
males age 16-49: 4,498,667
females age 16-49: 4,693,895 (2009 est.) |
Sudan |
males age 16-49: 5,836,971
females age 16-49: 5,942,043 (2009 est.) |
Suriname |
males age 16-49: 107,367
females age 16-49: 111,000 (2009 est.) |
Swaziland |
males age 16-49: 124,132
females age 16-49: 118,570 (2009 est.) |
Sweden |
males age 16-49: 1,705,746
females age 16-49: 1,645,070 (2009 est.) |
Switzerland |
males age 16-49: 1,510,259
females age 16-49: 1,475,993 (2009 est.) |
Syria |
males age 16-49: 4,360,934
females age 16-49: 4,344,895 (2009 est.) |
Taiwan |
males age 16-49: 5,106,730
females age 16-49: 5,008,563 (2009 est.) |
Tajikistan |
males age 16-49: 1,428,218
females age 16-49: 1,603,779 (2009 est.) |
Tanzania |
males age 16-49: 5,473,552
females age 16-49: 5,493,188 (2009 est.) |
Thailand |
males age 16-49: 13,086,106
females age 16-49: 14,126,398 (2009 est.) |
Timor-Leste |
males age 16-49: 230,534
females age 16-49: 238,610 (2009 est.) |
Togo |
males age 16-49: 929,395
females age 16-49: 943,967 (2009 est.) |
Tonga |
males age 16-49: 26,471
females age 16-49: 27,715 (2009 est.) |
Trinidad and Tobago |
males age 16-49: 276,224
females age 16-49: 271,677 (2009 est.) |
Tunisia |
males age 16-49: 2,569,403
females age 16-49: 2,489,651 (2009 est.) |
Turkey |
males age 16-49: 17,223,506
females age 16-49: 16,995,299 (2009 est.) |
Turkmenistan |
males age 16-49: 1,024,884
females age 16-49: 1,147,714 (2009 est.) |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
males age 16-49: 4,937
females age 16-49: 4,648 (2009 est.) |
Tuvalu |
males age 16-49: 2,462
females age 16-49: 2,631 (2009 est.) |
Uganda |
males age 16-49: 3,996,597
females age 16-49: 3,899,717 (2009 est.) |
Ukraine |
males age 16-49: 7,056,742
females age 16-49: 9,234,591 (2009 est.) |
United Arab Emirates |
males age 16-49: 2,081,491
females age 16-49: 788,632 (2009 est.) |
United Kingdom |
males age 16-49: 12,123,900
females age 16-49: 11,616,769 (2009 est.) |
United States |
males age 16-49: 59,764,677
females age 16-49: 59,437,663 (2009 est.) |
Uruguay |
males age 16-49: 708,545
females age 16-49: 693,622 (2009 est.) |
Uzbekistan |
males age 16-49: 6,340,446
females age 16-49: 6,559,769 (2009 est.) |
Vanuatu |
males age 16-49: 41,533
females age 16-49: 42,837 (2009 est.) |
Venezuela |
males age 16-49: 5,391,582
females age 16-49: 5,873,563 (2009 est.) |
Vietnam |
males age 16-49: 19,190,676
females age 16-49: 20,768,508 (2009 est.) |
Virgin Islands |
males age 16-49: 17,820
females age 16-49: 21,193 (2009 est.) |
Wallis and Futuna |
males age 16-49: 3,273
females age 16-49: 3,297 (2009 est.) |
West Bank |
males age 16-49: 545,653
females age 16-49: 515,102 (2009 est.) |
Western Sahara |
males age 16-49: 52,267
females age 16-49: 59,221 (2009 est.) |
Yemen |
males age 16-49: 3,733,704
females age 16-49: 3,773,626 (2009 est.) |
Zambia |
males age 16-49: 1,364,173
females age 16-49: 1,245,220 (2009 est.) |
Zimbabwe |
males age 16-49: 1,198,727
females age 16-49: 1,436,232 (2009 est.) |