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 |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
males age 16-49: 4,050,222 females age 16-49: 3,797,087 (2010 est.) |
| Albania |
males age 16-49: 622,379 females age 16-49: 660,715 (2010 est.) |
| Algeria |
males age 16-49: 8,622,897 females age 16-49: 8,626,222 (2010 est.) |
| American Samoa |
males age 16-49: 14,562 females age 16-49: 14,129 (2010 est.) |
| Andorra |
males age 16-49: 17,977 females age 16-49: 17,069 (2010 est.) |
| Angola |
males age 16-49: 1,546,781 females age 16-49: 1,492,308 (2010 est.) |
| Anguilla |
males age 16-49: 3,009 females age 16-49: 3,397 (2010 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
males age 16-49: 17,676 females age 16-49: 19,960 (2010 est.) |
| Argentina |
males age 16-49: 8,458,362 females age 16-49: 8,414,460 (2010 est.) |
| Armenia |
males age 16-49: 644,372 females age 16-49: 717,272 (2010 est.) |
| Aruba |
males age 16-49: 20,527 females age 16-49: 21,493 (2010 est.) |
| Australia |
males age 16-49: 4,411,958 females age 16-49: 4,239,985 (2010 est.) |
| Austria |
males age 16-49: 1,579,862 females age 16-49: 1,554,130 (2010 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
males age 16-49: 1,773,993 females age 16-49: 1,964,012 (2010 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
males age 16-49: 63,429 females age 16-49: 64,645 (2010 est.) |
| Bahrain |
males age 16-49: 423,757 females age 16-49: 245,302 (2010 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
males age 16-49: 30,486,086 females age 16-49: 35,616,093 (2010 est.) |
| Barbados |
males age 16-49: 58,125 females age 16-49: 58,016 (2010 est.) |
| Belarus |
males age 16-49: 1,693,626 females age 16-49: 2,012,401 (2010 est.) |
| Belgium |
males age 16-49: 1,934,957 females age 16-49: 1,877,268 (2010 est.) |
| Belize |
males age 16-49: 59,431 females age 16-49: 57,221 (2010 est.) |
| Benin |
males age 16-49: 1,385,065 females age 16-49: 1,400,045 (2010 est.) |
| Bermuda |
males age 16-49: 12,323 females age 16-49: 12,174 (2010 est.) |
| Bhutan |
males age 16-49: 157,664 females age 16-49: 144,861 (2010 est.) |
| Bolivia |
males age 16-49: 1,762,260 females age 16-49: 2,013,281 (2010 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
males age 16-49: 968,242 females age 16-49: 937,327 (2010 est.) |
| Botswana |
males age 16-49: 340,949 females age 16-49: 302,332 (2010 est.) |
| Brazil |
males age 16-49: 38,993,989 females age 16-49: 44,841,661 (2010 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
males age 16-49: 6,057 females age 16-49: 5,805 (2010 est.) |
| Brunei |
males age 16-49: 95,141 females age 16-49: 99,386 (2010 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
males age 16-49: 1,320,955 females age 16-49: 1,337,616 (2010 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
males age 16-49: 2,366,168 females age 16-49: 2,367,673 (2010 est.) |
| Burma |
males age 16-49: 10,451,515 females age 16-49: 11,181,537 (2010 est.) |
| Burundi |
males age 16-49: 1,398,769 females age 16-49: 1,481,417 (2010 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
males age 16-49: 106,864 females age 16-49: 117,518 (2010 est.) |
| Cambodia |
males age 16-49: 2,638,167 females age 16-49: 2,965,328 (2010 est.) |
| Cameroon |
males age 16-49: 2,794,998 females age 16-49: 2,718,110 (2010 est.) |
| Canada |
males age 16-49: 6,633,472 females age 16-49: 6,389,669 (2010 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
males age 16-49: 9,981 females age 16-49: 10,417 (2010 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
males age 16-49: 655,875 females age 16-49: 661,308 (2010 est.) |
| Chad |
males age 16-49: 1,183,242 females age 16-49: 1,395,811 (2010 est.) |
| Chile |
males age 16-49: 3,621,475 females age 16-49: 3,561,099 (2010 est.) |
| China |
males age 16-49: 318,265,016 females age 16-49: 300,323,611 (2010 est.) |
| Colombia |
males age 16-49: 9,150,400 females age 16-49: 9,861,760 (2010 est.) |
| Comoros |
males age 16-49: 134,562 females age 16-49: 145,797 (2010 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
males age 16-49: 10,168,258 females age 16-49: 10,331,693 (2010 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
males age 16-49: 577,944 females age 16-49: 566,587 (2010 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
males age 16-49: 2,198 females age 16-49: 2,156 (2010 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
males age 16-49: 1,058,419 females age 16-49: 1,037,053 (2010 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
males age 16-49: 3,360,087 females age 16-49: 3,196,033 (2010 est.) |
| Croatia |
males age 16-49: 770,710 females age 16-49: 839,732 (2010 est.) |
| Cuba |
males age 16-49: 2,446,131 females age 16-49: 2,375,590 (2010 est.) |
| Cyprus |
Cypriot National Guard (CNG): males age 16-49: 275,842 females age 16-49: 239,862 (2010 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
males age 16-49: 2,072,267 females age 16-49: 1,988,839 (2010 est.) |
| Denmark |
males age 16-49: 1,014,560 females age 16-49: 1,003,921 (2010 est.) |
| Djibouti |
males age 16-49: 114,557 females age 16-49: 154,173 (2010 est.) |
| Dominica |
males age 16-49: 16,035 females age 16-49: 15,499 (2010 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
males age 16-49: 2,188,358 females age 16-49: 2,090,180 (2010 est.) |
| Ecuador |
males age 16-49: 2,834,213 females age 16-49: 3,269,535 (2010 est.) |
| Egypt |
males age 16-49: 18,060,543 females age 16-49: 17,244,838 (2010 est.) |
| El Salvador |
males age 16-49: 1,079,038 females age 16-49: 1,373,368 (2010 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
males age 16-49: 113,277 females age 16-49: 115,320 (2010 est.) |
| Eritrea |
males age 16-49: 896,096 females age 16-49: 953,757 (2010 est.) |
| Estonia |
males age 16-49: 210,854 females age 16-49: 251,185 (2010 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
males age 16-49: 11,868,084 females age 16-49: 12,889,260 (2010 est.) |
| Faroe Islands |
males age 16-49: 9,827 females age 16-49: 8,418 (2010 est.) |
| Fiji |
males age 16-49: 183,730 females age 16-49: 188,325 (2010 est.) |
| Finland |
males age 16-49: 955,151 females age 16-49: 912,983 (2010 est.) |
| France |
males age 16-49: 12,025,341 females age 16-49: 11,721,827 (2010 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
males age 16-49: 67,363 females age 16-49: 66,053 (2010 est.) |
| Gabon |
males age 16-49: 202,404 females age 16-49: 195,389 (2010 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
males age 16-49: 315,176 females age 16-49: 347,017 (2010 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
males age 16-49: 335,820 females age 16-49: 319,847 (2010 est.) |
| Georgia |
males age 16-49: 893,003 females age 16-49: 931,683 (2010 est.) |
| Germany |
males age 16-49: 15,027,886 females age 16-49: 14,510,527 (2010 est.) |
| Ghana |
males age 16-49: 4,136,406 females age 16-49: 4,220,761 (2010 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
males age 16-49: 6,017 females age 16-49: 5,706 (2010 est.) |
| Greece |
males age 16-49: 2,032,378 females age 16-49: 2,016,552 (2010 est.) |
| Greenland |
males age 16-49: 10,765 females age 16-49: 11,399 (2010 est.) |
| Grenada |
males age 16-49: 22,596 females age 16-49: 22,588 (2010 est.) |
| Guam |
males age 16-49: 38,358 females age 16-49: 36,869 (2010 est.) |
| Guatemala |
males age 16-49: 2,590,843 females age 16-49: 2,926,544 (2010 est.) |
| Guernsey |
males age 16-49: 12,493 females age 16-49: 12,272 (2010 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
males age 16-49: 205,460 females age 16-49: 212,277 (2010 est.) |
| Guinea |
males age 16-49: 1,493,991 females age 16-49: 1,535,418 (2010 est.) |
| Guyana |
males age 16-49: 133,239 females age 16-49: 147,719 (2010 est.) |
| Haiti |
males age 16-49: 1,666,324 females age 16-49: 1,704,364 (2010 est.) |
| Honduras |
males age 16-49: 1,525,578 females age 16-49: 1,539,688 (2010 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
males age 16-49: 1,387,213 females age 16-49: 1,505,875 (2010 est.) |
| Hungary |
males age 16-49: 1,902,639 females age 16-49: 1,897,378 (2010 est.) |
| Iceland |
males age 16-49: 62,781 females age 16-49: 61,511 (2010 est.) |
| India |
males age 16-49: 249,531,562 females age 16-49: 240,039,958 (2010 est.) |
| Indonesia |
males age 16-49: 54,264,299 females age 16-49: 53,274,361 (2010 est.) |
| Iran |
males age 16-49: 20,149,222 females age 16-49: 19,417,275 (2010 est.) |
| Iraq |
males age 16-49: 6,591,185 females age 16-49: 6,421,717 (2010 est.) |
| Ireland |
males age 16-49: 977,631 females age 16-49: 965,900 (2010 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
males age 16-49: 15,206 females age 16-49: 15,127 (2010 est.) |
| Israel |
males age 16-49: 1,517,510 females age 16-49: 1,446,132 (2010 est.) |
| Italy |
males age 16-49: 11,247,446 females age 16-49: 11,348,695 (2010 est.) |
| Jamaica |
males age 16-49: 590,673 females age 16-49: 596,414 (2010 est.) |
| Japan |
males age 16-49: 22,390,431 females age 16-49: 21,540,322 (2010 est.) |
| Jersey |
males age 16-49: 18,688 females age 16-49: 18,615 (2010 est.) |
| Jordan |
males age 16-49: 1,439,192 females age 16-49: 1,384,500 (2010 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
males age 16-49: 2,909,999 females age 16-49: 3,528,169 (2010 est.) |
| Kenya |
males age 16-49: 6,361,268 females age 16-49: 6,106,870 (2010 est.) |
| Kiribati |
males age 16-49: 18,364 females age 16-49: 20,302 (2010 est.) |
| Korea, North |
males age 16-49: 4,836,567 females age 16-49: 5,230,137 (2010 est.) |
| Korea, South |
males age 16-49: 10,864,566 females age 16-49: 10,168,709 (2010 est.) |
| Kosovo |
males age 16-49: 430,926 females age 16-49: 389,614 (2010 est.) |
| Kuwait |
males age 16-49: 840,912 females age 16-49: 523,206 (2010 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
males age 16-49: 1,119,224 females age 16-49: 1,257,263 (2010 est.) |
| Laos |
males age 16-49: 1,111,629 females age 16-49: 1,190,035 (2010 est.) |
| Latvia |
males age 16-49: 401,691 females age 16-49: 447,638 (2010 est.) |
| Lebanon |
males age 16-49: 920,825 females age 16-49: 941,806 (2010 est.) |
| Lesotho |
males age 16-49: 270,184 females age 16-49: 275,734 (2010 est.) |
| Liberia |
males age 16-49: 524,243 females age 16-49: 544,349 (2010 est.) |
| Libya |
males age 16-49: 1,511,144 females age 16-49: 1,458,934 (2010 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
males age 16-49: 6,538 females age 16-49: 6,746 (2010 est.) |
| Lithuania |
males age 16-49: 669,111 females age 16-49: 724,803 (2010 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
males age 16-49: 97,290 females age 16-49: 96,361 (2010 est.) |
| Macau |
males age 16-49: 124,189 females age 16-49: 149,514 (2010 est.) |
| Macedonia |
males age 16-49: 443,843 females age 16-49: 426,251 (2010 est.) |
| Madagascar |
males age 16-49: 3,390,071 females age 16-49: 3,682,180 (2010 est.) |
| Malawi |
males age 16-49: 2,132,909 females age 16-49: 2,043,925 (2010 est.) |
| Malaysia |
males age 16-49: 6,247,306 females age 16-49: 6,175,274 (2010 est.) |
| Maldives |
males age 16-49: 135,374 females age 16-49: 85,181 (2010 est.) |
| Mali |
males age 16-49: 1,825,779 females age 16-49: 1,968,563 (2010 est.) |
| Malta |
males age 16-49: 79,645 females age 16-49: 75,684 (2010 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
males age 16-49: 13,568 females age 16-49: 13,606 (2010 est.) |
| Mauritania |
males age 16-49: 480,042 females age 16-49: 581,473 (2010 est.) |
| Mauritius |
males age 16-49: 280,596 females age 16-49: 283,317 (2010 est.) |
| Mexico |
males age 16-49: 23,239,866 females age 16-49: 25,642,549 (2010 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
males age 16-49: 22,008 females age 16-49: 23,501 (2010 est.) |
| Moldova |
males age 16-49: 875,224 females age 16-49: 969,903 (2010 est.) |
| Monaco |
males age 16-49: 4,629 females age 16-49: 4,597 (2010 est.) |
| Mongolia |
males age 16-49: 726,199 females age 16-49: 756,628 (2010 est.) |
| Montenegro |
males age 16-49: 149,159 females age 16-49: 131,823 (2010 est.) |
| Montserrat |
males age 16-49: 1,135 females age 16-49: 1,223 (2010 est.) |
| Morocco |
males age 16-49: 7,026,016 females age 16-49: 7,377,045 (2010 est.) |
| Mozambique |
males age 16-49: 2,677,473 females age 16-49: 2,941,073 (2010 est.) |
| Namibia |
males age 16-49: 351,431 females age 16-49: 311,513 (2010 est.) |
| Nauru |
males age 16-49: 1,823 females age 16-49: 2,034 (2010 est.) |
| Nepal |
males age 16-49: 5,260,878 females age 16-49: 5,947,512 (2010 est.) |
| Netherlands |
males age 16-49: 3,479,509 females age 16-49: 3,435,564 (2014 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
males age 16-49: 56,233 females age 16-49: 55,983 (2010 est.) |
| New Zealand |
males age 16-49: 843,526 females age 16-49: 828,779 (2010 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
males age 16-49: 1,227,757 females age 16-49: 1,335,653 (2010 est.) |
| Nigeria |
males age 16-49: 20,839,976 females age 16-49: 19,867,683 (2010 est.) |
| Niger |
males age 16-49: 2,194,570 females age 16-49: 2,219,416 (2010 est.) |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
males age 16-49: 8,793 females age 16-49: 11,569 (2010 est.) |
| Norway |
males age 16-49: 888,761 females age 16-49: 865,697 (2010 est.) |
| Oman |
males age 16-49: 837,886 females age 16-49: 642,427 (2010 est.) |
| Pakistan |
males age 16-49: 37,945,440 females age 16-49: 37,381,549 (2010 est.) |
| Palau |
males age 16-49: 5,272 females age 16-49: 3,969 (2010 est.) |
| Panama |
males age 16-49: 731,254 females age 16-49: 728,329 (2010 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
males age 16-49: 1,130,951 females age 16-49: 1,137,753 (2010 est.) |
| Paraguay |
males age 16-49: 1,409,859 females age 16-49: 1,433,037 (2010 est.) |
| Peru |
males age 16-49: 5,788,629 females age 16-49: 6,565,097 (2010 est.) |
| Philippines |
males age 16-49: 20,142,940 females age 16-49: 21,427,792 (2010 est.) |
| Poland |
males age 16-49: 7,817,556 females age 16-49: 7,766,361 (2010 est.) |
| Portugal |
males age 16-49: 2,103,080 females age 16-49: 2,018,004 (2010 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
males age 16-49: 700,443 females age 16-49: 786,035 (2010 est.) |
| Qatar |
males age 16-49: 321,974 females age 16-49: 140,176 (2010 est.) |
| Romania |
males age 16-49: 4,550,409 females age 16-49: 4,507,880 (2010 est.) |
| Russia |
males age 16-49: 22,597,728 females age 16-49: 23,017,006 (2013 est.) |
| Rwanda |
males age 16-49: 1,685,066 females age 16-49: 1,749,580 (2010 est.) |
| Saint Barthelemy |
males age 16-49: 1,495 females age 16-49: 1,263 (2010 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
males age 16-49: 1,565 females age 16-49: 1,579 (2010 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
males age 16-49: 10,742 females age 16-49: 10,923 (2010 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
males age 16-49: 32,688 females age 16-49: 36,289 (2010 est.) |
| Saint Martin |
males age 16-49: 6,435 females age 16-49: 6,967 (2010 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
males age 16-49: 1,064 females age 16-49: 1,069 (2010 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
males age 16-49: 22,875 females age 16-49: 22,015 (2010 est.) |
| Samoa |
males age 16-49: 38,260 females age 16-49: 38,032 (2010 est.) |
| San Marino |
males age 16-49: 5,565 females age 16-49: 6,067 (2010 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
males age 16-49: 27,310 females age 16-49: 29,279 (2010 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
males age 16-49: 7,365,624 females age 16-49: 5,677,819 (2010 est.) |
| Senegal |
males age 16-49: 1,788,493 females age 16-49: 2,133,370 (2010 est.) |
| Serbia |
males age 16-49: 1,395,426 females age 16-49: 1,356,415 (2010 est.) |
| Seychelles |
males age 16-49: 20,231 females age 16-49: 19,891 (2010 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
males age 16-49: 731,898 females age 16-49: 838,032 (2010 est.) |
| Singapore |
males age 16-49: 1,018,839 females age 16-49: 1,087,134 (2010 est.) |
| Slovakia |
males age 16-49: 1,156,113 females age 16-49: 1,139,380 (2010 est.) |
| Slovenia |
males age 16-49: 392,075 females age 16-49: 380,077 (2010 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
males age 16-49: 118,921 females age 16-49: 118,164 (2010 est.) |
| Somalia |
males age 16-49: 1,331,894 females age 16-49: 1,357,051 (2010 est.) |
| South Africa |
males age 16-49: 7,617,063 females age 16-49: 6,476,264 (2010 est.) |
| Spain |
males age 16-49: 9,603,939 females age 16-49: 9,116,928 (2010 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
males age 16-49: 4,177,432 females age 16-49: 4,574,833 (2010 est.) |
| Sudan |
males age 16-49: 6,475,530 females age 16-49: 6,840,885 (2010 est.) |
| Suriname |
males age 16-49: 109,445 females age 16-49: 112,538 (2010 est.) |
| Swaziland |
males age 16-49: 201,853 females age 16-49: 175,477 (2010 est.) |
| Sweden |
males age 16-49: 1,709,055 females age 16-49: 1,650,432 (2010 est.) |
| Switzerland |
males age 16-49: 1,493,509 females age 16-49: 1,459,450 (2010 est.) |
| Syria |
males age 16-49: 5,055,510 females age 16-49: 4,884,151 (2010 est.) |
| Taiwan |
males age 16-49: 5,074,173 females age 16-49: 4,951,088 (2010 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
males age 16-49: 1,490,267 females age 16-49: 1,675,083 (2010 est.) |
| Tanzania |
males age 16-49: 5,860,339 females age 16-49: 5,882,279 (2010 est.) |
| Thailand |
males age 16-49: 13,308,372 females age 16-49: 14,182,567 (2010 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
males age 16-49: 243,120 females age 16-49: 251,061 (2010 est.) |
| Togo |
males age 16-49: 1,104,536 females age 16-49: 1,158,061 (2010 est.) |
| Tonga |
males age 16-49: 20,956 females age 16-49: 20,577 (2010 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
males age 16-49: 269,824 females age 16-49: 261,735 (2010 est.) |
| Tunisia |
males age 16-49: 2,397,716 females age 16-49: 2,484,097 (2010 est.) |
| Turkey |
males age 16-49: 17,664,510 females age 16-49: 17,340,816 (2010 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
males age 16-49: 1,066,649 females age 16-49: 1,185,538 (2010 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
males age 16-49: 11,842 females age 16-49: 11,755 (2010 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
males age 16-49: 2,021 females age 16-49: 2,026 (2010 est.) |
| Uganda |
males age 16-49: 4,313,068 females age 16-49: 4,200,901 (2010 est.) |
| Ukraine |
males age 16-49: 6,893,551 females age 16-49: 8,792,504 (2010 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
males age 16-49: 2,229,366 females age 16-49: 842,759 (2010 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
males age 16-49: 12,255,452 females age 16-49: 11,779,679 (2010 est.) |
| United States |
males age 16-49: 60,620,143 females age 16-49: 59,401,941 (2010 est.) |
| Uruguay |
males age 16-49: 649,025 females age 16-49: 654,903 (2010 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
males age 16-49: 6,566,118 females age 16-49: 6,745,818 (2010 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
males age 16-49: 43,331 females age 16-49: 44,927 (2010 est.) |
| Venezuela |
males age 16-49: 5,614,743 females age 16-49: 6,074,834 (2010 est.) |
| Vietnam |
males age 16-49: 20,405,847 females age 16-49: 21,098,102 (2010 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
males age 16-49: 17,542 females age 16-49: 20,946 (2010 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
males age 16-49: 3,376 females age 16-49: 3,314 (2010 est.) |
| West Bank |
males age 16-49: 579,248 females age 16-49: 547,782 (2010 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
males age 16-49: 79,489 females age 16-49: 87,362 (2010 est.) |
| Yemen |
males age 16-49: 4,056,944 females age 16-49: 4,116,895 (2010 est.) |
| Zambia |
males age 16-49: 1,745,656 females age 16-49: 1,688,670 (2010 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
males age 16-49: 1,528,166 females age 16-49: 1,646,041 (2010 est.) |