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Originally Posted by blueash

And here is a list of the "few" nations that do NOT require service

Afghanistan Albania Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Chile China (PRC) Comoros Congo Croatia Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominican Republic Ethiopia Fiji France Gabon Gambia Ghana Germany Guyana Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Malawi Maldives Malta Mauritania Morocco Montenegro Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Swaziland Tanzania Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Uganda United Kingdom United States Uruguay Zambia Zimbabwe
for a total of 124 nations with no service requirement including 19 not listed that do not have a military.

Every permanent member of the Security council is on this list, except Russia as are most of the major EU nations. Many nations not on the no requirement list offer a non-military option for service.

There are 65 countries with a military service requirement of varying length of which 32 require 24 months or longer:

Armenia Angola Central African Republic Chad Cuba Cyprus Equatorial Guinea Guinea Guinea-Bissau Iran Israel Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kyrgyzstan Libya Mali Mauritania Mozambique Myanmar Ni ger S�o Tom� and Pr�ncipe Senegal Singapore Somalia (uncertain) Syria Sudan Tajikistan Thailand Togo UAE Vietnam Yemen

So, no it is not accurate to have claimed that most major nations require military service, in fact the opposite is true. But it sounded good so I checked it.