Denmark vs Germany
Denmark vs Germany: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 15,000 people in Denmark and 183,000 people in Germany, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Germany, by 168,000 people, or 12 times that in Denmark.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Denmark | Germany | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15,000 | 183,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 15,000 | 184,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 14,500 | 181,400 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 15,000 | 180,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 16,100 | 179,100 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 16,600 | 177,300 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 17,200 | 178,600 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 17,200 | 181,600 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 17,200 | 186,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 16,450 | 196,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 18,630 | 251,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 18,710 | 251,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 30,000 | 244,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 30,000 | 244,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 30,000 | 246,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 21,000 | 285,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 21,000 | 284,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 22,800 | 284,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 22,700 | 296,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 21,400 | 308,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 21,800 | 221,100 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 27,000 | 331,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 32,100 | 333,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 32,900 | 347,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 32,900 | 383,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 33,100 | 365,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 28,000 | 362,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 27,000 | 398,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 28,000 | 442,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 30,000 | 457,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 31,000 | 545,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 31,000 | 503,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 29,600 | 478,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1983 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1982 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1981 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1980 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1979 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1978 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1977 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1976 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1975 | 34,000 | – | – |
| 1974 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1973 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1972 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1971 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1970 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | 13,000 | 5.3 million | – |
| 1944 | – | 6.13 million | – |
| 1943 | – | 6.96 million | – |
| 1942 | – | 7.03 million | – |
| 1941 | – | 7.1 million | – |
| 1940 | 13,000 | 3.3 million | – |
| 1939 | 12,000 | 2.75 million | – |
| 1938 | 11,000 | 782,000 | – |
| 1937 | 12,000 | 603,000 | – |
| 1936 | 12,000 | 596,000 | – |
| 1935 | 10,000 | 461,000 | – |
| 1934 | 10,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1933 | 11,000 | 118,000 | – |
| 1932 | 11,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1931 | 11,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1930 | 11,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1929 | 12,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1928 | 14,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1927 | 13,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1926 | 14,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1925 | 14,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1924 | 14,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1923 | 13,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1922 | 13,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1921 | 15,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1920 | 16,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1919 | 16,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1918 | 16,000 | 8 million | – |
| 1917 | 16,000 | 5.38 million | – |
| 1916 | 16,000 | 4.58 million | – |
| 1915 | 15,000 | 3.82 million | – |
| 1914 | 15,000 | 862,000 | – |
| 1913 | 15,000 | 859,000 | – |
| 1912 | 15,000 | 716,000 | – |
| 1911 | 15,000 | 677,000 | – |
| 1910 | 15,000 | 673,000 | – |
| 1909 | 15,000 | 667,000 | – |
| 1908 | 12,000 | 663,000 | – |
| 1907 | 11,000 | 658,000 | – |
| 1906 | 11,000 | 653,000 | – |
| 1905 | 11,000 | 648,000 | – |
| 1904 | 11,000 | 642,000 | – |
| 1903 | 11,000 | 636,000 | – |
| 1902 | 11,000 | 638,000 | – |
| 1901 | 11,000 | 630,000 | – |
| 1900 | 11,000 | 624,000 | – |
| 1899 | 12,000 | 619,000 | – |
| 1898 | 12,000 | 606,000 | – |
| 1897 | 16,000 | 604,000 | – |
| 1896 | 12,000 | 602,000 | – |
| 1895 | 12,000 | 602,000 | – |
| 1894 | 15,000 | 601,000 | – |
| 1893 | 15,000 | 601,000 | – |
| 1892 | 15,000 | 526,000 | – |
| 1891 | 17,000 | 524,000 | – |
| 1890 | 18,000 | 505,000 | – |
| 1889 | 18,000 | 504,000 | – |
| 1888 | 17,000 | 504,000 | – |
| 1887 | 14,000 | 503,000 | – |
| 1886 | 11,000 | 460,000 | – |
| 1885 | 8,000 | 459,000 | – |
| 1884 | 6,000 | 457,000 | – |
| 1883 | 6,000 | 457,000 | – |
| 1882 | 6,000 | 455,000 | – |
| 1881 | 6,000 | 456,000 | – |
| 1880 | 6,000 | 430,000 | – |
| 1879 | 6,000 | 430,000 | – |
| 1878 | 11,000 | 429,000 | – |
| 1877 | 16,000 | 429,000 | – |
| 1876 | 16,000 | 429,000 | – |
| 1875 | 16,000 | 428,000 | – |
| 1874 | 39,000 | 429,000 | – |
| 1873 | 39,000 | 426,000 | – |
| 1872 | 39,000 | 427,000 | – |
| 1871 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 51,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 43,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1830 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1829 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1828 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1827 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1826 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1825 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1824 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1823 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1822 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1821 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1820 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1819 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1818 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1817 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1816 | 32,000 | – | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Denmark vs Germany
Health
- Life expectancyDenmark: 81.9 years in 2023Germany: 81.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDenmark: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Germany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDenmark: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Germany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterDenmark: 99.9% in 2022Germany: 99.9% in 2022
- DepressionDenmark: 3.29% in 2017Germany: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateDenmark: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Germany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDenmark: 5.95 million people in 2023Germany: 84.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthDenmark: 0.53% a year in 2023Germany: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDenmark: 1.51 births per woman in 2023Germany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDenmark: 88.9% in 2025Germany: 82.1% in 2025
- Median ageDenmark: 41.3 years in 2023Germany: 45.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDenmark: 20.6% in 2023Germany: 22.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateDenmark: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Germany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDenmark: 3.25% of GDP in 2025Germany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDenmark: $14.1B in 2025Germany: $107B in 2025
- Military spending per personDenmark: $2,495 in 2025Germany: $1,346 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDenmark: 6.6% of government spending in 2025Germany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerDenmark: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Germany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDenmark: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Germany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDenmark: 278 million TIV in 2025Germany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsDenmark: 165 million TIV in 2025Germany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025