FACTOID # 3: The United States spends more money on its military than the next 12 nations combined.
 
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Europe > Germany > Military

GERMAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aid to Afghanistan > Gross disbursements as a percent of ODA 0.9% [16th of 17]
Aid to Afghanistan > Total development aid, estimates $15,575,580,000.00 [6th of 24]
    Aid to Afghanistan > Total development aid, estimates (per $ GDP) $57.38 per $10,000 of GDP [14th of 24]
    Aid to Afghanistan > Total development aid, estimates (per capita) $188.95 per capita [15th of 24]
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-6 Brigadegeneral
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-7 Generalmajor
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-8 Generalleutnant
Air force officer ranks > Generals/Marshals/Air Officers > OF-9 General
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2
Stabshauptmann ---- Hauptmann
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Major
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Oberstleutnant
Air force officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Oberst
Air force personnel 76,200 [5th of 49]
    Air force personnel (per capita) 0.092 per 100 population [17th of 49]
Armed forces growth -54 [119th of 132]
Armed forces personnel 221,000 [21st of 166]
    Armed forces personnel (per capita) 2.68103 per 1,000 people [96th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ 1,855,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [4th of 45]
    Arms exports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 22.493 constant 1990 US$ per 1 Time series [7th of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 216,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [28th of 100]
    Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ (per capita) 2.619 constant 1990 US$ per c Time series [42nd of 170]
Army personnel 230,600 [10th of 49]
    Army personnel (per capita) 2.79749 per 1,000 people [27th of 49]
Branches
Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 20 AUG 1998
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996
Conscription
Conscription exists.
Employment in arms production 90,000 [8th of 56]
    Employment in arms production (per capita) 1,091.82 per 1 million people [24th of 56]
expenditure > % of central government expenditure 4.34 % Time series [45th of 88]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.35 % Time series [73rd of 145]
expenditure > current LCU 30435000000 Time series
Expenditures 1.5 % of GDP Time series [50th of 87]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $35,063,000,000.00 Time series [5th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per $ GDP) $14.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP Time series [65th of 111]
    Expenditures > Dollar figure (per capita) $424.79 per capita Time series [14th of 111]
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.5% Time series [102nd of 154]
Exports to developing nations $4,336.00 million [6th of 7]
    Exports to developing nations (per $ GDP) $0.00 million per $1 million [5th of 7]
    Exports to developing nations (per capita) $52.60 million per 1 million p [5th of 7]
Forces in Europe > ACVs 2,381 [8th of 25]
    Forces in Europe > ACVs (per capita) 28.8848 per 1 million people [21st of 25]
Forces in Europe > Aircraft 375 [7th of 24]
    Forces in Europe > Aircraft (per capita) 4.54926 per 1 million people [20th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Artillery 1,672 [7th of 25]
    Forces in Europe > Artillery (per capita) 20.2836 per 1 million people [22nd of 25]
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks 2,368 [4th of 24]
    Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks (per capita) 28.7271 per 1 million people [14th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Helicopters 199 [4th of 22]
    Forces in Europe > Helicopters (per capita) 2.41414 per 1 million people [12th of 22]
M2 Browning machine gun > International usage > NATO Member Yes
Manpower > Availability > Females 18,543,955 Time series [16th of 162]
Manpower > Availability > Males 19,594,118 Time series [17th of 210]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 20,509,800 [14th of 175]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 20,468,942 Time series [15th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.248 per capita Time series [116th of 175]
    Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 248.812 per 1,000 people [95th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 15,051,183 Time series [16th of 162]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 15,906,930 Time series [17th of 210]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 17,338,435 Time series [11th of 174]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 17,399,900 [11th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 0.21 per capita Time series [34th of 174]
    Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 (per capita) 211.085 per 1,000 people [18th of 173]
Manpower > Military age 18 years of age Time series
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 420,801 Time series [24th of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females (per capita) 5.109 per 1,000 people Time series [217th of 225]
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 442,972 Time series [23rd of 226]
    Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males (per capita) 5.378 per 1,000 people Time series [217th of 225]
Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 17,913,113 [10th of 120]
    Manpower available for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.217 per capita [65th of 120]
Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 18,917,537 [11th of 164]
    Manpower available for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.23 per capita [64th of 164]
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 14,443,412 [11th of 119]
    Manpower fit for military service > Females age 18-49 (per capita) 0.175 per capita [60th of 119]
Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 15,258,931 [11th of 161]
    Manpower fit for military service > Males age 18-49 (per capita) 0.185 per capita [47th of 161]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Females age 18-49 470,537 [14th of 91]
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 497,048 [19th of 157]
military expenditures > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures > Date of information 2005
military expenditures > Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Figures > Military expenditures, USD 33,200,000,000 [6th of 15]
NATO > Current members > Date 9 May 1955
NATO > Current members > Expansion Second
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-6 Flottillenadmiral
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-7 Konteradmiral
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-8 Vizeadmiral
Naval officer ranks > Flag Officers > OF-9 Admiral
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-2
Stabskapitänleutnant
---- Kapitänleutnant
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-3 Korvettenkapitän
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-4 Fregattenkapitän
Naval officer ranks > Other officers > OF-5 Kapitän zur See
Navy personnel 26,700 [17th of 49]
    Navy personnel (per capita) 0.323907 per 1,000 people [31st of 49]
Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities 18 [2nd of 13]
    Operation Enduring Freedom > Afghanistan coalition fatalities (per capita) 2.184 per 10 million people [6th of 13]
personnel 285,000 Time series [21st of 170]
    personnel (per capita) 3.456 per 1,000 people Time series [99th of 171]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.7 % Time series [104th of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age (conscripts serve a nine-month tour of compulsory military service)
Tanks 2,300 tanks [5th of 22]
    Tanks (per capita) 27.9021 tanks per 1 million peop [15th of 22]
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier > National examples > Description
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a former 19th century guard house, called Neue Wache
US deployment 12%
Weapon holdings 0 [138th of 137]
    Weapon holdings (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [137th of 137]

SOURCES: OECD, ODA Indicators.; United Nations Development Programme in Afghanistan, 2006.; Wikipedia: Air force officer ranks ; Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Richard F. Grimmett, "Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1992-1999" (Washington: Congressional Research Service, August 18, 2000), p. 51; Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003; Wikipedia: M2 Browning machine gun ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: List of countries by military expenditures ; Wikipedia: NATO ; Wikipedia: Naval officer ranks ; Operation Enduring Freedom, icasualties.org, May 18, 2006; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Wikipedia: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, west germany

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