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Military > Active Ground Forces Stats: compare key data on Belgium & Denmark

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  • Active Personnel > 2008: Strength of active personnel in ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures do not include personnel in navy and air force.
  • Active Personnel > 2008 per 1000: Strength of active personnel in ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures do not include personnel in navy and air force. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Active troops/thousand citizens: Active personnel in ground forces per thousand citizens of European Union member states in 2008. Figures do not include personnel in navy and air force.
  • Main Battle Tanks: Number of main battle tanks possessed by member states of the European Union in 2008.
  • Main Battle Tanks per million: Number of main battle tanks possessed by member states of the European Union in 2008. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Total: Total ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures include active personnel, reserve forces as well as paramilitary forces.
  • Total per 1000: Total ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures include active personnel, reserve forces as well as paramilitary forces. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Transport aircraft: Number of transport aircraft possessed by member states of the European Union in 2008.
  • Transport aircraft per million: Number of transport aircraft possessed by member states of the European Union in 2008. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Belgium Denmark
Active Personnel > 2008 45,800
Ranked 8th. Twice as much as Denmark
22,880
Ranked 16th.
Active Personnel > 2008 per 1000 4.28
Ranked 8th. 3% more than Denmark
4.16
Ranked 12th.
Active troops/thousand citizens 4.23
Ranked 10th. 2% more than Denmark
4.13
Ranked 12th.
Main Battle Tanks 132
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Denmark
57
Ranked 8th.
Main Battle Tanks per million 12.32
Ranked 6th. 19% more than Denmark
10.38
Ranked 7th.
Total 146,300
Ranked 17th.
149,280
Ranked 16th. 2% more than Belgium
Total per 1000 13.66
Ranked 13th.
27.17
Ranked 9th. 99% more than Belgium
Transport aircraft 37
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Denmark
15
Ranked 14th.
Transport aircraft per million 3.45
Ranked 7th. 27% more than Denmark
2.73
Ranked 11th.

SOURCES: Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Military of the European Union; Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Military of the European Union. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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