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Military Stats: compare key data on Germany & Lithuania

Definitions

  • Active military personnel: Active military personnel.
  • Air force > Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
  • Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
  • Budget: Annual defense budget in billion USD.
  • Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
  • Global Peace Index: The Global Peace Index is comprised of 22 indicators in the three categories ongoing domestic or international conflicts; societal safety; and security and militarization. A low index value indicates a peaceful and safe country.
  • Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
  • Military expenditures: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
  • Navy > Aircraft carriers: Number of aircraft carriers.
  • Navy > Corvette warships: Number of corvettes.
  • Paramilitary personnel: Paramilitary.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Personnel > Per capita: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
  • War deaths: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
  • Armed forces personnel > Total: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces."
  • Personnel: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Branches: The names of the ground, naval, air, marine, and other defense or security forces
  • Active military personnel per thousand people: Active military personnel. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Military expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
  • Navy > Patrol boats: Number of patrol boats (Includes minesweepers).
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • NATO > NATO reserves provided: Reserve personnel.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Expenditures > Dollar figure: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies
  • Armed forces personnel per 1000: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
  • Expenditure > Current LCU: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Personnel per 1000: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Army > Mortars: Mortar.
  • Conscription: A description of the status of conscription in the nation in 1997.
  • Imports > USD: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services."
  • Defence spending > Percent of GDP: Defense expenditure as percentage of GDP. Figures are for the year 2010.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • Military expenditures > Percent of GDP: This entry gives spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP); the GDP is calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). For countries with no military forces, this figure can include expenditures on public security and police.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product
  • Active Ground Forces > Total: Total ground forces of European Union member states in 2008. Figures include active personnel, reserve forces as well as paramilitary forces.
  • Weapon holdings per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Army > Armoured vehicles: Armoured vehicle.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Military spending (euros): Military expenditure (€).
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Military age: The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Active Ground 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.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
  • Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Spending of GDP: Of GDP.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching military age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve.
  • Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000: This entry gives the number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults.
  • Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organisation, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organisation's definition of the economically active population."
  • Military expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilisation, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)"
  • Navy > Anti-mine ships: Anti-mine ship.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Expenditure > % of GDP: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Active Ground Forces > 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.
  • Personnel > % of total labor force: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: The total numbers of males aged 15-49. This statistic assumes that every individual is fit to serve. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Expenditure > % of central government expenditure: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)
  • Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000: The number of draft-age males and females entering the military manpower pool in any given year and is a measure of the availability of draft-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people: This entry is derived from Military > Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually, which gives the number of males and females entering the military manpower pool (i.e., reaching age 16) in any given year and is a measure of the availability of military-age young adults. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP: Current military expenditures in US dollars; the figure is calculated by multiplying the estimated defense spending in percentage terms by the gross domestic product (GDP) calculated on an exchange rate basis not purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Dollar figures for military expenditures should be treated with caution because of different price patterns and accounting methods among nations, as well as wide variations in the strength of their currencies. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita: The number of males aged 15-49 fit for military service. This is a more refined measure of potential military manpower availability which tries to correct for the health situation in the country and reduces the maximum potential number to a more realistic estimate of the actual number fit to serve. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
STAT Germany Lithuania HISTORY
Active military personnel 191,721
Ranked 2nd. 24 times more than Lithuania
7,987
Ranked 21st.
Air force > Combat aircraft 423
Ranked 3rd. 212 times more than Lithuania
2
Ranked 54th.
Armed forces personnel 221,000
Ranked 21st. 17 times more than Lithuania
13,000
Ranked 100th.
Budget 49 US$ BN
Ranked 2nd. 75 times more than Lithuania
0.65 US$ BN
Ranked 37th.
Expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.5%
Ranked 96th.
1.9%
Ranked 76th. 27% more than Germany

Global Peace Index 1.43
Ranked 19th.
1.78
Ranked 120th. 25% more than Germany

Military branches Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Support Services (Streitkraeftbasis, SKB), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst, ZSanDstBw) Lithuanian Armed Forces (Lietuvos Ginkluotosios Pajegos): Land Forces (Sausumos Pajegos), Naval Forces (Karines Juru Pajegos), Air Forces (Karines Oro Pajegos)
Military expenditures 1.5% of GDP
Ranked 22nd. 67% more than Lithuania
0.9% of GDP
Ranked 4th.
Military service age and obligation 17-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription ended 1 July 2011; service obligation 8-23 months or 12 years; women have been eligible for voluntary service in all military branches and positions since 2001 18 years of age for voluntary military service; service obligation 1 year; Lithuania converted to a professional military in the fall of 2008, although the decision continues under judicial review
Navy > Aircraft carriers 0.0
Ranked 17th.
0.0
Ranked 24th.
Navy > Corvette warships 2
Ranked 22nd.
3
Ranked 18th. 50% more than Germany
Paramilitary personnel 0.0
Ranked 1st.
14,600
Ranked 47th.
Personnel > Per capita 3.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th.
8.49 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th. 2 times more than Germany

Service age and obligation 18 years of age (conscripts serve a nine-month tour of compulsory military service) 19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation
War deaths 0.0
Ranked 35th.
0.0
Ranked 120th.

Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Armed forces personnel > Total 244,000
Ranked 21st. 10 times more than Lithuania
24,000
Ranked 88th.

Personnel 285,000
Ranked 21st. 10 times more than Lithuania
29,000
Ranked 88th.

Expenditures > Dollar figure per capita $424.83
Ranked 14th. 6 times more than Lithuania
$66.30
Ranked 11th.
Branches Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst) Ground Forces, Naval Force, Lithuanian Military Air Forces, National Defense Volunteer Forces
Active military personnel per thousand people 2.34
Ranked 20th.
2.68
Ranked 14th. 14% more than Germany
Military expenditure > Current LCU 32.86 billion
Ranked 46th. 21 times more than Lithuania
1.6 billion
Ranked 86th.

Navy > Patrol boats 8
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as Lithuania
4
Ranked 9th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males 405,438
Ranked 27th. 20 times more than Lithuania
20,425
Ranked 142nd.

NATO > NATO reserves provided 355,000
Ranked 6th. 83 times more than Lithuania
4,260
Ranked 22nd.
Expenditures > Dollar figure $35.06 billion
Ranked 5th. 152 times more than Lithuania
$230.80 million
Ranked 13th.
Weapon holdings 0.0
Ranked 137th.
81,000
Ranked 117th.
Armed forces personnel per 1000 2.69
Ranked 99th.
3.71
Ranked 85th. 38% more than Germany
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 442,972
Ranked 23th. 17 times more than Lithuania
25,907
Ranked 139th.

Manpower available for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
Expenditure > Current LCU 30435000000 1280000000
Personnel per 1000 3.46
Ranked 100th.
8.49
Ranked 36th. 2 times more than Germany

Army > Mortars 2,200
Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Lithuania
142
Ranked 18th.
Conscription <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists. <a href=/graph-T/mil_con>Conscription</a> exists.
Imports > USD 104 million
Ranked 38th. 4 times more than Lithuania
26 million
Ranked 57th.

Defence spending > Percent of GDP 1.27%
Ranked 17th. 13% more than Lithuania
1.12%
Ranked 23th.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ 216 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 28th. 24 times more than Lithuania
9 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 68th.

NATO > Current members > Date 9 May 1955 29 March 2004
Military expenditures > Percent of GDP 1.5% of GDP
Ranked 43th. 67% more than Lithuania
0.9% of GDP
Ranked 3rd.

Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per $ GDP $14.36 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 65th.
$19.00 per 1,000 $ of GDP
Ranked 13th. 32% more than Germany
Active Ground Forces > Total 630,000
Ranked 3rd. 87% more than Lithuania
337,100
Ranked 11th.
Weapon holdings per 1000 0.0
Ranked 135th.
23.27
Ranked 93th.
Manpower fit for military service > Females age 16-49 None None
Army > Armoured vehicles 3,934
Ranked 5th. 16 times more than Lithuania
240
Ranked 20th.
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ 1.85 billion constant 1990 US$
Ranked 4th. 618 times more than Lithuania
3 million constant 1990 US$
Ranked 38th.
ISAF troops in Afghanistan > 2010-12-14 4,341
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Lithuania
219
Ranked 25th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Males per thousand people 4.95
Ranked 212th.
6.84
Ranked 164th. 38% more than Germany

Military spending (euros) \u20ac32,490,000,000 \u20ac252,000,000
Expenditures > Dollar figure > Per capita $424.80 per capita
Ranked 14th. 6 times more than Lithuania
$66.30 per capita
Ranked 11th.
Defence spending > 2008[46] 2,009
Ranked 6th. The same as Lithuania
2,009
Ranked 22nd.
Manpower > Availability > Males 19.59 million
Ranked 17th. 21 times more than Lithuania
915,187
Ranked 128th.

Manpower > Military age 18 years of age 18 years of age
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature 24 SEP 1996 07 OCT 1996
Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 497,048
Ranked 19th. 17 times more than Lithuania
29,689
Ranked 106th.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males 405,438
Ranked 27th. 20 times more than Lithuania
20,425
Ranked 142nd.
NATO join date 5/9/1955 3/29/2004
Manpower available for military service > Females age 16-49 None 875780
Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 22,493.19 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 7th. 26 times more than Lithuania
864.78 constant 1990 US$ per 1
Ranked 31st.
Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 2.62 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 43th.
2.64 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 42nd. 1% more than Germany

Active Ground Forces > Total per 1000 7.67
Ranked 22nd.
100.38
Ranked 3rd. 13 times more than Germany
Manpower > Availability > Females 18.54 million
Ranked 16th. 20 times more than Lithuania
906,097
Ranked 118th.

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 15.91 million
Ranked 17th. 23 times more than Lithuania
678,434
Ranked 128th.

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 20.51 million
Ranked 14th. 22 times more than Lithuania
937,055
Ranked 124th.

Arms imports > Constant 1990 US$ > Per capita 2.62 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 43th.
2.64 constant 1990 US$ per c
Ranked 42nd. 1% more than Germany

Spending of GDP 1.23%
Ranked 14th. 50% more than Lithuania
0.82%
Ranked 23th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females 384,930
Ranked 27th. 20 times more than Lithuania
19,527
Ranked 143th.
Manpower reaching military age annually > Females per thousand people 4.71
Ranked 211th.
5.94
Ranked 180th. 26% more than Germany
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females 15.05 million
Ranked 16th. 20 times more than Lithuania
749,483
Ranked 117th.

ISAF troops in Afghanistan > 2009-12-09 4,280
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than Lithuania
155
Ranked 25th.
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 per 1000 248.7
Ranked 86th.
274.45
Ranked 37th. 10% more than Germany

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 17.4 million
Ranked 11th. 24 times more than Lithuania
735,536
Ranked 119th.

Manpower reaching military service age annually > Males age 18-49 per 1000 6.04
Ranked 131st.
8.8
Ranked 84th. 46% more than Germany
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males per 1000 193.73
Ranked 95th.
202.03
Ranked 66th. 4% more than Germany

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females 384,930
Ranked 27th. 20 times more than Lithuania
19,527
Ranked 143th.
Armed forces personnel > % of total labor force 0.58%
Ranked 101st.
1.49%
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Germany

Military expenditure > % of GDP 1.36%
Ranked 73th.
1.73%
Ranked 53th. 27% more than Germany

Navy > Anti-mine ships 15
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Lithuania
4
Ranked 10th.
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females per 1000 5.12
Ranked 190th.
7.37
Ranked 141st. 44% more than Germany

Expenditure > % of GDP 1.35%
Ranked 72nd.
1.8%
Ranked 46th. 33% more than Germany

Manpower > Availability > Females per 1000 225.84
Ranked 113th.
269.82
Ranked 27th. 19% more than Germany

Manpower > Availability > Males per 1000 238.63
Ranked 120th.
272.53
Ranked 41st. 14% more than Germany

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 per 1000 210.99
Ranked 22nd.
215.43
Ranked 15th. 2% more than Germany

Active Ground Forces > Active troops/thousand citizens 3.02
Ranked 23th.
4.12
Ranked 13th. 36% more than Germany
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Female 384930 19527
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Male 405438 20425
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification 20 AUG 1998 07 FEB 2000
Personnel > % of total labor force 0.7%
Ranked 102nd.
1.79%
Ranked 39th. 3 times more than Germany

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Males per thousand people 5
Ranked 210th.
5.81
Ranked 194th. 16% more than Germany
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females > Per capita 5.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 214th.
6.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 166th. 36% more than Germany

Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.248 per capita
Ranked 113th.
0.274 per capita
Ranked 49th. 10% more than Germany

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males > Per capita 5.38 per 1,000 people
Ranked 214th.
7.27 per 1,000 people
Ranked 164th. 35% more than Germany

Expenditure > % of central government expenditure 4.34%
Ranked 45th.
6.37%
Ranked 26th. 47% more than Germany

Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males per 1000 5.39
Ranked 190th.
7.71
Ranked 143th. 43% more than Germany

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually > Females per thousand people 4.71
Ranked 209th.
5.94
Ranked 178th. 26% more than Germany
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Females 420,801
Ranked 24th. 17 times more than Lithuania
24,735
Ranked 140th.

Arms > Exports > Constant 1990 US$ per capita 22.49 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 7th. 26 times more than Lithuania
0.865 constant 1990 US$
Ranked 31st.
Expenditures > Dollar figure, % of GDP 1.45%
Ranked 63th.
1.9%
Ranked 11th. 31% more than Germany
Manpower > Fit for military service > Females per 1000 183.3
Ranked 101st.
223.19
Ranked 30th. 22% more than Germany

Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 > Per capita 0.21 per capita
Ranked 33th.
0.215 per capita
Ranked 24th. 2% more than Germany

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