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Military > Active Ground Forces Stats: compare key data on Germany & Spain

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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.
  • 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 Germany Spain
Active Personnel > 2008 235,000
Ranked 2nd. 63% more than Spain
143,780
Ranked 5th.
Active Personnel > 2008 per 1000 2.86
Ranked 19th.
3.16
Ranked 16th. 10% more than Germany
Active troops/thousand citizens 3.02
Ranked 23th.
3.12
Ranked 20th. 3% more than Germany
Total 630,000
Ranked 3rd. 16% more than Spain
544,880
Ranked 4th.
Total per 1000 7.67
Ranked 22nd.
11.96
Ranked 18th. 56% more than Germany
Transport aircraft 176
Ranked 3rd. 60% more than Spain
110
Ranked 4th.
Transport aircraft per million 2.14
Ranked 17th.
2.41
Ranked 15th. 13% more than Germany

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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