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Armed forces personnel since 1816 — Denmark

Armed forces personnel since 1816 in Denmark in 2022 — 15,000 people. Ranked 107 in the world out of 189. Since 1816, the indicator has fallen by 53.1%.

2022 15,000 people +0% vs 2021
World rank 107of 189
Period maximum 51,000 people1868
Period minimum 6,000 people1879

Trend over time

1816–2022 · people

Armed forces personnel since 1816 — Denmark, 1816–2022020,00040,00060,000181618371858187919001921194219631984200520221816: 32,000 people1820: 28,000 people1824: 41,000 people1828: 41,000 people1832: 41,000 people1836: 41,000 people1840: 45,000 people1844: 24,000 people1848: 27,000 people1852: 26,000 people1856: 25,000 people1860: 25,000 people1864: 32,000 people1868: 51,000 people1872: 39,000 people1876: 16,000 people1880: 6,000 people1884: 6,000 people1888: 17,000 people1892: 15,000 people1896: 12,000 people1900: 11,000 people1904: 11,000 people1908: 12,000 people1912: 15,000 people1916: 16,000 people1920: 16,000 people1924: 14,000 people1928: 14,000 people1932: 11,000 people1936: 12,000 people1940: 13,000 people1948: 14,000 people1952: 25,000 people1956: 35,000 people1960: 32,000 people1964: 45,000 people1968: 45,000 people1972: 45,000 people1976: 31,000 people1980: 33,000 people1984: 31,000 people1988: 30,000 people1992: 28,000 people1996: 28,000 people2000: 22,000 people2004: 22,000 people2008: 30,000 people2012: 19,000 people2016: 17,000 people2020: 15,000 people2022: 15,000 people
Change over the period: −17,000 (−53.13%) Average annual rate: -0.37 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Denmark

Denmark 15,000 people
World computed 20.79M people
Europe & Central Asia computed 4.15M people
Northern Europe computed 269,000 people
High-income countries computed 5.91M people
Armed forces personnel since 1816 — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 15,000 +0 +0%
2021 15,000 +0 +0%
2020 15,000 +0 +0%
2019 15,000 −1,000 −6.25%
2018 16,000 −1,000 −5.88%
2017 17,000 +0 +0%
2016 17,000 +0 +0%
2015 17,000 +0 +0%
2014 17,000 +1,000 +6.25%
2013 16,000 −3,000 −15.79%
2012 19,000 +0 +0%
2011 19,000 −8,000 −29.63%
2010 27,000 −3,000 −10%
2009 30,000 +0 +0%
2008 30,000 +8,000 +36.36%
2007 22,000 +1,000 +4.76%
2006 21,000 +0 +0%
2005 21,000 −1,000 −4.55%
2004 22,000 −1,000 −4.35%
2003 23,000 +0 +0%
2002 23,000 +2,000 +9.52%
2001 21,000 −1,000 −4.55%
2000 22,000 −5,000 −18.52%
1999 27,000 +2,000 +8%
1998 25,000 −4,000 −13.79%
1997 29,000 +1,000 +3.57%
1996 28,000 +1,000 +3.7%
1995 27,000 −1,000 −3.57%
1994 28,000 +1,000 +3.7%
1993 27,000 −1,000 −3.57%
1992 28,000 −2,000 −6.67%
1991 30,000 −1,000 −3.23%
1990 31,000 +0 +0%
1989 31,000 +1,000 +3.33%
1988 30,000 +2,000 +7.14%
1987 28,000 +0 +0%
1986 28,000 −1,000 −3.45%
1985 29,000 −2,000 −6.45%
1984 31,000 +1,000 +3.33%
1983 30,000 −2,000 −6.25%
1982 32,000 −1,000 −3.03%
1981 33,000 +0 +0%
1980 33,000 +0 +0%
1979 33,000 +0 +0%
1978 33,000 +1,000 +3.13%
1977 32,000 +1,000 +3.23%
1976 31,000 −3,000 −8.82%
1975 34,000 −1,000 −2.86%
1974 35,000 −4,000 −10.26%
1973 39,000 −6,000 −13.33%
1972 45,000 +0 +0%
1971 45,000 +0 +0%
1970 45,000 +0 +0%
1969 45,000 +0 +0%
1968 45,000 −5,000 −10%
1967 50,000 +0 +0%
1966 50,000 +0 +0%
1965 50,000 +5,000 +11.11%
1964 45,000 +0 +0%
1963 45,000 −2,000 −4.26%
1962 47,000 +2,000 +4.44%
1961 45,000 +13,000 +40.63%
1960 32,000 +0 +0%
1959 32,000 +0 +0%
1958 32,000 −3,000 −8.57%
1957 35,000 +0 +0%
1956 35,000 +10,000 +40%
1955 25,000 +0 +0%
1954 25,000 +0 +0%
1953 25,000 +0 +0%
1952 25,000 +0 +0%
1951 25,000 +7,000 +38.89%
1950 18,000 +2,000 +12.5%
1949 16,000 +2,000 +14.29%
1948 14,000 +0 +0%
1947 14,000 +0 +0%
1946 14,000 +1,000 +7.69%
1945 13,000 — —
1940 13,000 +1,000 +8.33%
1939 12,000 +1,000 +9.09%
1938 11,000 −1,000 −8.33%
1937 12,000 +0 +0%
1936 12,000 +2,000 +20%
1935 10,000 +0 +0%
1934 10,000 −1,000 −9.09%
1933 11,000 +0 +0%
1932 11,000 +0 +0%
1931 11,000 +0 +0%
1930 11,000 −1,000 −8.33%
1929 12,000 −2,000 −14.29%
1928 14,000 +1,000 +7.69%
1927 13,000 −1,000 −7.14%
1926 14,000 +0 +0%
1925 14,000 +0 +0%
1924 14,000 +1,000 +7.69%
1923 13,000 +0 +0%
1922 13,000 −2,000 −13.33%
1921 15,000 −1,000 −6.25%
1920 16,000 +0 +0%
1919 16,000 +0 +0%
1918 16,000 +0 +0%
1917 16,000 +0 +0%
1916 16,000 +1,000 +6.67%
1915 15,000 +0 +0%
1914 15,000 +0 +0%
1913 15,000 +0 +0%
1912 15,000 +0 +0%
1911 15,000 +0 +0%
1910 15,000 +0 +0%
1909 15,000 +3,000 +25%
1908 12,000 +1,000 +9.09%
1907 11,000 +0 +0%
1906 11,000 +0 +0%
1905 11,000 +0 +0%
1904 11,000 +0 +0%
1903 11,000 +0 +0%
1902 11,000 +0 +0%
1901 11,000 +0 +0%
1900 11,000 −1,000 −8.33%
1899 12,000 +0 +0%
1898 12,000 −4,000 −25%
1897 16,000 +4,000 +33.33%
1896 12,000 +0 +0%
1895 12,000 −3,000 −20%
1894 15,000 +0 +0%
1893 15,000 +0 +0%
1892 15,000 −2,000 −11.76%
1891 17,000 −1,000 −5.56%
1890 18,000 +0 +0%
1889 18,000 +1,000 +5.88%
1888 17,000 +3,000 +21.43%
1887 14,000 +3,000 +27.27%
1886 11,000 +3,000 +37.5%
1885 8,000 +2,000 +33.33%
1884 6,000 +0 +0%
1883 6,000 +0 +0%
1882 6,000 +0 +0%
1881 6,000 +0 +0%
1880 6,000 +0 +0%
1879 6,000 −5,000 −45.45%
1878 11,000 −5,000 −31.25%
1877 16,000 +0 +0%
1876 16,000 +0 +0%
1875 16,000 −23,000 −58.97%
1874 39,000 +0 +0%
1873 39,000 +0 +0%
1872 39,000 +1,000 +2.63%
1871 38,000 −1,000 −2.56%
1870 39,000 +0 +0%
1869 39,000 −12,000 −23.53%
1868 51,000 +5,000 +10.87%
1867 46,000 +3,000 +6.98%
1866 43,000 +5,000 +13.16%
1865 38,000 +6,000 +18.75%
1864 32,000 +7,000 +28%
1863 25,000 +0 +0%
1862 25,000 +0 +0%
1861 25,000 +0 +0%
1860 25,000 +0 +0%
1859 25,000 +0 +0%
1858 25,000 +0 +0%
1857 25,000 +0 +0%
1856 25,000 +0 +0%
1855 25,000 −1,000 −3.85%
1854 26,000 +0 +0%
1853 26,000 +0 +0%
1852 26,000 +0 +0%
1851 26,000 +0 +0%
1850 26,000 −15,000 −36.59%
1849 41,000 +14,000 +51.85%
1848 27,000 +0 +0%
1847 27,000 +0 +0%
1846 27,000 +1,000 +3.85%
1845 26,000 +2,000 +8.33%
1844 24,000 +1,000 +4.35%
1843 23,000 −8,000 −25.81%
1842 31,000 −7,000 −18.42%
1841 38,000 −7,000 −15.56%
1840 45,000 +10,000 +28.57%
1839 35,000 −2,000 −5.41%
1838 37,000 −2,000 −5.13%
1837 39,000 −2,000 −4.88%
1836 41,000 +0 +0%
1835 41,000 +8,000 +24.24%
1834 33,000 −8,000 −19.51%
1833 41,000 +0 +0%
1832 41,000 +0 +0%
1831 41,000 +0 +0%
1830 41,000 +0 +0%
1829 41,000 +0 +0%
1828 41,000 +0 +0%
1827 41,000 +0 +0%
1826 41,000 +0 +0%
1825 41,000 +0 +0%
1824 41,000 +11,000 +36.67%
1823 30,000 +2,000 +7.14%
1822 28,000 +2,000 +7.69%
1821 26,000 −2,000 −7.14%
1820 28,000 −1,000 −3.45%
1819 29,000 −1,000 −3.33%
1818 30,000 −1,000 −3.23%
1817 31,000 −1,000 −3.13%
1816 32,000 — —

Northern Europe, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GB United Kingdom 150,000 NO Norway 25,000 LT Lithuania 23,000 FI Finland 19,000 DK Denmark 15,000 SE Sweden 15,000 IE Ireland 8,000 EE Estonia 7,000 LV Latvia 7,000 IS Iceland 0
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About the indicator

The number of military personnel on active duty. The series was assembled by the Correlates of War project and continued with data of the International Institute for Strategic Studies; unlike the World Bank series, which begins in 1985, it reaches 1816 and makes military buildup over two centuries visible — including both world wars.

Important: Over two hundred years borders and the composition of countries changed, so the series before the middle of the 20th century refers to the territory of the time: comparing adjacent years is reliable, comparing 1830 with 2020 only loosely so.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.

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