GENERAL EUROPEAN DEFENCE INFORMATION

ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL SUMMARY

 

 

Country

Army

Navy

Air Force

Central

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Austria

14,000

0

2,500

11,000

2

Belgium

14,200

1,600

7,000

15,300

3

Bulgaria

16,000

3,500

6,500

8,500

4

Cyprus

9,500

100

300

0

5

Czech Republic

11,500

0

4,250

6,000

6

Denmark

10,200

3,200

3,250

6,000

7

Estonia

4,300

300

300

0

8

Finland

16,000

3,800

2,750

0

9

France

112,800

42,100

57,000

5,000

10

Germany

160,000

24,000

50,000

0

11

Greece

90,000

16,000

30,000

0

12

Hungary

10,900

60

5,600

8,500

13

Ireland

8,500

1,100

800

0

14

Italy

104,000

34,000

44,000

107,000

15

Latvia

1,500

550

300

3,000

16

Lithuania

7,000

400

1,100

2,500

17

Luxembourg

900

0

0

600

18

Malta

2,000

0

0

0

19

Netherlands

22,000

9,470

9,500

5,900

20

Poland

45,000

8,000

17,000

0

21

Portugal

24,500

10,000

7,000

0

22

Romania

41,000

6,900

10,000

0

23

Slovakia

7,000

0

4,000

5,000

24

Slovenia

7,000

60

550

0

25

Spain

80,000

17,500

21,000

9,000

26

Sweden

6,000

2,500

2,750

0

27

United Kingdom

108,800

38,700

44,000

0

 

TOTALS

 934,600

 223,840

 331,450

 193,300

Note:
In the ‘Central’ column figures for Italy include 107,000 Carabinieri. Figures for Luxembourg include 600 Gendarmes and figures for Netherlands include 5,900 Royal Military Constabulary - all under the control of the Ministry of Defence.