Military branches:
Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish Fleet, Arctic Command, Tactical Air Command, Home Guard (2010)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to mobilization units following completion of their conscript service; women eligible to volunteer for military service (2012)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,236,337
females age 16-49:
1,224,182 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49:
1,014,560
females age 16-49:
1,003,921 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male:
37,913
female:
35,865 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
1.41% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 71
1.35% of GDP (2011)
1.41% of GDP (2010)
[see also: Military expenditures country ranks ]