Military branches:

Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish Fleet, Island Command Greenland, Tactical Air Command, Home Guard (2008)

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 (2004)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,235,067
females age 16-49: 1,215,418 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,012,716
females age 16-49: 996,436 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

males age 16-49: 36,561
females age 16-49: 34,603 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

1.5% (2006; 1.28% 2007 est.)