| Military branches: |
Defense Command: Army Operational Command, Admiral Danish Fleet, Island Command Greenland, Tactical Air Command (2006) |
| 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 18-49: 1,175,108
females age 18-49: 1,150,627 (2005 est.) |
| Manpower fit for military service: |
males age 18-49: 955,168
females age 18-49: 935,643 (2005 est.) |
| Manpower reaching military service age annually: |
males age 18-49: 31,317
females age 18-49: 29,558 (2005 est.) |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP: |
1.5% (2005 est.) |