Military and Naval Statistics of the European Powers at the Outbreak of the War
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Country Area Square Miles Population Army Regulars and Reserves Men
GREAT BRITAIN 121,380 45,000,000 730,000 137,500
FRANCE 207,218 39,300,000 4,000,000 60,621
RUSSIA 8,650,000 160,000,000 5,500,000 52,463
GERMANY 208,830 64,900,000 5,200,000 66,783
AUSTRIA 115,903 49,400,000 2,000,000 17,581
SERVIA 23,661 4,000,000 240,000 0
BELGIUM 11,373 7,300,000 222,000 0
NETHERLANDS 12,582 5,900,000 180,000 11,164
ITALY 111,000 33,900,000 1,200,000 33,095
SPAIN 196,200 19,700,000 350,000 10,165
NORWAY 124,200 2,400,000 115,000 1,003
SWEDEN 172,900 5,400,000 450,000 5,715
DENMARK 15,582 2,700,000 70,000 4,000
PORTUGAL 34,600 5,400,000 150,000 6,000
TURKEY 11,100 2,000,000 700,000 30,000
GREECE 25,000 2,600,000 150,000 4,000
SWITZERLAND 15,976 3,300,000 275,000
NAVAL STRENGTH/AIR FLEET
Country Battleships Cruisers Other Craft Dirigibles Aeroplanes National Debt
GREAT BRITAIN 67 122 380 9 400 $3,695,854,000
FRANCE 32 31 356 22 1,400 6,283,675,000
RUSSIA 17 19 184 18 800 4,553,488,000
GERMANY 39 61 225 40 1,000 1,177,418,000
AUSTRIA 13 12 89 8 400 1,051,346,000
SERVIA 0 0 0 0 60 128,078,000
BELGIUM 0 0 0 2 100 759,632,000
NETHERLANDS 6 11 53 0 0 467,709,000
ITALY 16 20 133 0 0 2,706,609,000
SPAIN 4 9 23 0 0 1,815,691,000
NORWAY 0 5 52 0 0 97,232,000
SWEDEN 0 1 75 0 0 162,428,000
DENMARK 1 1 25 0 0 94,330,000
PORTUGAL 1 6 30 0 0 968,324,000
TURKEY 5 4 22 0 0 554,441,000
GREECE 3 1 35 0 0 183,886,000
SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 23,614,000