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2.—Amount of Population of the Belligerent States.

Since the beginning of the war figures have often been adduced showing the numbers of the whole population of the Allies as well as of the enemy. These figures are, of course, very comforting the Allies having an overwhelming majority on a basis of population.

Great Britain …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	47 million	Germany …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	68 million.
Colonies …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	375 million„	Colonies …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	16 million.„
France …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	40 million„	Austria-Hungary …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	51 million.„
Colonies …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	54 million„
Russia …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	170 million„	Turkey …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	21 million.„
Italy …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	36 million„
Belgium …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	7 million„
Colonies …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	20 million„
Serbia …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	4 1/2 million„	Bulgaria …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	4 1/2 million.„
Montenegro …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	1/2 million„
Great BritainAllies …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	305 million.	Austria-HungEnemy …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	144 1/2 million.

Even if we do not count the colonies, these figures are very favourable to the Allies, giving them almost twice as much as the enemy.

The same favourable proportion is arrived at by a comparison of the figures showing the percentage of the male population between the ages of 20 and 50 in all the countries concerned. These give the following numbers of men (men, not soldiers):—

Great Britain …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	8·5—9 million[a 1]	Germany …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	14 1/2 million
France …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	8·5—98 million„	Austria-Hungary …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	14 1/210 million„
Russia …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	8·5—934 million„	Turkey …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	14 1/204 million„
		Bulgaria …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …    …	14 1/200·9 million„
	8·5—951 million		29 million[a 2]

1. For Great Britain the number of men between 18—40 amounts to 81 million.
2. These and all other figures given in the Memorial are rounded off and put only approximately.

This proportion is greatly changed as soon as we compare the figures of the respective armies. Everyone knows that Germany and her tributaries have hitherto succeeded in throwing against the allied armies superior or at least equal forces.

 

3.—The German Army.

German official statistics give the following more specific figures:—

Landsturmpflichtig (17—45, liable to service in the Landsturm), 20·5 per cent. of the male population.

Militaerpflichtig (from 20 years, liable to service in the Army), 14 per cent. of the male population.

The German Handbook of the Army for 1912 gives the direct numbers of men available for the service:—

4,215,000	trained.
5,683,000	untrained.
9,898,000.