It is unusually well-funded, and also large in absolute numbers, but not proportionally to the population. Greece and South Korea, for instance, have 1.3% and 1

It is unusually well-funded, and also large in absolute numbers, but not proportionally to the population. Greece and South Korea, for instance, have 1.3% and 1.1% of their populations in active service. When you include reservists (of varying quality) the cake goes to North Korea with 30% (!), but notably also Cuba (11%), Taiwan (7.8%), Israel (7.6%). During WWII, many nations managed to cumulatively mobilize 10-15% of their population (about 9%, 16 million, for the USA).