what is the size of south korea military
South Korea The unresolved tension with North Korea have prompted South Korea to allocate 2.6% of its GDP and 15% of all government spending to its military (Government share of GDP: 14.967%), while maintaining compulsory conscription for men.[266] Consequently, South Korea has the world's sixth largest number of active troops (650,000 in 2011),[267] the world's second-largest number of reserve troops (3,200,000 in 2011)[267] and the eleventh largest defense budget. The Republic of Korea, with both regular and reserve military force numbering 3.7 million regular personnel among a total national population of 50 million people, has the second highest number of soldiers per capita in the world,[267] after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.[268]