Friday, January 29, 2010

How Many People Worldwide Serve In The Military?

This file photo from October 2005 shows North Korean People's Army soldiers marching at Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang in a military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. KCNA via AFP -- Getty Images

From Foreign Policy:

For those of you who don't subscribe to the bimonthly print edition of Foreign Policy, you're missing a great feature: the FP Quiz. It has eight intriguing questions about how the world works.

The question I'd like to highlight this week is:

How many people worldwide serve in the military?

a) 10.5 million b) 20.5 million c) 40.5 million

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My Comment: Hmmmm .... I always thought that the number was around 30 million.

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