Military deployments
| Albania | 100 Afghanistan (NATO) (2021) |
| Argentina | 250 Cyprus (UNFICYP) (Jan 2021) |
| Armenia | 120 Afghanistan (NATO); contributes troops to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2021) |
| Australia | approximately 700 Middle East (2021) |
| Austria | 300 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 320 Kosovo (NATO); 180 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (March 2021) |
| Azerbaijan | 120 Afghanistan (NATO) (2021) |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh is one of the leading contributors to UN peacekeeping missions since it joined the UN in 1974; as of mid-2021, it had about 5,300 troops deployed, including: 1,225 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,400 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 115 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,330 Mali (MINUSMA); 1,450 South Sudan (UNMISS) ( mid-2021) |
| Belarus | contributes forces to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2020) |
| Belgium | 125 France (contributing member of EuroCorps); 100 Mali (EUTM/MINUSMA); est. 260 Baltic States (NATO) (2020) |
| Benin | 250 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Bulgaria | 120 Afghanistan (NATO) (2021) |
| Burkina Faso | 1,075 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Burundi | 750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 5,400 Somalia (AMISOM) (Feb 2021) |
| Cambodia | 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 175 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 290 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Cameroon | 750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Jan 2021) note: Cameroon has committed approximately 2,000-2,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross-border operations occur occasionally |
| Canada | 540 Latvia (NATO); up to 200 Ukraine; up to 850 Middle East (multiple missions, including support to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and NATO assistance mission Iraq) (2021) |
| Chad | 1,800 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) note(s): Chad is part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger; Chad has committed 550 troops and 100 gendarmes to the force; in early 2020, G5 Sahel military chiefs of staff agreed to allow defense forces from each of the states to pursue terrorist fighters up to 100 km into neighboring countries; the G5 force is backed by the UN, US, and France; G5 troops periodically conduct joint operations with French forces deployed to the Sahel under Operation Barkhane; Chad hosts the headquarters of Operation Barkhane in N'Djamena Chad has committed approximately 1,000-1,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own territories, although cross-border operations are conducted periodically; in 2019, Chad sent more than 1,000 troops to Nigeria's Borno State to fight BH as part of the MNJTF mission |
| China | 425 Mali (MINUSMA); 225 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 320 Sudan (UNAMID); 420 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,000 South Sudan (UNMISS); up to 2,000 Djibouti (Jan 2021) |
| Colombia | 275 Egypt (MFO) (2021) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 800 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Denmark | 140 Middle East/Iraq (NATO/Operation Inherent Resolve) (2021) |
| Djibouti | 960 Somalia (AMISOM) (2021) |
| Egypt | 1,000 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,050 Mali (MINUSMA); 150 Sudan (UNAMID) (Jan 2021) |
| El Salvador | 170 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Estonia | approximately 100 Mali (Operation Barkhane/MINUSMA/EUTM) (2021) |
| Ethiopia | estimated 10,000 Somalia (4,500 for AMISOM); 800 Sudan (UNAMID); 3,200 Sudan (UNISFA); 2,100 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) |
| European Union | since 2003, the EU has launched more than 30 civilian and military crisis-management, advisory, and training missions in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea |
| Fiji | 170 Egypt (MFO); 160 Iraq (UNAMI); 130 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (Jan 2021) |
| Finland | 200 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2021) |
| France | 5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane, Task Force Takuba; note - in July 2021, France announced that it would withdraw about 2,000 personnel from this force by the beginning of 2022); approximately 300 Central African Republic; 900 Cote D'Ivoire; 1,400 Djibouti; 300 Baltics (NATO); 2,000 French Guyana; 900 French Polynesia; 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 950 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia; 1,700 Reunion Island; 350 Senegal; 650 United Arab Emirates (2020-2021) note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992 |
| Gabon | 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Jan 2021) |
| Gambia, The | 130 Sudan (UNAMID) (Jan 2021) |
| Georgia | 860 Afghanistan (NATO) (2021) |
| Germany | approximately 500 Middle East (NATO/Counter-ISIS campaign); 130 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 500 Lithuania (NATO); 800 Mali (MINUSMA/EUTM); note - Germany is a contributing member of the EuroCorps (2021) |
| Ghana | 150 Mali (MINUSMA); 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 850 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) note: Ghana has pledged to maintain about 1,000 military personnel in readiness for UN peacekeeping missions |
| Greece | approximately 1,000 Cyprus; 110 Kosovo (NATO); 150 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Jan 2021) |
| Guatemala | 150 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Jan 2021) |
| Guinea | 660 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Hungary | 160 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 150 Iraq (counter-ISIS coalition); 430 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2021) |
| India | 1,900 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 200 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 780 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 2,350 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) |
| Indonesia | 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,025 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 1,250 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Jan 2021) |
| Iran | est. 1,000 Syria (2020) note: Iran has recruited, trained, and funded thousands of Syrian and foreign fighters to support the ASAD regime during the Syrian civil war |
| Ireland | 130 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 340 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Jan 2021) |
| Italy | 120 Djibouti; 1,100 Middle East/Iraq/Kuwait (NATO, counter-ISIS campaign, European Assistance Mission Iraq); 630 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 200 Latvia (NATO); 1,200 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 400 Libya; 290 Niger; 150 Somalia (EUTM) (2021) |
| Japan | approximately 170 Djibouti (2020 ) |
| Jordan | 100 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Kazakhstan | 120 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Jan 2021) Note: Kazakhstan contributes forces to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force |
| Kenya | 3,650 Somalia (AMISOM) (2021) |
| Korea, South | 250 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 250 South Sudan (UNMISS); 170 United Arab Emirates; note - since 2009, the ROK has kept a naval flotilla with approximately 300 personnel in the waters off of the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Jan 2021) |
| Kyrgyzstan | contributes forces to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2021) |
| Liberia | 150 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Lithuania | contributes about 350-550 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Warsaw and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units |
| Malawi | 700 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Jan 2021) |
| Malaysia | 825 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (March 2021) |
| Mauritania | 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Jan 2021) |
| Mongolia | 860 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) note - from 2003 to July 2021, about 3,300 Mongolian troops served in Afghanistan, including about 1,300 since 2015 under the NATO-led mission Resolute Support Mission |
| Morocco | 750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 925 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Jan 2021) |
| Nepal | Nepal has about 5,500 total troops deployed on UN peacekeeping missions, including: 725 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 880 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 400 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 870 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 230 Liberia (UNSMIL); 150 Mali (MINUSMA); 1,725 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) |
| Netherlands | 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2021) |
| New Zealand | up to 220 Antarctica (summer season only) (2021) |
| Niger | 870 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Nigeria | 200 Ghana (ECOMIG); MNJTF (1 brigade or approximately 3,000 troops committed; note - the national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross-border operations are conducted periodically) (2021) |
| Norway | 120 Lithuania (NATO) (2021) |
| Pakistan | 1,240 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,950 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 150 Mali (MINUSMA); 900 Sudan (UNAMID) (Jan 2021) |
| Peru | 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Jan 2021) |
| Poland | 240 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); up to 175 Latvia (NATO); 250 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (June 2021) note: Poland contributes about 2,500 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Warsaw and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units |
| Portugal | 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA/EUTM); up to 120 Baltic States (NATO) (2021) |
| Romania | up to 120 Poland (NATO) (2021) |
| Russia | est. 3,000-5,000 Armenia; est. 1,500 Belarus; est. 7,000-10,000 Georgia; est. 100-200 Central African Republic; est. 500 Kyrgyzstan; est. 1,500 Moldova; est. 3,000-5,000 Syria; est. 5,000-7,000 Tajikistan; est. 25,000-30,000 Ukraine (includes Crimea) (2020) note(s): since November 2020, Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a truce agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan; fighting erupted between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in September of 2020 as of the Fall of 2020, a Russian Government-backed private military company was assessed to have about 2,000 personnel in Libya supporting Libyan National Army forces; in addition, there were approximately 2,000 Russian-backed Syrian fighters in Libya Russia contributes approximately 8,000 personnel to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force |
| Rwanda | 1,370 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,125 Sudan (UNAMID); 2,750 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021) note - in mid-2021, Rwanda sent about 1,000 combat troops to Mozambique to assist the Mozambique Government in combating an insurgency |
| Saudi Arabia | est. 2,500-5,000 Yemen (varies depending on operations, which continued into 2021) (2021) |
| Senegal | 750 Gambia; 1,000 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Serbia | 200 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (March 2021) |
| Singapore | maintains permanent training bases and detachments of military personnel in Australia, France, and the US (2020) |
| Slovakia | 240 Cyprus (UNFICYP); up to 150 Latvia (NATO) (Jan 2021) |
| Slovenia | 230 Kosovo (NATO) (2021) |
| South Africa | 1,050 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Jan 2021) |
| Spain | approximately 200 Iraq (training mission, counter-ISIS coalition); 350 Latvia (NATO); 625 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 400 Mali (EUTM); 150 Turkey (NATO) (2021) |
| Sri Lanka | 110 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 240 Mali (MINUSMA); 170 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) |
| Sudan | est. 1,000-3,000 Libya; est. 1,000-2,000 Yemen (2020) |
| Sweden | approximately 450 Mali (EUTM, MINUSMA, Task Force Takuba) (Jan 2021) |
| Switzerland | 165 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2021) |
| Tajikistan | contributes troops to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2021) |
| Tanzania | 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 775 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 120 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 330 Sudan (UNAMID) (Jan 2021) |
| Thailand | 275 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Jan 2021) |
| Togo | 925 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021) |
| Turkey | est. 200 (Azerbaijan; monitoring cease-fire, clearing mines); 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR); est. 25-35,000 Cyprus; 300 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); est. 1,500-2,000 Qatar; est. 200 Somalia (training mission); est. 10-20,000 Syria (2021) note(s): between 2016 and 2020, Turkey conducted four major military campaigns in northern Syria; Turkey has deployed troops into northern Iraq on numerous occasions to combat the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), including large operations involving thousands of troops in 2007, 2011, and 2018; its most recent incursions were smaller-scale raids in April and February of 2021; in 2020, Turkey deployed an undetermined number of Turkish military troops and an estimated 3,500-5,000 Syrian fighters to Libya to support the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) |
| Uganda | 6,200 Somalia (AMISOM); 620 Somalia (UNSOM); 250 Equatorial Guinea (Jan 2021) |
| Ukraine | 250 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2021) note - Ukraine contributes about 500 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Warsaw and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units |
| United Arab Emirates | estimates vary; reportedly a few thousand remain in Yemen (2021) |
| United Kingdom | approximately 1,000 Brunei; approximately 400 Canada (BATUS); approximately 2,200 Cyprus; 250 Cyprus (UNFICYP); 850 Estonia (NATO); approx. 1,200 Falkland Islands; est. 200 Germany (note - previously about 2,500, but the UK withdrew all but 200 troops by the end of 2020); 570 Gibraltar; approx. 1,400 Middle East (coalition against ISIS; NATO); up to 350 Kenya (BATUK); approx. 400 Mali (EUTM, MINUSMA, and Operation Barkhane); 150 Poland (NATO) (2021) |
| United States | 5,000 Africa (mostly in Djibouti, with approximately 700-1,000 in other countries of East Africa and about 700 in West Africa); 1,000 Australia; 1,150 Belgium; 150 Bulgaria; 250 Diego Garcia; 150 Canada; 750 Cuba; 270 Egypt (MFO); 34,000 Germany; 400 Greece; 150 Greenland; 6,000 Guam; 380 Honduras; 12,000 Italy; 54,000 Japan; 630 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); approximately 10-15,000 assigned with an additional estimated 20-30,000 deployed in the Middle East (Bahrain/Iraq/Israel/Jordan/Kuwait/Oman/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Syria/United Arab Emirates); 400 Netherlands; 700 Norway; 200 Philippines; 4,500 Poland; 250 Portugal; 26,500 Republic of Korea; 1,100 Romania; 200 Singapore; 3,200 Spain; 100 Thailand; 1,700 Turkey; 9,300 United Kingdom (2021) US military rotational policies affect deployed numbers; for example, the US deploys ground and air units to select countries for 6-12 month rotational assignments on a continuous basis; in South Korea, for example, the US continuously rotates combat brigades (3,000-4,000 personnel) for 9 months at a time; contingencies also affect US troop deployments; for example, in 2019, the US deployed more than 15,000 additional military personnel to the Middle East for an extended period of time; in addition, some overseas US naval bases, such as the headquarters of US Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT) in Manama, Bahrain, are frequented by the crews of US ships on 6-9 month deployments; a US carrier strike group with an air wing and supporting ships typically includes over 6-7,000 personnel |
| Uruguay | 925 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MINUSCO); 210 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (Jan 2021) |
| World | as of mid-2021, the UN had about 76,000 peacekeepers deployed worldwide |
| Zambia | 920 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Jan 2021) |
Source: CIA Factbook
