Military deployments In 6 editions of 36.

as of mid-2025, there were approximately 68,000 personnel deployed on UN peacekeeping missions worldwide (2025)

770 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); up to 10,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025)

• 750 (plus about 400 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)

note: Cameroon has committed approximately 2,000-2,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations occur occasionally

note: Chad has committed approximately 1,000-1,500 troops to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically

has about 175 mostly police personnel deployed to the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)

• 180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)

• approximately 1,500 Somalia (AUSSOM) (2025)

• 775 (plus nearly 200 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,100 Somalia (AUSSOM);
• also has about 200 police deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo under MONUSCO (2025)

1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS); estimated to have as many as 10,000 troops Somalia (approximately 2,500 under the AU; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with the Somali Government) (2025)

• 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 725 (plus about 275 police) South Sudan (UNMISS);
• 670 Sudan (UNISFA) (2025)

note: since sending a contingent of troops to the Congo in 1960, the military has been a regular contributor to African- and UN-sponsored peacekeeping missions

400 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); approximately 1,400 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)

• 750 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)

• 450 (plus about 325 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)

775 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 890 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)

• 180 Sudan/South Sudan (UNISFA);
• 200 Gambia (ECOWAS);
• 150 Guinea-Bissau (ECOWAS) (2025)

note: Nigeria has committed an Army combat brigade (approximately 3,000 troops) to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a regional counter-terrorism force comprised of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger; MNJTF conducts operations against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups operating in the general area of the Lake Chad Basin and along Nigeria's northeast border; national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations are conducted periodically

• approximately 3,200 Central African Republic (about 2,200 under MINUSCA, plus some 700 police; approximately 1,000 under a bi-lateral agreement);
• estimated 3-4,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo;
• estimated 3,000 Mozambique (bilateral agreement to assist with combating an insurgency; includes both military and police forces);
• 2,600 (plus about 450 police) South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025)

190 Central African Republic (MINUSCA; plus about 575 police); approximately 380 police Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)

approximately 2,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO and Southern African Development Community) (2025)

• 520 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• more than 1,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO and Southern African Development Community regional force);
• 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• approximately 300 Mozambique (under bi-lateral agreement to assist with combatting an insurgency) (2025)

• 840 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)

estimated 3,000 Democratic Republic of Congo; up to 4,500 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)

• 930 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)

• approximately 1,400 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,700 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO; plus about 200 police);
• 120 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 1,600 South Sudan (UNMISS);
• 500 Sudan (UNISFA) (2024)

• 180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)

• 475 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 1,050 South Sudan (UNMISS);
• 280 Sudan/South Sudan (UNISFA);
• has also established a base in Djibouti with approximately 400 marines, plus naval and support personnel (2025)

• 1,100 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 200 Golan Heights (UNDOF);
• 900 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 2,400 South Sudan (UNMISS);
• 600 Sudan (UNISFA) (2025)

note: India has over 6,000 total military and police personnel deployed on UN missions

maintains a presence of about 400 military personnel at a permanent base in Djibouti (2025)

• estimated 10-12,000 Russia (2025)

• 250 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 275 South Sudan (UNMISS);
• approximately 150 United Arab Emirates (2025)

• 850 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025)

note: since 2002, Mongolia has deployed more than 20,000 peacekeepers and observers to UN operations in more than a dozen countries

• 1240 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,150 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 440 Golan Heights (UNDOF);
• 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 225 Liberia (UNSMIL);
• 100 South Sudan/Sudan (UNISFA);
• 1,750 (plus about 200 police) South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025)

• 1,400 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 300 MONUSCO;
• 300 South Sudan (UNMISS);
• 575 Sudan (UNISFA) (2025)

estimated 600,000 in Ukraine; more than 20,000 additional military personnel deployed in former Soviet states and elsewhere, including Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Moldova, Syria, sub-Saharan Africa, and Tajikistan (2025)

note: Russia is also assessed to have thousands of paramilitary security personnel and private military contractors deployed in Africa, including in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Niger, and Sudan

• 120 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 130 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

• 180 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)

• 250 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025)

• 210 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force);
• 100 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR);
• 160 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

has on average about 1,000 personnel deployed on foreign missions, including more than 300 ground forces deployed in Eastern Europe for the defense of NATO's eastern flank (2025)

• 160 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025)

150 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO); also has a few hundred personnel participating in several other EU, NATO, and UN missions (2025)

• up to 130 Lithuania (NATO); 130 Slovakia (NATO) (2024)

Denmark contributes air, ground, and naval forces to a variety of international missions, including grounds troops to NATO's forward defenses in Latvia (2025)

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 (2025)

note: in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU established a rapid deployment force consisting of up to 5,000 troops in 2025

165 Lebanon (UNIFIL); Finland also contributes to several ongoing EU and NATO missions (2025)

• France typically has up to 30,000 total air, ground, and naval forces deployed on permanent or temporary foreign missions;
• up to 10,000 are permanently deployed, including Djibouti (1,500);
• French Guyana (2,600);
• French Polynesia (1,000);
• French West Indies (1,000);
• Reunion Island (2,100);
• UAE (800)

other non-permanent deployments include military missions under NATO, the EU, and the UN, as well as some unilateral operations, in such places as Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and adjacent waters (2025)

• up to 500 Iraq (NATO);
• 300 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR), Lebanon 170 (UNIFIL);
• up to 1,700 Lithuania (NATO) (2025)

note: the German military also has air and naval contingents deployed to support NATO missions

• approximately 1,000 Cyprus; 120 Kosovo (NATO); 130 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

note: Greece also has air and naval units deployed in support of NATO missions

• 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force);
• 200 Chad;
• 470 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025)

330 Lebanon (UNIFIL); also contributes small numbers of troops to EU, NATO, and other UN missions (2025)

• Italy has on average about 8,000 military personnel deployed in support of NATO, UN, and other foreign missions;
• significant ground troop deployments include Bulgaria (750), Hungary (250), Kosovo (870), Latvia (300), and Lebanon (875);
• in addition, air and naval units are deployed in support of NATO missions (2025)

note : since 1960, Italy has committed more than 60,000 troops to UN missions, and it hosts a training center in Vicenza for police personnel destined for peacekeeping missions

• 140 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO) (2025)

note: 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 Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation

• 350 Lithuania (NATO);
• 150 Romania (NATO);
• approximately 800 deployed to Dutch territories in the Caribbean (2025)

note: the Netherlands contributes naval assets to support freedom of the sea missions in such places as the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz; it also assists with monitoring the airspace of the eastern flank of NATO territory by means of fighter aircraft and provides some ground personnel to a variety of other NATO, UN, and EU security missions

around 100 Lithuania (NATO); Norway also deploys air and naval assets in support of other NATO operations (2025)

• 250 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); up to 300 Latvia (NATO); 190 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

note: Poland has obligated about 2,500 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation

• the Portuguese Armed Forces have more than 1,100 military personnel deployed around the world engaged in missions supporting the EU, NATO, the UN, and partner nations;
• key deployments include 225 troops in the Central African Republic under the UN and about 350 troops supporting NATO's forward presence in Lithuania and Romania;
• it also participates in NATO air policing and maritime patrolling operations (2025)

• 470 Bosnia Herzegovina (EUFOR);
• 200 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO);
• up to 120 Poland (NATO);
• Romania also has small numbers of military personnel deployed on other international missions under the EU, NATO, and UN (2025)

• 180 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

• 200 Cyprus (UNFICYP); up to 150 Latvia (NATO) (2025)

• 110 Kosovo (NATO); up to 200 Slovakia (NATO) (2025)

• Spain has up to 3,000 military personnel deployed on 17 missions supporting the EU, NATO, and the UN on four continents, as well as naval missions in the Mediterranean and the seas off the Horn of Africa;
• its largest deployments are up to 700 troops in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and about 1,700 personnel in Eastern Europe supporting NATO missions in Latvia, Romania, and Slovakia (2025)

• approximately 600 Latvia (NATO) (2025)

• 200 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025)

note: prior to the Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine had committed about 500 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation

• the British military has more than 8,000 personnel on permanent or long-term rotational deployments around the globe in support of NATO, UN, or other commitments and agreements;
• key deployments include approximately 1,000 in Brunei, approximately 2,500 in Cyprus (includes 250 for UNFICYP), approximately 900-1,000 in Estonia (NATO), over 1,000 in the Falkland Islands, 500-600 in Gibraltar, and more than 1,000 in the Middle East;
• its air and naval forces conduct missions on a global basis;
• the British military also participates in large scale NATO exercises, including providing some 16,000 personnel for the 6-month 2024 Steadfast Defender exercise (2024)

note: Iran maintained a military presence in Syria and recruited, trained, and funded thousands of Syrian and foreign fighters to support the ASAD regime during the Syrian civil war (2011-December 2024)

• 140 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025)

• approximately 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR);
• approximately 30,000 Cyprus;
• 730 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR);
• Turkiye also has several thousand military personnel deployed to other countries under bilateral agreements, including Azerbaijan, Libya, Qatar, and Somalia (2025)

note: Turkey estimated to maintain several thousand military forces in both Iraq and Syria

• maintains a few hundred troops in Somalia and Yemen (2025)

approximately 2,000 Latvia (NATO); the CAF also has air and naval assets supporting NATO missions (2025)

note: in 2024, Canada announced plans to have a full 2,000-person brigade deployed to Latvia by 2026

the US has approximately 200,000 military personnel deployed overseas on a permanent or a long-term rotational (typically 3-9 months) basis (2025)

note: the number of Australian military forces varies by mission; since the 1990s, Australia has deployed more than 30,000 personnel on nearly 100 UN peacekeeping and coalition military operations around the World

• 170 Egypt (MFO); 160 Iraq (UNAMI); 150 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2025)

small numbers of NZ military personnel are deployed on a variety of international missions in Africa, Antarctica, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East (2025)

• 230 Cyprus (UNFICYP) (2025)

• 275 Egypt (MFO) (2025)

• 225 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025)

• 630 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 210 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2025)

• 340 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 180 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

• 250 (plus about 170 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,025 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 1,225 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

• 825 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

maintains permanent training detachments of military personnel in Australia, France, and the US (2025)

• 280 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025)

• 200 Abyei/South Sudan/Sudan (UNISFA) (2025)