Military deployments In 6 editions of 36.

• 250 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 1,100 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 5,400 Somalia (AMISOM) (2020)

750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); MNJTF (approximately 2,000-2,500 troops committed; note - the national MNJTF troop contingents are deployed within their own country territories, although cross‐border operations occur occasionally) (2020)

• 1,450 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 800 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 960 Somalia (AMISOM) (2020)

• 1,000 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,050 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 150 Sudan (UNAMID) (2020)

• 10-15,000 Somalia (4,500 for AMISOM);
• 800 Sudan (UNAMID);
• 3,600 Sudan (UNISFA);
• 2,100 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2020)

• 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2020)

• 130 Sudan (UNAMID) (2020)

• 140 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 180 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 850 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2020)

note: Ghana has pledged to maintain about 1,000 military personnel in readiness for UN peacekeeping missions

• 1,500 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 3,600 Somalia (AMISOM) (2020)

• 150 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 730 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2020)

• 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2020)

750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 960 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2020)

• 860 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

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) (2020)

• 1,370 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,090 Sudan (UNAMID);
• 2,750 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2020)

• 1,000 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 1,050 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2020)

• estimates vary;
• approximately 1,000-3,000 Libya;
• approximately 1,000-2,000 Yemen (2020)

• 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 750 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 120 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 330 Sudan (UNAMID) (2020)

• 920 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 6,200 Somalia (AMISOM); 620 Somalia (UNSOM); 250 Equatorial Guinea (2020)

• 920 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2020)

120 Afghanistan (NATO); contributes one motorized rifle regiment (approximately 2,000 personnel) to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2020)

• 120 Afghanistan (NATO) (2020)

• 1,300 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,650 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 115 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 1,300 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 1,600 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2020)

• 425 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 220 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 360 Sudan (UNAMID);
• 410 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 1,050 South Sudan (UNMISS);
• est. 250 Djibouti (2020)

• 860 Afghanistan (NATO) (2020)

• 1,900 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 190 Golan Heights (UNDOF);
• 780 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 2,350 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2020)

approximately 170 Djibouti (2020 )

120 Lebanon (UNIFIL); as of mid-2019, Kazakhstan contributed a brigade to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2020)

• 280 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 270 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 (2020)

• contributes a battalion-sized unit to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2019 est.)

• 850 South Sudan (UNMISS); 230 Afghanistan (NATO) (2020)

• 720 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 880 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 400 Golan Heights (UNDOF);
• 870 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 230 Liberia (UNSMIL);
• 150 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 1,700 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2020)

• 1,230 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,950 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 140 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 900 Sudan (UNAMID) (2020)

• est. 3,000-5,000 Armenia;
• est. 1,500 Belarus;
• est. 7,000-10,000 Georgia;
• est. 500 Kyrgyzstan;
• est. 1,500 Moldova;
• est. 4,000-5,000 Syria;
• est. 5,000-7,000 Tajikistan;
• est. 25,000-31,000 Ukraine;
• contributes approximately 8,000 personnel to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2019)

• as of the Fall of 2020, it was assessed that there were approximately 2,000 personnel from a Russian Government-backed private military company in Libya supporting Libyan National Army forces;
• in addition, there were approximately 2,000 Russian-backed Syrian fighters in Libya

• 110 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 140 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 240 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 170 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2020)

• contributes troops to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2019)

• 200 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 150 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2020)

• 100 Afghanistan (NATO) (June 2020)

• 300 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force);
• 320 Kosovo (NATO);
• 170 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2020)

• contributes about 2,000 personnel to CSTO's Rapid Reaction Force (2019 est.)

• 125 France (contributing member of EuroCorps);
• 100 Mali (EUTM/MINUSMA);
• est. 260 Baltic States (NATO) (2020)

• 160 Afghanistan (NATO) (2020)

110 Afghanistan (NATO); 130 Middle East/Iraq (NATO/Operation Inherent Resolve) (2020)

• approximately 100 Mali (Operation Barkhane/MINUSMA/EUTM) (2020)

• 180 Central African Republic (EUTM);
• 600 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUTM);
• 700 Mali (EUTM);
• 200 Somalia (EUTM) (2020)

• 200 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2020)

• 5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane);
• 900 Cote D'Ivoire;
• 1,450 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);
• 780 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia;
• 1,700 Reunion Island;
• 350 Senegal;
• 650 United Arab Emirates;
• note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992 (2020)

• 1,300 Afghanistan (NATO);
• approximately 100-200 Middle East (NATO/Counter-ISIS campaign);
• 110 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 500 Lithuania (NATO);
• 400 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 350 Mali (EUTM);
• note - Germany is a contributing member of the EuroCorps (2020)

• est. 1,000 Cyprus; 110 Kosovo (NATO); 140 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2020)

• 160 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force);
• 150 Iraq (counter-ISIS coalition);
• 400 Kosovo (NATO) (2020)

• 130 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 340 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2020)

• 900 Afghanistan (NATO);
• 120 Djibouti;
• 1,100 Middle East/Iraq/Kuwait (NATO, counter-ISIS campaign, European Assistance Mission Iraq);
• 620 Kosovo (NATO);
• 200 Latvia (NATO);
• 1,050 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 400 Libya;
• 290 Niger;
• 150 Somalia (EUTM);
• 100 United Arab Emirates (April 2020)

• contributes about 350 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 (2019)

• 160 Afghanistan (NATO); 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2020)

• 120 Lithuania (NATO) (2020)

• 360 Afghanistan (NATO);
• 230 Kosovo (NATO);
• up to 200 Latvia (NATO);
• 220 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• contributes about 3,500 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 (2020)

• 190 Afghanistan (NATO);
• 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA/EUTM);
• up to 120 Baltic States (NATO) (2020)

• 740 Afghanistan (NATO); 240 Mali (MINUSMA/EUTM); up to 120 Poland (NATO) (2020)

• 175 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2020)

• 240 Cyprus (UNFICYP); up to 150 Latvia (NATO) (2020)

• 230 Kosovo (NATO) (2020)

• 150 Iraq (training mission, counter-ISIS coalition);
• 350 Latvia (NATO);
• 600 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 180 Mali (EUTM);
• 150 Turkey (NATO) (2020)

200 Mali (MINUSMA and EUTM; plans to send an additional 150 personnel to the Sahel/Mali in early 2021) (2020)

• 165 Kosovo (NATO) (2020)

• 250 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• contributes about 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 (2020)

• 950 Afghanistan (NATO);
• approximately 1,000 Brunei;
• more than 400 Canada (BATUS);
• est. 2,200 Cyprus;
• 250 Cyprus (UNFICYP);
• 900 Estonia (NATO);
• approx. 1,200 Falkland Islands;
• est. 200 Germany (note - previously about 2,500, but the UK pledged to remove all but 200 troops by the end of 2020);
• 570 Gibraltar;
• approx. 1,300 Middle East (coalition against ISIS; NATO);
• up to 350 Kenya (BATUK);
• 400 Mali (EUTM, MINUSMA, and Operation Barkhane; 150 Poland (NATO) (2020)

• 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

• est. 2,500-10,000 Yemen (probably varies depending on operations) (April 2020)

• 600 Afghanistan (NATO);
• 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR);
• est. 25-35,000 Cyprus;
• 300 Kosovo (NATO);
• 170 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• est. 200 Qatar;
• est. 200 Somalia (training mission);
• est. 5-10,000 Syria (2020)

note: Turkey has deployed troops into northern Iraq on numerous occasions to combat the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), including operations involving thousands of troops in 2007, 2011, and 2018; its most recent incursion was in June 2020; in 2020, Turkey deployed Turkish troops and an estimated 3,500-5,000 Syrian fighters to Libya to support the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA)

• est. 1,000 Eritrea;
• est. 3-4,000 Yemen;
• maintains a military base in the Eritrean port of Assab (2019)

• 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; reduced considerably in 2020 because of COVID 19) (2020)

• 4,500 Afghanistan (NATO; note - the US has pledged to further reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan by the end of 2020);
• 5,000 Africa (mostly in Djibouti with approximately 700 in Somalia 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 (note - in July 2020, the US pledged to reduce the number of troops in Germany by about 12,000);
• 400 Greece;
• 150 Greenland;
• 6,000 Guam;
• 380 Honduras;
• 12,000 Italy;
• 54,000 Japan;
• 660 Kosovo (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 (2020)

• 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, since May 2019, the US has deployed more than 15,000 additional military personnel to the Middle East for an undetermined 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 6,000 personnel (2020)

• 200 Afghanistan (NATO); 750 Middle East (June 2020)

• 170 Egypt (MFO); 170 Iraq (UNAMI); 130 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2020)

• up to 220 Antarctica (summer season only) (2020)

• 250 Cyprus (UNFICYP) (2020)

• 220 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2020)

• 275 Egypt (MFO) (Dec. 2019)

• 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2020)

• 900 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MINUSCO); 210 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2020)

• 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 180 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 330 Mali (MINUSMA) (2020)

• 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,025 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 1,250 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2020)

• 820 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2020)

maintains permanent training bases and detachments of military personnel in Australia, France, and the US (June 2020)

• 270 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2020)