Military deployments In 6 editions of 36.

as of September 2021, the UN had about 76,000 peacekeepers deployed worldwide

• 250 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021)

• 900 Mali (MINUSMA) (Oct 2021)

note - Burkina Faso is part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger

• 750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 5,400 Somalia (AMISOM) (Feb 2021)

• 750 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Aug 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

• 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

• 800 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021)

• 960 Somalia (AMISOM) (2021)

• 1,000 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,050 Mali (MINUSMA) (Sep 2021)

• prior to the 2020-21 Tigray conflict, up to 10,000 Somalia (4,500 for AMISOM; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with Somalia);
• 3,300 Sudan (UNISFA);
• 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021)

note - in August 2021, Sudan asked the UN to remove the Ethiopian troops from the UNISFA mission

• 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Sep 2021)

• 150 Mali (MINUSMA); 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 850 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Sep 2021)

• 660 Mali (MINUSMA) (Sep 2021)

• 3,650 Somalia (AMISOM) (2021)

• 150 Mali (MINUSMA) (Sep 2021)

• 700 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Sep 2021)

note - Mali is part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger

• 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Sep 2021)

note - Mauritania is part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger

870 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 920 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Sep 2021)

• 870 Mali (MINUSMA) (Sep 2021)

note - Niger is part of a five-nation anti-jihadist task force known as the G5 Sahel Group, set up in 2014 with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Mauritania

200 Ghana (ECOMIG); Multinational Joint Task Force (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)

• 2,150 Central African Republic (approximately 1,400 for MINUSCA; an additional 750 sent bilaterally in August, 2021);
• 1,000 Mozambique (deployed mid-2021 to assist with combating insurgency);
• 2,775 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021)

• 750 Gambia (ECOMIG); 1,000 Mali (MINUSMA) (2021)

note - in 2021, Senegal also had over 700 police deployed on UN missions

• 950 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Sep 2021)

note - in 2021, South Africa sent a contingent of about 300 troops to Mozambique as part of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) force to help quell an insurgency

• Sudan joined the Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen in 2015, reportedly providing as many as 40,000 troops during the peak of the war in 2016-17, mostly from the Rapid Support Forces;
• by 2020-21, Sudan had reduced the size of the force to about a brigade (1-2,000) (2021)

• 450 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 830 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Sep 2021)

• 925 Mali (MINUSMA) (Sep 2021)

• 6,200 Somalia (AMISOM); 620 Somalia (UNSOM); 250 Equatorial Guinea (2021)

• 925 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Sep 2021)

• 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)

• 425 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 230 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 420 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 1,050 South Sudan (UNMISS);
• up to 2,000 Djibouti (Oct 2021)

• 1,850 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 200 Golan Heights (UNDOF);
• 850 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 2,350 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Oct 2021)

• approximately 175 Djibouti (2021)

• 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 (Sep 2021)

• 870 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Oct 2021)

note - from 2003 to July 2021, some 3,300 Mongolian troops served in Afghanistan, including about 1,300 since 2015 under the NATO-led mission Resolute Support Mission

• Nepal has about 5,500 total troops deployed on UN peacekeeping missions, including: 615 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 900 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 400 Golan Heights (UNDOF);
• 870 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 230 Liberia (UNSMIL);
• 200 Mali (MINUSMA);
• 1,750 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Sep 2021)

• 1,300 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,975 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 215 Mali (MINUSMA) (Oct 2021)

• information varies;
• est. 3,000-5,000 Armenia;
• est. 1,500 Belarus;
• est. 7,000-10,000 Georgia;
• est. 100 Central African Republic;
• est. 500 Kyrgyzstan;
• est. 1,500-2,000 Moldova (Trannistria);
• est. 3,000-5,000 Syria;
• est. 5,000-7,000 Tajikistan;
• est. 25,000-30,000 Ukraine (including 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 2021, Russia was assessed to have 1-2,000 private military contractors in Libya and as many as 2,300 private military contractors in the Central African Republic

• 110 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 240 Mali (MINUSMA) (Sep 2021)

• 175 Mali (MINUSMA) (Oct 2021)

• 155 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Oct 2021)

• 290 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force);
• 340 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR);
• 170 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Oct 2021)

• 125 France (contributing member of EuroCorps);
• 100 Mali (EUTM/MINUSMA);
• 200 Lithuania (NATO) (2021)

the Czechia military has small numbers of troops deployed under EU, NATO, and UN command in several countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Central African Republic, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, and Mali (2021)

• 140 Middle East/Iraq (NATO) (2021)

• approximately 100 Mali (Operation Barkhane/MINUSMA/EUTM) (2021)

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 (2021)

• 160 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Oct 2021)

• 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

• approximately 500 Middle East (NATO/Counter-ISIS campaign);
• 130 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 600 Lithuania (NATO);
• approximately 1,400 Mali (MINUSMA/EUTM);
• note - Germany is a contributing member of the EuroCorps (2021)

• approximately 1,000 Cyprus; 110 Kosovo (NATO); 150 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Sep 2021)

• 160 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force);
• 150 Iraq (counter-ISIS coalition);
• 430 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2021)

• 135 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 330 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Oct 2021)

• 120 Djibouti;
• 1,100 Middle East/Iraq/Kuwait (NATO, counter-ISIS campaign, European Assistance Mission Iraq);
• 630 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR);
• 200 Latvia (NATO);
• 900 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 400 Libya;
• 290 Niger;
• 150 Somalia (EUTM) (2021)

• 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 (2021)

• 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2021)

• 120 Lithuania (NATO) (2021)

• 240 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); up to 175 Latvia (NATO); 250 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (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 Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units

200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA/EUTM); up to 120 Baltic States (NATO) (2021)

• up to 120 Poland (NATO) (2021)

• 200 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Sep 2021)

• 240 Cyprus (UNFICYP); up to 175 Latvia (NATO) (2021)

• 230 Kosovo (NATO) (2021)

• approximately 200 Iraq (training mission, counter-ISIS coalition);
• 350 Latvia (NATO);
• 625 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• approximately 400 Mali (EUTM);
• 150 Turkey (NATO) (2021)

• approximately 450 Mali (EUTM, MINUSMA, Task Force Takuba) (2021)

• 165 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2021)

• 250 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Oct 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 Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units

• approximately 1,000 Brunei;
• approximately 400 Canada (BATUS);
• approximately 2,200 Cyprus;
• 250 Cyprus (UNFICYP);
• 830 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)

• est. 1,000 Syria (2021)

note - Iran has recruited, trained, and funded thousands of Syrian and foreign fighters to support the ASAD regime during the Syrian civil war

• 325 Mali (MINUSMA) (Oct 2021)

in 2021, Turkey agreed to train Qatari fighter pilots and allow the temporary deployment of up to 36 Qatari military aircraft and 250 personnel

est. 2,500-5,000 Yemen (varies depending on operations, which continued into 2021) (2021)

• est. 200 (Azerbaijan; monitoring cease-fire, clearing mines);
• 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR);
• est. 25-35,000 Cyprus;
• 300 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR);
• 100 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• est. 3-5,000 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 also 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)

in October of 2021, Turkey’s parliament extended the military’s mandate to launch cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria by two more years

• estimates vary; reportedly a few hundred remain in Yemen (2021)

• up to 530 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)

• 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

• approximately 700 Middle East (2021)

• 170 Egypt (MFO); 160 Iraq (UNAMI); 130 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2021)

• up to 220 Antarctica (summer season only) (2021)

• 250 Cyprus (UNFICYP) (Jan 2021)

• 275 Egypt (MFO) (2021)

• 220 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (Oct 2021)

815 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 210 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (Oct 2021)

• 200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 180 Lebanon (UNIFIL);
• 330 Mali (MINUSMA) (Oct 2021)

• 230 Central African Republic (MINUSCA);
• 1,030 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO);
• 1,230 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Oct 2021)

• 880 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Oct 2021)

maintains permanent training detachments of military personnel in Australia, France, and the US (2021)

• 275 South Sudan (UNMISS) (Oct 2021)