82 countries keep forces stationed outside their own borders — from UN peacekeeping missions to overseas bases. The full list, with each deployment as reported.
82 countries keep forces stationed outside their own borders. The list below is the Bureau's compilation from UN mission rosters and national reporting — from peacekeeping contingents to overseas bases.
| Country | Deployments |
|---|---|
| AE | maintains a few hundred troops in Somalia and Yemen (2025) |
| Albania | 250 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025) |
| Argentina | 230 Cyprus (UNFICYP) (2025) |
| Australia | 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 |
| Austria | 210 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 100 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 160 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025) |
| Bangladesh | 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) |
| Belgium | 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) |
| Bhutan | 180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025) |
| Bulgaria | 160 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025) |
| Burundi | 770 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); up to 10,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025) |
| Cambodia | 340 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 180 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025) |
| Cameroon | 750 (plus about 400 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025) |
| Canada | approximately 2,000 Latvia (NATO); the CAF also has air and naval assets supporting NATO missions (2025) |
| Chad | 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… |
| China | 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) |
| Colombia | 275 Egypt (MFO) (2025) |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | has about 175 mostly police personnel deployed to the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025) |
| Croatia | 150 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO); also has a few hundred personnel participating in several other EU, NATO, and UN missions (2025) |
| Czechia | up to 130 Lithuania (NATO); 130 Slovakia (NATO) (2024) |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025) |
| Denmark | Denmark contributes air, ground, and naval forces to a variety of international missions, including grounds troops to NATO's forward defenses in Latvia (2025) |
| Djibouti | approximately 1,500 Somalia (AUSSOM) (2025) |
| Egypt | 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) |
| Ethiopia | 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) |
| Fiji | 170 Egypt (MFO); 160 Iraq (UNAMI); 150 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2025) |
| Finland | 165 Lebanon (UNIFIL); Finland also contributes to several ongoing EU and NATO missions (2025) |
| France | 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 … |
| Germany | up to 500 Iraq (NATO); 300 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR), Lebanon 170 (UNIFIL); up to 1,700 Lithuania (NATO) (2025) |
| Ghana | 875 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 725 (plus about 275 police) South Sudan (UNMISS); 670 Sudan (UNISFA) (2025) |
| Greece | approximately 1,000 Cyprus; 120 Kosovo (NATO); 130 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025) |
| Guatemala | 180 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025) |
| Hungary | 250 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 200 Chad; 470 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025) |
| India | 1,100 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 200 Golan Heights (UNDOF); 900 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 2,400 South Sudan (UNMISS); 600 Sudan (UNISFA) (2025) |
| Indonesia | 250 (plus about 170 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,025 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 1,225 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025) |
| Iran | 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) |
| Ireland | 330 Lebanon (UNIFIL); also contributes small numbers of troops to EU, NATO, and other UN missions (2025) |
| Italy | 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… |
| Japan | maintains a presence of about 400 military personnel at a permanent base in Djibouti (2025) |
| Jordan | 140 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025) |
| Kenya | 400 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); approximately 1,400 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025) |
| Latvia | 140 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO) (2025) |
| Lithuania | 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 internatio… |
| Malawi | 750 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025) |
| Malaysia | 825 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025) |
| Mauritania | 450 (plus about 325 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025) |
| Mongolia | 850 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025) |
| Morocco | 775 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 890 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025) |
| Nepal | 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 poli… |
| Netherlands | 350 Lithuania (NATO); 150 Romania (NATO); approximately 800 deployed to Dutch territories in the Caribbean (2025) |
| New Zealand | 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) |
| Nigeria | 180 Sudan/South Sudan (UNISFA); 200 Gambia (ECOWAS); 150 Guinea-Bissau (ECOWAS) (2025) |
| North Korea | estimated 10-12,000 Russia (2025) |
| Norway | around 100 Lithuania (NATO); Norway also deploys air and naval assets in support of other NATO operations (2025) |
| Pakistan | 1,400 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 300 MONUSCO; 300 South Sudan (UNMISS); 575 Sudan (UNISFA) (2025) |
| Peru | 225 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025) |
| Poland | 250 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); up to 300 Latvia (NATO); 190 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025) |
| Portugal | 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 Af… |
| Romania | 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) |
| Russia | 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… |
| Rwanda | 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 Mozamb… |
| Senegal | 190 Central African Republic (MINUSCA; plus about 575 police); approximately 380 police Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (2025) |
| Serbia | 180 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025) |
| Singapore | maintains permanent training detachments of military personnel in Australia, France, and the US (2025) |
| Slovakia | 200 Cyprus (UNFICYP); up to 150 Latvia (NATO) (2025) |
| Slovenia | 110 Kosovo (NATO); up to 200 Slovakia (NATO) (2025) |
| South Africa | approximately 2,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO and Southern African Development Community) (2025) |
| South Korea | 250 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 275 South Sudan (UNMISS); approximately 150 United Arab Emirates (2025) |
| Spain | 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 dep… |
| Sri Lanka | 120 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 130 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025) |
| Sweden | approximately 600 Latvia (NATO) (2025) |
| Switzerland | 200 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR) (2025) |
| Tanzania | 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-l… |
| Thailand | 280 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2025) |
| Tunisia | 840 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025) |
| Turkey | 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 Az… |
| Uganda | estimated 3,000 Democratic Republic of Congo; up to 4,500 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025) |
| Ukraine | 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 headquartere… |
| United Kingdom | 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 1,00… |
| United States | the US has approximately 200,000 military personnel deployed overseas on a permanent or a long-term rotational (typically 3-9 months) basis (2025) |
| Uruguay | 630 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 210 Golan Heights (UNDOF) (2025) |
| Vietnam | 200 Abyei/South Sudan/Sudan (UNISFA) (2025) |
| Zambia | 930 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2025) |
