Deployment of U.S. troops by region 2022 | Statista

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The number of United States military personnel deployed around the world has varied through history. The operation in Afghanistan had dominated international news since 2001, before it ended in 2021. Apart from troops deployed in the United States and U.S. territories, the contingent in East Asia and the Pacific was the largest with 84,000 military personnel. Moreover, there were over 67,000 military personnel deployed in Europe as of June 2022.

Deployment of U.S. active-duty military & civilian personnel around the world as of June 2022, by selected regions

Characteristic	Military	Civilian
U.S. and territories	1,176,795	717,340
Europe	67,395	15
Former Soviet states	240	10,172
East Asia and Pacific	84,093	923
North Africa, Near East and South Asia*	6,561	18
Sub-Saharan Africa	1,035	2,259
Western hemisphere	1,947	253
Unknown	5,935	260

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June 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

June 30, 2022

Supplementary notes

Totals do not include the National Guard.

Personnel deployed in ongoing operations in Syria not included in values as not disclosed by the source.

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