Posted Tuesday,
March 16, 2004 The
number of countries in which the United States has a
presence is staggering. According the U.S. Department of
State's list of "Independent
States in the World,"
there are 192 countries in the world, all of which,
except Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, and North Korea, have
diplomatic relations with the United States. All of these
countries except one (Vatican City) are members
of the United Nations.
According to the Department of Defense publication,
"Active
Duty Military Personnel - Strengths by Regional Area and
by Country,"
(pdf file) the United States has troops in 135
countries. Here is the list:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Antigua
- Argentina
- Azerbaijan
- Australia
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Antigua
- Argentina
- Azerbaijan
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Columbia
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Cote D'lvoire
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
| - El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nepal
| - Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Singapore
- Sierra Leone
- Slovenia
- Spain
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Syria
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
|
This means that the United States has troops in 70
percent of the world's countries. The average American
could probably not locate half of these 135 countries on
a map.