Keywords: Overseas Troops.gif en Red line on this chart represents the share of the overseas troops of the USA based on the data from the United States Department of Defense Black line represents troops that fall under 'Undistributed' category in the reports e g no country of dislocation is indicated There is no data for years 1951 and 1952 --- period of the Korean War Since 2003 deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq/Kuwait are counted separately Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation New Dawn however those troops have been deployed mostly from the Continental US thus they were added to 'Total - Foreign Countries' category numbers 'Total - Undistributed' is already included in 'Total - Foreign Countries' in the reports For September 2010 an estimate of 219 190 troops are in OND and OEF category plus 162 437 troops are in 'Undistributed' category making a total of 381 627 troops not stationed in the 'allied countries' The data for the chart calculation is below http //siadapp dmdc osd mil/personnel/MILITARY/miltop htm Military Personnel Statistics http //siadapp dmdc osd mil/personnel/MILITARY/history/309hist htm Military Personnel Historical Reports Emilfaro en 2011-03-08 Emilfaro en wikitable style text-align right; center style background f0f0f0; Year center style background f0f0f0; Total troops center style background f0f0f0; Overseas center style background f0f0f0; Undistributed center style background f0f0f0; Overseas center style background f0f0f0; Undistributed - 1950 1 460 261 471 894 6 864 32 32 0 47 - 1953 3 555 067 1 216 688 32 438 34 22 0 91 - 1954 3 279 579 1 120 175 4 851 34 16 0 15 - 1955 2 930 863 927 851 8 651 31 66 0 30 - 1956 2 795 460 881 548 6 412 31 53 0 23 - 1957 2 758 069 927 537 5 893 33 63 0 21 - 1958 2 598 015 811 254 4 715 31 23 0 18 - 1959 2 492 449 708 618 18 503 28 43 0 74 - 1960 2 492 037 685 582 22 023 27 51 0 88 - 1961 2 552 912 705 109 21 513 27 62 0 84 - 1962 2 687 690 766 628 22 877 28 52 0 85 - 1963 2 695 240 731 045 34 991 27 12 1 30 - 1964 2 690 141 737 433 56 594 27 41 2 10 - 1965 2 723 800 832 364 39 106 30 56 1 44 - 1966 3 229 209 1 051 893 37 228 32 57 1 15 - 1967 3 411 931 1 228 538 68 428 36 01 2 01 - 1968 3 175 263 1 074 983 8 105 33 85 0 26 - 1969 3 132 766 1 041 094 4 601 33 23 0 15 - 1970 2 718 027 875 423 6 494 32 21 0 24 - 1971 2 392 412 682 672 9 109 28 53 0 38 - 1972 2 111 403 496 830 3 354 23 53 0 16 - 1973 2 006 926 456 242 2 776 22 73 0 14 - 1974 1 945 818 420 684 2 603 21 62 0 13 - 1975 1 901 661 407 287 1 213 21 42 0 06 - 1976 1 866 960 389 894 2 749 20 88 0 15 - 1977 2 074 543 459 385 99 22 14 0 00 - 1978 2 062 404 471 874 47 22 88 0 00 - 1979 2 027 494 458 424 112 22 61 0 01 - 1980 2 050 826 488 726 3 427 23 83 0 17 - 1981 2 082 897 501 832 756 24 09 0 04 - 1982 2 108 612 528 484 887 25 06 0 04 - 1983 2 123 349 519 517 331 24 47 0 02 - 1984 2 138 157 510 730 413 23 89 0 02 - 1985 2 151 032 515 367 223 23 96 0 01 - 1986 2 169 112 525 328 329 24 22 0 02 - 1987 2 174 217 523 702 155 24 09 0 01 - 1988 2 138 213 540 588 157 25 28 0 01 - 1989 2 130 229 509 873 128 23 94 0 01 - 1990 2 046 144 609 422 86 776 29 78 4 24 - 1991 1 986 259 447 572 2 704 22 53 0 14 - 1992 1 807 177 344 065 1 381 19 04 0 08 - 1993 1 705 103 308 020 6 509 18 06 0 38 - 1994 1 610 490 286 594 1 279 17 80 0 08 - 1995 1 518 224 238 064 1 114 15 68 0 07 - 1996 1 471 722 240 421 1 276 16 34 0 09 - 1997 1 438 562 227 258 2 253 15 80 0 16 - 1998 1 406 830 259 871 8 488 18 47 0 60 - 1999 1 385 703 252 763 1 179 18 24 0 09 - 2000 1 384 338 257 817 3 775 18 62 0 27 - 2001 1 385 116 254 788 3 690 18 39 0 27 - 2002 1 411 634 230 484 14 426 16 33 1 02 - 2003 1 434 377 435 766 25 019 30 38 1 74 - 2004 1 426 836 458 449 76 172 32 13 5 34 - 2005 1 389 394 503 097 101 074 36 21 7 27 - 2006 1 384 968 491 967 97 983 35 52 7 07 - 2007 1 379 551 538 743 125 773 39 05 9 12 - 2008 1 401 757 511 250 127 147 36 47 9 07 - 2009 1 418 542 493 293 126 979 34 77 8 95 - 2010 1 430 985 499 386 162 437 34 90 11 35 United States armed forces abroad |