| Country | Number of Soldiers |

|---------|--------------------|

| United States | 13,342 |

| France | 6,464 |

| Russia | 5,169 |

| Germany | 4,193 |

| Ukraine | 3,266 |

| United Kingdom | 2,069 |

| Switzerland | 508 |

| Belgium | 471 |

| South Africa | 500+ |

| Spain | 400+ |

| India | 201 |

| Philippines | 111 |

| Japan | 76 |

| Thailand | 71 |

| Vietnam | 4 |

| Singapore | 2 |

| Indonesia | 1 |

| Canada | No specific number given |

| Ethiopia | No specific number given |

| Romania | No specific number given |

| Yemen | No specific number given |

| Lebanon | No specific number given |

| Syria | No specific number given |

| Poland | No specific number given |

| Brazil | No specific number given |

| Australia | No specific number given |

| Argentina | No specific number given |

| **TOTAL (with numbers)** | **50,000+** |

**Total International Soldiers:** Over 50,000 hold at least one additional nationality

**Percentage of Total IDF:** Approximately 29.4% of the 170,000 active IDF soldiers

**Source:** IDF response to FOI request via Hatzlacha/Declassified UK (March 2025)

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