Mapping Every Known US Military Base Overseas

Visual Capitalist ^ | 02/21/2025 | Pallavia Rao

[SeekAndFind]

This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Pallavia Rao, locates the known overseas bases of the American military, categorized by who controls the base.

In red are the ones controlled by the U.S., and blue are ones controlled by the host country.

ℹ️ This map does not include several hundred temporary sites for military exercises or contingency operations.

Data is sourced from a Congressional report published in 2024. Troop data is from the Defense Manpower Data Center, current to March 2024.

Ranked: Countries with the Most U.S. Bases and Troops

Based on unclassified data, the U.S. has at least 128 bases across 49 countries.

Of them, Japan (14), has the most by far, followed by the Philippines (9) and South Korea (8). Here’s the full list of all 128 listed bases, the country they’re in, and who controls them.

Base Name	Country	ISO Code	Status
Kyogamisaki CS	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	Ally Controlled
Misawa AB	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
Shariki CS	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	Ally Controlled
Yokota AB	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
Camp Zama	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
USFA Yokosuka	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
NAF Atsugi	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
MCAS Iwakuni	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
Kure Pier 6	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
USFA Sasebo	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
USAG Okinawa	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
MCB Camp Butler	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
MCAS Futenma	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
Kadena AB	🇯🇵 Japan	JPN	U.S. Controlled
MCI Mujuk	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	Ally Controlled
USAG Daegu	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	U.S. Controlled
USAG Yongsan-Casey	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	U.S. Controlled
Tango	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	U.S. Controlled
Osan AB	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	U.S. Controlled
Camp Humphreys	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	U.S. Controlled
Kunsan AB	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	U.S. Controlled
USFA Chinhae	🇰🇷 South Korea	KOR	U.S. Controlled
USAG Kwajalein Atoll	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	MHL	U.S. Controlled
Navy Region Center Singapore	🇸🇬 Singapore	SGP	U.S. Controlled
NSF Diego Garcia	🇮🇴 British Indian Territory	IOT	U.S. Controlled
Antonio Bautista AB	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
Benito Ebuen AB	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
Lumbia Airport	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
Basa AB	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
Fort Magsaysay	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
Camp Melchor Dela	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
Lal-lo Airport	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
NB Camilo Osias	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
Balabac Island	🇵🇭 Philippines	PHL	Ally Controlled
Nadzab Airport	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	PNG	Ally Controlled
Lae Seaport	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	PNG	Ally Controlled
Momote Airport	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	PNG	Ally Controlled
Lobrum NB	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	PNG	Ally Controlled
Port Moresby	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	PNG	Ally Controlled
Jackson International Airport & Seaport	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	PNG	Ally Controlled
RAAF Base Darwin	🇦🇺 Australia	AUS	Ally Controlled
RAAF Base Tindal	🇦🇺 Australia	AUS	Ally Controlled
NCS Harold E. Holt	🇦🇺 Australia	AUS	Ally Controlled
Robertson Barracks	🇦🇺 Australia	AUS	U.S. Controlled
Pituffik Space Base	🇬🇱 Greenland	GRL	U.S. Controlled
NAS Keflavik	🇮🇸 Iceland	ISL	U.S. Controlled
Joint Warfare Center	🇳🇴 Norway	NOR	U.S. Controlled
RAF Menwith Hill	🇬🇧 UK	GBR	U.S. Controlled
RAF Alconbury / Molesworth	🇬🇧 UK	GBR	U.S. Controlled
RAF Lakenhealth	🇬🇧 UK	GBR	U.S. Controlled
RAF Mildenhall	🇬🇧 UK	GBR	U.S. Controlled
RAF Croughton	🇬🇧 UK	GBR	U.S. Controlled
Lajes Field	🇵🇹 Portugal	PRT	U.S. Controlled
Moron AB	🇪🇸 Spain	ESP	U.S. Controlled
NS Rota	🇪🇸 Spain	ESP	U.S. Controlled
USAG Benelux	🇧🇪 Belgium	BEL	U.S. Controlled
Kleine Brogel AB	🇧🇪 Belgium	BEL	U.S. Controlled
Geilenkirchen AB	🇧🇪 Belgium	BEL	U.S. Controlled
Spangdahlem AB	🇩🇪 Germany	DEU	U.S. Controlled
Ramstein AB	🇩🇪 Germany	DEU	U.S. Controlled
USAG Weisbaden	🇩🇪 Germany	DEU	U.S. Controlled
USAG Stuttgart	🇩🇪 Germany	DEU	U.S. Controlled
USAG Ansbach	🇩🇪 Germany	DEU	U.S. Controlled
USAG Bavaria	🇩🇪 Germany	DEU	U.S. Controlled
Aviano AB	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	U.S. Controlled
USAG Vicenza	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	U.S. Controlled
Ghedi AB	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	U.S. Controlled
Camp Darby	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	U.S. Controlled
NSA Detachment Gaeta	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	U.S. Controlled
NSA Naples	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	U.S. Controlled
NAS Sigonella	🇮🇹 Italy	ITA	U.S. Controlled
Amari AB	🇪🇪 Estonia	EST	Ally Controlled
Lielvarde AB	🇱🇻 Latvia	LVA	Ally Controlled
Siauliai	🇱🇹 Lithuania	LTU	Ally Controlled
Camp Herkus	🇱🇹 Lithuania	LTU	Ally Controlled
NSF Redzikowo	🇵🇱 Poland	POL	Ally Controlled
Powidz AB	🇵🇱 Poland	POL	Ally Controlled
Lask AB	🇵🇱 Poland	POL	Ally Controlled
Zagan	🇵🇱 Poland	POL	Ally Controlled
Camp Kosciuszuko	🇵🇱 Poland	POL	Ally Controlled
Papa AB	🇭🇺 Hungary	HUN	Ally Controlled
Kecskemet AB	🇭🇺 Hungary	HUN	Ally Controlled
Camp Turzii	🇷🇴 Romania	ROU	Ally Controlled
NSF Deveselu	🇷🇴 Romania	ROU	Ally Controlled
Mihail Kogalniceanu AB	🇷🇴 Romania	ROU	Ally Controlled
Novo Selo Training Area	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	BGR	Ally Controlled
Graf Ignatievo AB	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	BGR	Ally Controlled
Larissa AB	🇬🇷 Greece	GRC	Ally Controlled
Stefanovikeio AB	🇬🇷 Greece	GRC	Ally Controlled
NSA Souda Bay	🇬🇷 Greece	GRC	U.S. Controlled
RAF Akrotiri	🇨🇾 Cyprus	CYP	Ally Controlled
Camp Bondsteel	🇽🇰 Kosovo	XKX	U.S. Controlled
Incirlik AB	🇹🇷 Turkey	TUR	U.S. Controlled
Izmir AS	🇹🇷 Turkey	TUR	U.S. Controlled
MFO South Camp	🇪🇬 Egypt	EGY	Ally Controlled
Muwaffaq Salti AB	🇯🇴 Jordan	JOR	Ally Controlled
Al-Tanf garrison	🇸🇾 Syria	SYR	Ally Controlled
Rumalyn	🇸🇾 Syria	SYR	Ally Controlled
Erbil AB	🇮🇶 Iraq	IRQ	Ally Controlled
Al Assad AB	🇮🇶 Iraq	IRQ	Ally Controlled
Duqm	🇴🇲 Oman	OMN	Ally Controlled
Jebel Ali	🇦🇪 UAE	ARE	Ally Controlled
Al Dhafra AB	🇦🇪 UAE	ARE	U.S. Controlled
Al Udeid AB	🇶🇦 Qatar	QAT	U.S. Controlled
NSA Bahrain	🇧🇭 Bahrain	BHR	U.S. Controlled
Sheik Isa AB	🇧🇭 Bahrain	BHR	Ally Controlled
Prince Sultan AB	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	SAU	Ally Controlled
King Faisal AB	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	SAU	Ally Controlled
Camp Buehring	🇰🇼 Kuwait	KWT	U.S. Controlled
Al Jaber AB	🇰🇼 Kuwait	KWT	U.S. Controlled
Ali Al Salem AB	🇰🇼 Kuwait	KWT	U.S. Controlled
Camp Arifjan	🇰🇼 Kuwait	KWT	U.S. Controlled
Al Mubarak AB	🇰🇼 Kuwait	KWT	U.S. Controlled
Camp Lemonnier	🇩🇯 Djibouti	DJI	U.S. Controlled
Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield	🇸🇭 St. Helena	HLE	U.S. Controlled
Chabelley Airfield	🇩🇯 Djibouti	DJI	Ally Controlled
Baledogle	🇸🇴 Somalia	SOM	Ally Controlled
Mogadishu	🇸🇴 Somalia	SOM	Ally Controlled
Kismayo	🇸🇴 Somalia	SOM	Ally Controlled
Manda Bay	🇰🇪 Kenya	KEN	Ally Controlled
Mombasa	🇰🇪 Kenya	KEN	Ally Controlled
N'djamena	🇹🇩 Chad	TCD	Ally Controlled
Atlantic Undersea Test & Evaluation Center	🇧🇸 The Bahamas	BHS	U.S. Controlled
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay	🇨🇺 Cuba	CUB	U.S. Controlled
Soto Cano Air Base	🇭🇳 Honduras	HND	U.S. Controlled
CSL Comalapa	🇸🇻 El Salvador	SLV	Ally Controlled
CSL Reina Beatrix International Airport	🇦🇼 Aruba	ABW	Ally Controlled
CSL Hato International Airport	🇨🇼 Curacao	CUW	Ally Controlled

A quick glance at the map reveals the two major security priorities for the U.S. military: Europe and East Asia.

Japan also has the most troops stationed in any country, numbering 53,000 at last count.

While Germany, Italy, and the UK don’t have double-digit bases like Japan, collectively Europe has a huge American presence, when adding in all bases and troops together.

And this isn’t even accounting for the additional 80,000 soldiers deployed to the region after the 2022 Russian invasion.

Middle East: A Growing Security Sphere

While not as nearly cluttered as Europe and East Asia, the Middle East is also home to numerous American bases. Key allies Kuwait and Bahrain also host forces.

Rank	Countries With the Most U.S. Bases	Bases	Countries With the Most U.S. Troops	Troops
1	🇯🇵 Japan	14	🇯🇵 Japan	52,852
2	🇵🇭 Philippines	9	🇩🇪 Germany	34,894
3	🇰🇷 South Korea	8	🇰🇷 South Korea	23,732
4	🇮🇹 Italy	7	🇮🇹 Italy	12,319
5	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	6	🇬🇧 UK	10,180
6	🇩🇪 Germany	6	🇧🇭 Bahrain	3,424
7	🇬🇧 UK	5	🇪🇸 Spain	3,253
8	🇵🇱 Poland	5	🇹🇷 Turkey	1,683
9	🇰🇼 Kuwait	5	🇧🇪 Belgium	1,119
10	🇦🇺 Australia	4	🇨🇺 Cuba	572

Nothing makes security priorities more clear than base in Djibouti, not just for the U.S. but also the rest of the world.

It’s situated on the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, and is a key shipping route. The Red Sea has been in the news lately due to Houthi rebel attacks.

Thus, Djibouti’s strategic location, and careful deal-making, has resulted in the country hosting military bases from seven other nations as well. This includes political rivals to the U.S., like China.

You might have noticed several NATO members hosting troops and bases. Check out: NATO Members Are Ramping up Defense Spending to see how the Russian invasion had an impact.

[BenLurkin]

Quae caret ora cruore nostro?

[SeekAndFind]

Russia? China?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Really?

A military base run by an ally of the US is considered a "US base"?

Ok. And I own 28 houses because I have 27 friends who own houses?

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Thank you for the list. ;-)

[sauropod]

bkmk

[SPDSHDW]

I think it is implying that if the base is 100% occupied by US forces, it’s a US base. It may be owned by the Country the base is in, but if the above is true, it’s a US base.

[ansel12]

If anyone is curious about the fellows here who have been spreading the figures of 750 and 800 bases world wide, the source that created that number counts things as bases that are not bases, even unmanned sites and cemeteries, even a dog cemetery.

Here are examples of that source’s counting, Guam alone has 54 of those “bases”, Puerto Rico 34, Japan 120, Germany 119, South Korea has 73 of them Italy 44 and so on.

[rellic]

I used to volunteer to serve at some of those bases.
But military had a rule so no consecutive overseas
stations.
I got Guam and that was it; as a PCS.
I guess God did not want me PCSed
in Philippines, Japan, or Korea.
My military skill code was very expensive,
10 months of school and three years of OJT.
so I guess they wanted to keep me close to home
PCS wise.
I was a six year enlistee.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Unless the US flag is flying over it, it is not a US base.