FACTBOX-Foreign military forces in Iraq
June 1 (Reuters) - About 500 Australian combat troops pulled out of their base in southern Iraq on Sunday, fulfilling an election promise by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to bring the soldiers home this year.
Australia is the latest of a number of countries to reduce their military presence in Iraq.
The United States now has around 155,000 troops in Iraq, which will fall to 140,000 when the last of five extra brigades sent to Iraq last year, returns home in July.
Here is a table, by country, of coalition forces in Iraq.
United States 155,000
Britain 4,000
OTHER COUNTRIES:
Georgia 2,000
South Korea 933
Australia 515
Poland 900
Romania 500
El Salvador 280
Azerbaijan 150
Bulgaria 150
Mongolia 100
Czech Republic 96
Albania 70
Denmark 55
Lithuania 53
Armenia 50
Estonia 38
Bosnia-Herzegovina 37
Macedonia 33
Kazakhstan 29
Moldova 11
Portugal 7
Latvia 3
Slovakia 2
Singapore 1
NOTE: Many figures are rounded or estimated at the end of April 2008.
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Sources: Reuters/GlobalSecurity.org./Multi-National Force website/Washington Post (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit;)
