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ISIS Recruits (Official)

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ISIS Recruits by Country 2024

  • Totals displayed are based upon studies from 2014 and 2015. However, many countries either don’t know or decline to disclose the number of citizens who left to become ISIS recruits.
  • Countries marked 'unknown' are known to have been home to ISIS/ISIL recruits, but neither official nor unofficial numbers are available.
  • Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Islamic State (IS), and Daesh/Da'ish are all names for the same organization.
  • ISIL reached its greatest prominence in 2015, when it controlled significant portions of Iraq and Syria and totaled approximately 30,000 troops. However, the organization had lost its territory and largely returned to a shadowy insurgency by late 2019.

What countries does ISIS recruit from?

ISIS recruits from countries all over the world. Russia is believed to be the country with the most recruits, however. ISIS also recruits from Tunisia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, France, and even the US.

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