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[[File:BMP-1 operators.png|thumb|300px|Map of BMP-1 operators in blue with former operators in red]]
[[File:BMP 1 Aghanistan.JPG|thumb|right|Four Afghan BMP-1 IFVs, 2005]]
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[[File:Chinese Type86.jpg|thumb|right|Chinese Type 86.]]
[[File:Vietnamese BMP-1.jpg|thumb|Vietnamese BMP-1]]
[[File:Hungarian BMP-1.jpg|thumb|right|Hungarian BMP-1.]]
[[File:BMP-1 Iraq 2.jpg|thumb|right|Two New Iraqi Army BMP-1s at Coalition checkpoint in Tarmiya, Iraq, 25 June 2006.]]
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[[File:BMP-1 Iraq 3.jpg|thumb|right|New Iraqi Army BMP-1 on the move.]]
[[File:BWP-1.JPG|thumb|right|BWP-1 on a military parade in Warsaw on Polish Army Day, 15 August 2007.]]
[[File:MLI-84 IFV on parade.jpg|thumb|right|Romanian-made MLI-84M fitted with Israeli OWS-25R overhead mount turret armed with 25 mm Oerlikon KBA autocannon and two 9S415 ATGM launchers, Expomil exhibition, 22 October 2005.]]
[[File:Slovakia army 888.jpg|thumb|right|Slovak BVP-1, 26 March 2007.]]
[[File:Bmp1.jpg|thumb|right|BMP-1 at the Great Patriotic War museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, 1 October 2006.]]

The [[BMP-1]] is a Soviet amphibious tracked [[Infantry fighting vehicle]] used by many different nations around the world. This is a list of nations that operate it.

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* {{AFG}} – 350 BMP-1s ordered in 1979 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1990 (some of the vehicles were possibly previously in Soviet service).<ref name="SIPRI">[http://armstrade.sipri.org/arms_trade/trade_register.php SIPRI Arms Transfers Database]. Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> 550 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s in service in 1992.<ref>[http://www.istorya.ru/referat/7477/1.php История России. Всемирная, мировая история – Афганистан в конце XX в]. Istorya.ru. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> Between 60 and 80 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s were delivered from Russia after 2002. After the [[Taliban]] assumed control of Afghanistan's government and military assets in August 2021, the vehicles were used by the [[Afghan Army|Islamic Emirate Army]] during the [[2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash]].<ref>[http://www.defense-ua.com/rus/news/?id=5072&prn=yes Defence Express News – РОССИЯ И АФГАНИСТАН ВЫПОЛНЯЮТ ДОГОВОРЕННОСТИ, ЗАКЛЮЧЕННЫЕ МЕЖДУ ВОЕННЫМИ ВЕДОМСТВАМИ ДВУХ СТРАН В КАБУЛЕ В 2002 Г]. Defense-ua.com (29 January 2003). Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
* {{flag|Albania}} – More than 17 BMP-1s acquired from East German stock in 1995.
* {{ALG}} – Between 690 and 800 BMP-1s ordered in 1978 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1984. There were 684 BMP-1s in service in 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2">[http://www.pancerni.abajt.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=1 Pancerni.net 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023173634/http://www.pancerni.abajt.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=1 |date=23 October 2008 }}. Pancerni.abajt.pl. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> Algeria signed a contract with Russia for modernization of 400 BMP-1s in 2006.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
* {{ANG}} – 21 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Belarus and delivered in 1993 (the vehicles were previously in Soviet and later Belarusian service and were sold through a Bulgarian company). 29 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Bulgaria and delivered in 1993 (the vehicles were previously in Bulgarian service). 35 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Russia and delivered in 1993 (the vehicles were previously in Soviet and later Russian service). 183 BMP-1s ordered in 1993 from Russia and delivered between 1993 and 1994.<ref name="SIPRI"/> 65 BMP-1s were delivered from Russia in 1998. 7 BMP-1s were delivered from Belarus in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rustrana.ru/article.php?nid=29126|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904182433/http://www.rustrana.ru/article.php?nid=29126|url-status=dead|title=Россия и Ангола подписали документ о военно-техническом сотрудничестве|archive-date=4 September 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.smysl-project.ru/2007-17/smysl_2007-17_082-085.pdf]{{dead link|date=January 2012}}</ref> 150 are currently in service.<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/angola_armee_angolaise/angola_armee_angolaise_forces_terrestres_equipements_vehicules_blindes_militaires_information.html Angolan army] armyrecognition.com</ref>
* {{ARM}} – 150 BMP vehicles in service with the armed forces in 1993. 212 BMP-1s in service with the armed forces in 1994, 159 in 1995 and 1996, 125 in 1997-2000, 80 in 2001-2006. 8 BMP-1Ks in service with the armed forces in 1994-2000, 7 in 2001-2006. 20 BRM-1s in service with the armed forces in 1994-2000, 12 in 2001-2006.<ref name="international control">[http://www.armscontrol.ru/pubs/eta-az-nk-ar-061121.pdf Международный Контроль Над Обычными Вооружениями И Неконтролируемое Оружие]. (PDF). Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}} – 102 BMP-1s in service with the armed forces in 1992, 172 in 1993, 104 in 1994, 135 in 1995, 119 in 1996, 114 in 1997 and 1998, 95 in 1999, 44 in 2000-2004 and 6 in 2006 including 2 ordered in 2004 from Ukraine and delivered in 2005.<ref name="SIPRI"/> 13 BRM-1s in service with the armed forces in 1992, 12 in 1993, 34 in 1994, 33 in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, 23 in 1999 and 21 in 2000-2006.<ref name="international control"/>
** {{flagcountry|Nagorno-Karabakh}} – Operated an unknown number of BMP-1s with [[ZU-23-2]] gun mounts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijn |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=A Caucasian Contraption: Armenia's BMP-1-ZUs |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/11/a-caucasian-contraption-armenias-bmp-1.html |website=Oryx |access-date=23 November 2023}}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Belarus}} – Originally 938 BMP-1s were inherited from former USSR in 1991. 461 BMP-1s in service in 1995, 98 in 2000 and 109 in 2003 and 2005.<ref name="Belarus Global security.org">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/belarus/army-equipment.htm Belarus Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> There were also 161 BRM-1s in service in 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2005.<ref name="Belarus Global security.org"/>
* {{flagcountry|Brunei}} –<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/>
* {{flagcountry|Bulgaria}} – 90 BMP-1Ps are currently in service.<ref name=":2">IISS 2022</ref><ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/bulgaria/bulgaria_bulgarian_army_military_equipment_equipment_armoured_vehicle_description_picture.html Bulgarian army] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713034656/http://www.armyrecognition.com/bulgaria/bulgaria_bulgarian_army_military_equipment_equipment_armoured_vehicle_description_picture.html|date=13 July 2009}} armyrecognition.com</ref> 560 bought including 100 ordered in 1995 from Russia and delivered in 1996 (the vehicles were previously in Russian service).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
* {{flagcountry|Cambodia}} – 70<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/cambodge_fr/cambodia_cambodian_army_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armoured_vehicle_pictures_information.html Cambodian army] armyrecognition.com</ref>
* {{flagcountry|People's Republic of China}} – Produced more than 3,000 Type 86s and vehicles based on it.<ref name="Deagel BMP-1">[http://www.deagel.com/Tracked-Armored-Fighting-Vehicles/BMP-1_a000749001.aspx BMP-1]. Deagel.com. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> 1,000 [[ZBD-86|Type 86]]s were in service in 2003 and 2005.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/pla-inventory.htm People's Liberation Army]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> Around 1,000 are currently in service.<ref name="Sino Defense"/>
* {{flagcountry|Côte d'Ivoire}} – 13 ordered in 2002 from Belarus and delivered between 2002 and 2003.<ref name="SIPRI"/><ref name="Deagel BMP-1"/>
* {{flagcountry|Cuba}} – 200 ordered in 1978 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1981 and 1988. 200 more were ordered in 1989 and delivered in 1990. They are now modernized to the BMP-1P variant with new ATGMs and improved night vision equipment.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
* {{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} – Currently there are 98 BVP-1 in storage, as reserve.<ref name="IISS2022_p2613" /> At least 5 [[BMP-1|BVP-1]] sent to [[Ukraine]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=Answering The Call: Heavy Weaponry Supplied To Ukraine |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/04/answering-call-heavy-weaponry-supplied.html |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=Oryx}}</ref> 623 BVP-1s, 145 BPzV "Svatava"s and 413 OT-90s were inherited from former Czechoslovakia in 1992.<ref name="World Defence Almanac">World Defence Almanac</ref> There were 605 in service as 1995, 600 BVP-1s as 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/> On 1 January 2008 there were 207 BVP-1s (most in reserve – getting replaced by APCs), 76 BPzV "Svatava"s and 29 OT-90s (in the process of being withdrawn from service and replaced by more modern vehicles).<ref>[http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=5775 Czech Ministry of Defense]. Army.cz. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> There were also 15 BRM-1Ks in service.<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/republique_tcheque_armee_forces_terrestres/tcheque_republique_armee_tcheque_forces_terrestres_equipements_militaires_vehicule_blindes_informati.html Czech army] armyrecognition.com</ref>
* {{flaglist|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} – 20 ordered in 2005 from Ukraine and delivered in 2006.<ref name="SIPRI"/><ref name="Deagel BMP-1"/>
* {{EGY}} – 80 were delivered between July and August 1973, 150 between August and September 1973. After the war Egypt received between 30 and 50. There were 200 in service in 1996. Those 200 were fitted with French diesel engines and received the designation BMP-1S (See [[BMP-1 variants#Egypt|Egypt section]] in [[BMP-1 variants]] article for details).<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/>
* {{flagcountry|Equatorial Guinea}} – 20 ordered in 2006 from Czech Republic and delivered in 2007.<ref name="SIPRI"/><ref name="Deagel BMP-1"/>
* {{flagcountry|Eritrea}} – Received a number from Ethiopia.<ref name="World Defence Almanac"/> Currently 15 are in service.<ref name=IISS>{{cite book |last=[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]|date=2021|title=The Military Balance|page=464|isbn=978-1032012278}}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}} – 70 along with 1000 9M14M Malyutka ATGMs ordered in 1977 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1977 and 1978.<ref name="SIPRI"/> 20 were in service in 1995.
* {{GEO}} – Originally 667 were inherited from former USSR in 1991. 15 were ordered in 2007 from Ukraine and delivered in 2008.<ref name="SIPRI"/> 80 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s were claimed by the Abkhaziyan Army and the same amount by the South Ossetian Army.<ref name="Abkhaziya"/> 51 were in service in 1992 and 1995, 67 in 2000, 68 in 2002, 65 in 2005, 40 in 2007,<ref name="World Defence Almanac"/> 149 in 2008<ref name="Georgia Army">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/georgia/army-equipment.htm Georgia Army]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> and 79 BMP-1P and BMP-1Us in 2011. 11 BRM-1Ks were in service in 2000, 2002 and 2005 and 1 in 2008.<ref name="Georgia Army"/>
** {{flag|Abkhazia}} – 80 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s were claimed by the Abkhazian Army.<ref name="Abkhaziya">[http://www.abkhaziya.org/server-articles/article-0b9e3fa75e14b53f712e65b8c27a0611.html АБХАЗИЯ.ORG :: Статьи : Почему Грузия проиграет будущую войну]. Abkhaziya.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
** {{flagcountry|South Ossetia}} – 80 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s were claimed by the South Ossetian Army and they were in service in 2007.<ref name="Abkhaziya"/>
* {{GRC}} – 169 BMP-1 in service as of 2022.<ref name=":23">IISS 2022, pp. 77</ref> 200 BMP-1s remained in service in 2019 of which 140 are estimated to be fully operational.<ref name="Λάζος">{{Cite web |last=Λάζος |first=Ευθύμιος |date=2019-09-06 |title=Τεθωρακισμένα οχήματα στον ΕΣ: Προβλήματα παλαιότητας και επιχειρησιακής απαξίωσης |url=https://defencereview.gr/tethorakismena-ochimata-ston-es-provli/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Defence Review |language=el}}</ref> Originally 501 BMP-1A1 Osts were order from Germany in 1991 and delivered between 1992 and 1994.<ref name="SIPRI"/> Greece offered 500 as aid to Iraq but only 100 were accepted in 2005 with 36 being delivered in 2005 and 64 in 2006.<ref name="Deagel BMP-1"/> There were 377 BMP-1A1 Osts in service in 2006.<ref name="Deagel BMP-1"/> In late 2014,  BMP-1A1 Ost were fitted with the [[ZU-23-2]] anti-aircraft gun in place of the standard tower. After successful acceptance tests, the conversion of 72 vehicles is planned with the remaining BMP-1A1's retired from service.<ref name="BMP-1 Greece">{{cite news |url=http://www.janes.com/article/46924/greece-trials-zu-23-2-armed-bmp-1p-infantry-fighting-vehicle |title=Greece trials ZU-23-2 armed BMP-1P infantry fighting vehicle |author=Theodore L Valmas |publisher=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly |date=11 December 2014 |accessdate=13 December 2014}}</ref> On 31 May 2022, it was announced<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-31 |title=Germany announces new deal with Greece to send tanks to Ukraine |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-enable-ukraine-tank-swap-deal-with-greece-scholz-says/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US}}</ref> that Greece would engage in an exchange of vehicles with Germany: Germany would hand over Marder 1A3s it kept in storage in exchange for an equivalent number of BMP-1s to be delivered by Greece to aid Ukraine in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GEOPOLITIKI |date=2022-06-01 |title=Greece sends BMP-1's to Ukraine in exchange for German Marder 1A3's - GEOPOLITIKI |url=https://geopolitiki.com/greece-sends-bmp-1s-to-ukraine-german-marder-1a3s/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Guinea}} - Received 2 in 2005.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2021|p=470}}
* [[File:InfoboxHez.PNG|22px|border]] [[Hezbollah]] – Unknown number of ex-Syrian Army BMP-1s (aid, the vehicles were previously in Syrian service) employed in the ongoing [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>Zachary Sex & Bassel Abi-Chahine, ''Modern Conflicts 2 – The Lebanese Civil War, From 1975 to 1991 and Beyond'' Modern Conflicts Profile Guide Volume II, AK Interactive, 2021. {{EAN|8435568306073}} p. 218.</ref>
* {{flagcountry|India}} – Between 350 and 700 ordered in 1982 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1983 and 1989.<ref name="SIPRI"/> Between 450 and 100 produced. 800 were in service in 1990, around 600 in 1995, more than 350 in 2000 and 2002 around 600 in 2005 and 700 in 2008.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/army-equipment.htm Indian Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> In the process of retiring and almost all retired.<ref name="Indian Army: Armoured Fighting Vehicles">[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Equipment/Armour/345-BMP-1.html Land Forces Site – BMP-1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906091934/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Equipment/Armour/345-BMP-1.html |date=6 September 2009 }}. Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Iran}} – 200 along with 2000 9M14M Malyutka ATGMs ordered in 1981 from Syria and delivered between 1982 and 1983. 400 along with 4000 9M14M Malyutka ATGMs ordered in 1986 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1986 and 1989 (the vehicles were produced in Czechoslovakia).<ref name="SIPRI"/> A number of Type 86s were also bought from [[People's Republic of China|PRC]].<ref name="Sino Defense">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120123144208/http://www.sinodefence.com/army/armour/type86.asp]. Sinodefence.com (23 January 2012). Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> More than 150 BMP-1s and Type 86s in service in 1990, 300 in 1995, 300 in 2000, 350 in 2002 and about 210 in 2005 and 2008.<ref name="Global Security Iran">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/ground-equipment.htm Iranian Ground Forces Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> There 200 BMP-1s in service in 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/> Iran also produced 80 Boragh-based IFVs between 2001 and 2008<ref name="SIPRI"/> (note the entire production started in 1997). There were 40 Boragh APCs in service in 2000 and 2002 and 140 Boragh APCs in 2005 and 2008.<ref name="Global Security Iran"/>
* {{IRQ}} – 200 ordered in 1973 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1974 and 1975. 750 ordered in 1981 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1981 and 1987 (the vehicles were produced in Czechoslovakia).<ref name="SIPRI"/> A number of Type 86s were bought from PRC. 1,500 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s in service in 1990, about 900 in 1995, about 1000 in 2000 and about 900 in 2002.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/ground-equipment.htm Iraqi Ground Forces Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> 100 BMP-1A1 Osts ordered in 2005 from Greece with 36 being delivered in 2005 and 64 in 2006 (Greece offered 500 of these vehicles as aid but Iraq accepted only 100) and 110 ordered in 2006 from Ukraine and delivered in 2007.<ref name="SIPRI"/><ref name="Deagel BMP-1"/> Currently the New Iraqi Army operates 434 BMP-1s<ref>Shapir, Yiftah S., Middle East Military Balance, ''Tel Aviv University'', 6, 7 {{cite web|url=http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/balance/Iraq.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-12-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824014202/http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/balance/Iraq.pdf |archivedate=24 August 2008 }}</ref> (including BMP-1A1 Osts).
* {{ISR}} – Captured some BMP-1s during the Yom Kippur War. Some of the captured vehicles have been converted into mortar carriers (See [[BMP-1 variants#Israel|Israel section]] for details).
* {{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}} – There were 300 in 1995 and 2000, 350 in 2002 and about 210 in 2005. There were also 40 Boragh APCs in service in 2000 and 2002 and about 140 Boragh APCs in 2005.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/kazak-ground-equipment.htm Kazak Ground Forces Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
*{{flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg|border=no}} [[Kurds in Syria|Kurdish]] [[People's Defense Units]] (YPG) – operated a small number of BMP-1s captured from Syrian Army stocks in the ongoing [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>Ed Nash & Alaric Searle, ''Kurdish armour against ISIS – YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014–19'', New Vanguard series 299, Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 2021. {{ISBN|978-1472847584}}, pp. 23-24.</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan}} – There were 349 in service in 1995 and 274 in 2000 and 2005. There were also 28 BRM-1s in service in 1995 and 113 in 2000 and 2005.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/kyrgyz-army-equipment.htm Kyrgyz-Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Libya}} – 800 ordered in 1979 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1982.<ref name="SIPRI"/> 800 in service in 1986, 750 in 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/><ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/libya/army-equip.htm Libyan Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> Currently 740 are in service.<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/libya/libya_libyan_modern_army_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armoured_vehicle_information_descript.html Libyan army] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012607/http://www.armyrecognition.com/libya/libya_libyan_modern_army_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armoured_vehicle_information_descript.html |date= 9 February 2010 }} armyrecognition.com</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Mongolia}} – 400 along with 3000 9M14M Malyutka ATGMs ordered in 1981 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1982 and 1985.<ref name="SIPRI"/> 400 in service in 1996,<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/> 310 in 2003<ref name="soldiering1">[http://www.soldiering.ru/country/c11.php Армии стран мира : Вооруженные силы иностранных государств на 2001 год : М]. Soldiering.ru. Retrieved 2012-12-18.</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Morocco}} – 50.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
* {{flagcountry|Republic of Moldova}} – There were 210 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s in service in 1994.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
** {{Flagicon|Transnistria}} [[Transnistria]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Struggle For Relevance: Transnistria's Fighting Vehicles |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/11/the-struggle-for-relevance.html |website=Oryx |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Mozambique}} – 40 in 2003.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
* {{flagcountry|Myanmar}} – More than 50 bought from PRC.<ref name="Sino Defense"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Armoured Vehicles|first=Deagel|date=1 January 2003|title=BMP-1|url=https://www.deagel.com/Armored%20Vehicles/BMP-1/a000749|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210154619/https://www.deagel.com/Armored%20Vehicles/BMP-1/a000749|archive-date=10 December 2020|access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
* {{PRK}} – 100 ordered in 1972 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1972 and 1973. 122 ordered in 1984 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1985 and 1991.<ref name="SIPRI"/> There were 1110 Korshuns (North Korean designation for BMP-1<ref name="SIPRI"/>), [[VTT-323]]s, [[Type 63 (armoured personnel carrier)|Type 63]]s (YW-531), [[BTR-40]]s, [[BTR-50]]s, [[BTR-60]]s and [[BTR-152]]s in service in 1985.<ref name="Korean People's Army">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/kpa-equipment.htm Equipment Holdings – Korean People's Army] globalsecurity.org</ref> 200 Korshuns in service in 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/>
* {{POL}} – 800 BWP-1s are operational as of 2022..<ref name="IISS2022_p2613" /> 1,409 BWP-1s ordered in 1969 from USSR and delivered between 1972 and 1979.<ref name="SIPRI"/> Poland also bought 22 BWR-1D (BRM-1K) reconnaissance vehicles in 1987 from USSR<ref name="MON">[http://www.wp.mil.pl/pl/strona/205/LG_59_150 MON] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401063239/http://www.wp.mil.pl/pl/strona/205/LG_59_150 |date= 1 April 2008 }}. Wp.mil.pl. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> and 16 BWR-1S (modernized BPzV) reconnaissance vehicles from Czech Republic in the early 1990s. The number of BWR-1D and BWR-1S has not changed. There were 1,409 BWP-1s in service in 1994,<ref name="World Defence Almanac"/> 1,367 on 1 January 1998,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.NSF/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/003621d2d3c39bb885256679004ddbcb?OpenDocument|title=disarmament.un.org}}</ref> 1,366 on 1 January 1999 and 1 January 2000,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.NSF/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/5059e96fbd98ebdb85256a1600679196?OpenDocument|title=disarmament.un.org 2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.NSF/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/45abee6c989d8a1e852569fc0079f098?OpenDocument|title=disarmament.un.org 3}}</ref> 1,332 on 1 January 2002,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.NSF/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/adc0071c1a61e70c85256b9700549ba9?OpenDocument|title=disarmament.un.org 4}}</ref> 1,328 BWP-1 IFVs on 1 January 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.NSF/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/085aba02e2119e8985256d1800727048?OpenDocument|title=disarmament.un.org 5}}</ref> 1,321 in 2004<ref>[http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=423 Wojsko Polskie AD 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206032004/http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=423 |date= 6 February 2011 }}. Militarium (4 September 2008). Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> and 1,307 at the beginning of 2006<ref>[http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=424 Wojsko Polskie AD 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206032020/http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=424 |date= 6 February 2011 }}. Militarium (6 September 2008). Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> (Polish Ministry of Defence states that on 8 January 2006 there were 1,298 BWP-1s<ref>[http://www.mon.gov.pl/strona.php?idstrona=49&idn=1_9_1 Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218133136/http://www.mon.gov.pl/strona.php?idstrona=49&idn=1_9_1 |date=18 February 2012 }}. Mon.gov.pl (8 January 2006). Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>). 1,306 BWP-1s, 33 BWP-1Ds, 5 MP-31s and 6 ZWDSz-2s in service in the first half of 2008.<ref>[http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=411 Uzbrojenie Wojska Polskiego w 2008 r] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909053847/http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=411 |date= 9 September 2009 }}. Militarium (18 August 2008). Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> In 2022 800 BWP-1s are operational. To be replaced by new [[Borsuk (infantry fighting vehicle)|BWP Borsuk]] tracked infantry vehicle.<ref name="IISS2022_p2613">[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]: The Military Balance 2022</ref> Some are donated to Ukraine forces during Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref name=":0" />
* {{flagcountry|Rwanda}} – Unknown number in service.<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/rwanda_rwandan_army_uk/rwanda_rwandan_army_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armoured_vehicle_pictures_information_desc.html Ruandan army] armyrecognition.com</ref>
* {{RUS}} – 12,200 BMP-1s, [[BMP-2]]s and [[BMP-3]]s in 1995 and 12,700 in 2000, 2002 and 2009.<ref name="Soviet/Russian Army Global Security">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/army-equipment.htm Russian Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> 1,543 in active service and more than 9,057 in reserve in 2008.<ref name="Warfare.ru">[http://warfare.be/?lang=&catid=245&linkid=2304 Warfare.ru]. Warfare.ru (5 September 2010). Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref><ref name="A Brief Guide to Russian Armored Fighting Vehicles">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/armored_vehicles/bmp-1.htm |title=A Brief Guide to Russian Armored Fighting Vehicles |date=6 March 2001 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010306073120/http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/armored_vehicles/bmp-1.htm |archive-date=6 March 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> There were around 750 in active service and more than 10,000 in reserve in 2009.<ref name="Warfare.ru"/>
* {{flagcountry|Sahrawi Republic}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Tom |last2=Grandolini |first2=Albert |last3=Fontanellaz |first3=Adrien |title=Showdown in Western Sahara, Volume 2: Air Warfare Over the Last African Colony, 1975-1991 |date=2019 |publisher=Helion & Company Publishing |location=Warwick, UK |isbn=978-1-912866-29-8 |page=64}}</ref>
* {{SVK}} – Currently there are 108 BVP-1s and 17 BVP-M in service. Will be replaced by [[Patria AMV|BOV 8x8]] or modernised to Slovakian BVP-M variant.<ref name="IISS2022_p2613" /> Originally 383 BVP-1s, 120 BPzV "Svatava"s and 207 OT-90s were inherited from former Czechoslovakia in 1992.<ref name="World Defence Almanac"/> There were 311 BVP-1s in service in 1995 and 300 in 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/> In 2009 there were 308 BVP-1s, 71 BPzV "Svatava"s and 205 OT-90s. There were also BRM-1Ks in service.<ref>[http://armyreco.ifrance.com/russe/slovaquie/slovaquie_choix_materiel.htm Slovak army] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803180424/http://armyreco.ifrance.com/russe/slovaquie/slovaquie_choix_materiel.htm |date= 3 August 2009 }} armyrecognition.com</ref> 
* {{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}} – 12 ordered in 1994 from Ukraine and delivered in 1994.<ref name="SIPRI"/> Currently there are 13 in service.<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/sri_lanka_armees_militaire_fr/sri_lanka_armees_sri_lankais_forces_terrestres_equipements_militaires_vehicule_blindes_information_d.html Sri Lankan army] armyrecognition.com</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Sudan}} – 24 including 1 delivered by Belarus in 2004.<ref name="Deagel BMP-1"/>
* {{flagcountry|Syria}} – Syria received between 150 and 170 BMP-1s before the October 1973 Yom Kippur War. 2,300 ordered in 1977 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1977 and 1989.<ref name="SIPRI"/> There were 2,250 in service in 1990 and 1995, 2,300 in 1996,<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/> 2,250 in 2000 and 2001, 2,600 in 2003 and 2,100 in 2005.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/syria/army-equipment.htm Syria – Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
* {{TJK}} – 40 were inherited from former USSR in 1991. 9 in service in 2000 and 2005.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/tajik-army-equipment.htm Tajik-Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> There are 11 now in service.
* {{TKM}} – 538 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s in service in 1995, 930 in 2000 and 2005. 51 BRM-1s in service in 1995 and 12 in 2000 and 2005.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/turkmen-army-equipment.htm Turkmen-Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> Currently 156 BMP-1s are in service.
* {{UKR}} – Around 2,525 in service in 1994,<ref name="World Defence Almanac"/> 1,325 in 1995, 1,011 in 2000 and 1,008 in 2005. Also there were 490 BRM-1Ks in service in 1995 and 458 in 2000 and 2005.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/groundforces-equipment.htm Ground Forces Equipment – Ukraine]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref> A number of BMP-1s was modernized to BMP-1U standard while some were converted into ARVes.<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/ukraine_fr/ukrainian_army_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armoured_vehicle_pictures_information.html Ukrainian army] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624210407/http://www.armyrecognition.com/ukraine_fr/ukrainian_army_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armoured_vehicle_pictures_information.html |date=24 June 2009 }} armyrecognition.com</ref> Ukraine has imported Czech BVP-1s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/april_2020_news_defense_global_security_army_industry/ukraine_imports_ex-czech_bvp-1_ifvs.html|title=Ukraine imports ex-Czech BVP-1 IFVs &#124; April 2020 News Defense Global Security army industry &#124; Defense Security global news industry army 2020 &#124; Archive News year|website=www.armyrecognition.com}}</ref>
* {{URU}} – 10 ordered in 1995 from Czech Republic and delivered in 1996 (the vehicles were previously in Czech service).<ref name="SIPRI"/><ref name="safeworld.org.uk">{{Cite web |title=Czech/web |url=http://www.saferworld.org.uk/images/pubdocs/Beast%20CzechRep.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002020701/http://www.saferworld.org.uk/images/pubdocs/Beast%20CzechRep.pdf |archive-date=2 October 2008}}</ref> 5 ordered in 1996 from Czech Republic and delivered in 1998.<ref name="SIPRI"/> Between 3 and 5 ordered in 1996 from Czech Republic and delivered in 1999 (the vehicles were previously in Czech service).<ref name="safeworld.org.uk"/>
* {{UZB}} – 180 BMP-1s are currently in service. 6 BRM-1s in service in 2000 and 2005.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/uzbek-army-equipment.htm Uzbek-Army Equipment]. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Vietnam}} – Transfers of 150 BMP-1 & 150 BMP-2 is reported by [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute|SIPRI]] (number for BMP-2 is actually much smaller than the reported figures).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
* {{YEM}} – 150 in service in 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/>

==Former operators==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-1007-009, Berlin, 39. Jahrestag DDR-Gründung, Parade.jpg|thumb|right|East German BMP-1s on a parade in [[East Berlin]], 7 October 1988.]]
[[File:Pansarbandvagn 501 01.jpg|thumb|Swedish Pbv 501A displayed at the museum Arsenalen in Sweden]]
* {{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}} – 36 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s in 1991–1992.
* {{CZS}} – 2,252 ordered in 1973 and delivered between 1973 and 1989 (most produced in Czechoslovakia while the rest was imported from the Soviet Union).<ref name="SIPRI"/> 1,006 BVP-1 and BVP-1KS, 265 BPzV "Svatava" reconnaissance vehicles and 620 OT-90 APCs right before the breakup of Czechoslovakia, passed on to successor states.<ref name="World Defence Almanac"/> Czechoslovakia also produced 151 BMP-1P/c for East Germany.
* {{Flagcountry|Finland}} – 195, bought in three batches. The first one which consisted of BMP-1 IFVs was delivered in June 1981 by the Soviet Union. The second one which consisted of BMP-1 and BMP-1K IFVs was delivered in summer of 1982 by the Soviet Union. A total of 85 BMP-1 and BMP-1K IFVs was delivered by the USSR. The third one which consisted of 110 units, was made out different variants of BMP-1/BMP-1P vehicles and was delivered in 1990 by Germany from ex-East German stocks (all were modernized in 1994–1997 by Patria Vammas Oy). There were 40 BMP-1 (+ native produced BMP-1TJ "Tuija" artillery reconnaissance vehicles) in service with the Finnish Army in 1995 and 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2" /> The BMP-1 IFVs were withdrawn from Finnish Army service in 2004 but 38 were saved. 20 converted to command and artillery observing vehicles, some to museums and the rest kept as spare parts. In  2019, 10 BMP-1 TJ were still operational <ref>CONFIDENCE- AND SECURITY BUILDING MEASURES VIENNA DOCUMENT Finland 2011, valid as of 01.01.2019</ref> Retired from service.<ref name="IISS2022_p261">[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]: The Military Balance 2022</ref>
* {{GDR}} – 1,133 ordered in 1974 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1974 and 1982 (some of the vehicles were produced in Czechoslovakia).<ref name="SIPRI"/>
* {{GER}} – Taken from [[Nationale Volksarmee|East Germany's Army]] stocks. After the reunification, the West-German Bundeswehr modified more than 851 vehicles (mainly BMP-1P model) and brought them to NATO safety standards and gave them the designation BMP-1A1 Ost. There were 764 BMP-1A1 Ost vehicles in 1994 and 450 in 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2"/><ref name="Tanks in Russia">{{cite book|author=Malyshev S.|year=2002|title=Tanks in Russia. Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty BMP-1 (1964–2000)|publisher=Russian Motor Books }}{{ISBN?}}</ref> Eventually all were scrapped or sold to other countries. 110 different variants of BMP-1/BMP-1P were sold to Finland in 1990 (these weren't modified). 501 BMP-1A1 Ost IFVs were sold to Greece in 1993–1994 and 350 BMP-1A1 Ost IFVs were sold to Sweden in the beginning of the 1990s.<ref name="Swedish Defence Materiel Administration"/>
* {{HUN}} – 500 BMP-1s and BRM-1Ks ordered in 1972 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1973 and 1978. 2 BMP-1s ordered in 1994 from Czech Republic and delivered in 1995.<ref name="SIPRI" /><ref name="safeworld.org.uk" /> At peak there were 502 BMP-1s in service.<ref>[http://armyreco.ifrance.com/europe/hongrie/hongrie_index_materiel.htm Hungarian army] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602094740/http://armyreco.ifrance.com/europe/hongrie/hongrie_index_materiel.htm|date=2 June 2008}} armyrecognition.com</ref> There were 502 BMP-1s and BRM-1Ks in 1995 and 500 in 1996.<ref name="Pancerni.net 2" /> There were 487 BMP-1s and 12 BRM-1Ks in 2006 and 2007<ref name="Deagel BMP-1" /> (mostly in stock), Retired from service.<ref name="IISS2022_p2612">[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]: The Military Balance 2022</ref>
* {{flagcountry|Sweden}} – 12 ordered from Germany in 1993 and delivered between 1995 and 1997 for trials. 360 ordered from Germany in 1994 and delivered between 1998 and 2001 (the vehicles were modernized in Poland before being delivered).<ref name="SIPRI"/> All upgraded to Pbv 501A standard. 340 in service in 2006. In the same year they were withdrawn from service and later were sold.<ref name="Swedish Defence Materiel Administration">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080424055343/http://www.fmv.se/WmTemplates/Page.aspx?id=4079 Swedish Defence Materiel Administration]. Fmv.se. Retrieved 6 January 2012.</ref>
* {{USSR}} – More than 20,000 BMP-1s and vehicles based on it produced. 5,100 BMP-1s ordered in 1972 from Czechoslovakia and delivered between 1972 and 1988.<ref name="SIPRI"/> More than 14,473 BMP-1s before the [[Soviet–Afghan War]]. 24,000 BMP-1s and [[BMP-2]]s in service in 1985.<ref name="Soviet/Russian Army Global Security"/> About 14,353 BMP-1s and vehicles based on it right before the breakup of USSR, passed on to successor states.
* {{flag|North Yemen}} – 150
* {{flag|South Yemen}} – 100 ordered in 1983 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1983 and 1984. 40 ordered in 1986 from Soviet Union and delivered in 1986.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
* {{flagcountry|Lebanon}} – A few BMP-1s were captured from the [[Syrian Army]] by the [[Lebanese Arab Army]] (LAA) in 1976 and returned to the Syrians in 1977-78.<ref>Samer Kassis, ''30 Years of Military Vehicles in Lebanon'', Beirut: Elite Group, 2003. {{ISBN|9953-0-0705-5}}, p. 72.</ref><ref>Samer Kassis, ''Véhicules Militaires au Liban/Military Vehicles in Lebanon 1975-1981'', Trebia Publishing, Chyah 2012, {{ISBN|978-9953-0-2372-4}}, p. 66.</ref> An unknown number was provided on loan between 1986 and 1987 to the [[Druze in Lebanon|Druze]] [[People's Liberation Army (Lebanon)|People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) militia by Libya and Syria. All served with the PLA until the end of the [[Lebanese Civil War]] in 1990 and passed on to the [[Syrian Army]] in 1991.<ref>Bassel Abi-Chahine, ''The People's Liberation Army Through the Eyes of a Lens, 1975–1991'', Éditions Dergham, Jdeideh (Beirut) 2019. {{ISBN|978-614-459-033-1}}, p. 61.</ref><ref>Zachary Sex & Bassel Abi-Chahine, ''Modern Conflicts 2 – The Lebanese Civil War, From 1975 to 1991 and Beyond'', Modern Conflicts Profile Guide Volume II, AK Interactive, 2021. {{EAN|8435568306073}} pp. 15; 42-44.</ref>
* {{flag|Islamic State}} – operated small numbers of BMP-1s captured from Syrian and possibly Iraqi stocks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijn |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=Vehicles and equipment captured by the Islamic State inside Syria until November 2014 |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2014/11/vehicles-and-equipment-captured-by.html |website=Oryx Blog}}</ref>

==Evaluation only operators==
* {{flagcountry|Canada}} – Possibly former East German.
* {{flagcountry|Chad}} – Captured 36 BMP-1s during the [[Chadian–Libyan conflict]], transferred in 1987 to USA for technical evaluation.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
* {{flagcountry|South Africa}} – Captured 6 BMP-1s during the [[Battle of Cuito Cuanavale]]. One experimentally fitted with IST Dynamics Unmanned Multi-Weapon Platform.<ref name="JED The Military Equipment Directory">{{Cite web |title=JED The Military Equipment Directory |url=http://www.jedsite.info/fulltrack-bravo/bravo/bmp1_series/bmp1-series.html}}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|United States}} – Captured 4 BMP-1s during a number of conflicts.<ref name="World Defence Almanac"/> Received 36 ex-Libyan BMP-1s in 1987 from Chad for technical evaluation. Received 19 BMP-1s from Germany in 1991 and 3 in 1993.<ref name="SIPRI"/> The captured and received vehicles were evaluated and used in the [[Opposing force|OPFOR]] role. They later found their way to museums.

==References==
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===Works cited===
* {{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2021 |date=February 2021 |volume=121 |isbn=9781032012278 |publisher=Routledge |ref={{harvid|The Military Balance 2021}} |author=International Institute for Strategic Studies |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}}
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