Operators Mirage III/5/50
under construction
| Country | Single Seaters | Two Seaters | Reconnaissance | Notes |
| Abu Dhabi | 12 5AD + 14 5EAD | 3 5DAD | 3 5RAD | All out of service. |
| Argentina | 19 IIICJ + 17 IIIEA + 10 5P | 3 IIIBJ + 4 IIIDA | Plus 35 IAI 1S Dagger-A & 2S Dagger-B. IIICJs & IIIBJs were ex-Israeli, 5Ps were ex-Peruvian. Survivors withdrawn from service in 2016. | |
| Australia | 49 IIIO(F) + 51 IIIO(A) | 16 IIID | Most built locally, all out of service. 50 sold to Pakistan. | |
| Belgium | 63 5BA | 16 5BD | 27 5BR | All out of service. Minor upgrade performed on 20 survivors in early 1990s, sold to Chile under name Mirage Elkan. |
| Brazil | 12 IIIEBR + 10 IIIEBR-2 | 6 IIIDBR + 4 IIIDBR-2 | FAB designation F-103. All IIDBR-2 & IIIEBR-2 were ex-AdlA. Survivors upgraded with canards in early 1990s. Retired on December 31, 2005. All out of service. | |
| Chile | 6 50C + 8 50FC | 3 50DC | 50FC were upgraded by Dassault from AdlA 5Fs. Chilean survivors mostly updated to Pantera standard by ENAER. Supplemented by 20 ex-Belgian Mirage V upgrades, named Elkan. All out of service. | |
| Colombia | 14 5COA | 2 5COD | 2 5COR | Most Columbian Mirages upgraded in early 1990s to improved standard similar to acquired ex-Israeli Kfirs, 12 IAI Kfir-C2 and 1 Kfir TC7. |
| Egypt | 54 5SDE + 16 5E2 | 6 5SDD | 6 5SDR | All out of service. |
| France | 95 IIIC + 183 IIIE + 58 5F | 27 IIIB + 5 IIIB1 + 10 IIIB2(RV) + 20 IIIBE | 50 IIIR + 20 IIIRD | 58 5F were 50 Mirage 5J intended for Israel, plus 8 new-builds after 8 sold to Chile. All out of service. 33 5EF to Pakistan in 1996. |
| Gabon | 3 5G + 2 5G-2 | 4 5DG | Two 5G-2 were undelivered 5Ms, two surviving 5Gs also updated to 5G-2 spec. All out of service. | |
| Israel | 72 IIICJ | 5 IIIBJ | 2 IIIRJ | IAI built 61 Nesher fighter based on the Mirage 5, with 51 Nesher-S single-seaters and 10 two-seat Nesher-Ts; Exported as Dagger A/B to Argentina 1979-1983. IAI built also 212 Kfirs based on the Mirage 5, with 40 early Kfir-1s (many updated to Kfir-C1 spec), about 12 Kifr-TC2 trainers, and the rest Kfir-C2s. Confusing pattern of upgrades to Kfir-C7 and Kfir-TC7. All retired from IDF/AF service. |
| Lebanon | 10 IIIEL | 2 IIIBL | All out of service. 10 sold to Pakistan in 2000 and returned to flight. | |
| Libya | 53 5D + 32 5DE | 15 5DD | 10 5DR | All out of service. Around 50 sold to Pakistan, mostly for spares. |
| Pakistan | 18 IIIEP + 43 III(0) + 28 5PA + 28 5PA2 + 12 5PA3 + 33 5F + 9 IIIEL + ?? 5DD/DE | 5 IIIDP + 7 IIID + 2 5DPA2 + 6 IIIDF + 1 IIIDL + ? 5DD | 13 IIIRP | The IIIA(0) and IIIDs were 50 ex-Australian OA/OD aircraft, 35 of them locally refurbished and upgraded Retrofit Of Strike Element (ROSE) I. Ten ex-Lebanese followed, 9 IIIE and 1 IID. Second-hand Mirage acquisitions from France in the 1990s resulted in 33 5F and 6 IIIDF being added, the 5Fs were upgraded to ROSE II/III configuration for the attack role. Pakistan also obtained from Libya its remaining Mirage 5D/5DE fleet, estimated to be 50 airframes including some 5DD two-seaters, mostly for spares. In 2017 the PAF celebrated 50 years of Mirage service 1967-2017. |
| Peru | 22 5P + 10 5P3 + 2 5P4 | 4 5DP + 2 5DP3 | Some upgraded. 10 5P to Argentina. Remainder out of service by 2005. | |
| South Africa | 16 IIICZ + 17 IIIEZ | 3 IIIBZ + 3 IIIDZ + 11 IIID2Z | 4 IIIRZ + 4 IIIR2Z | There were about 16 Cheetah-E conversions (all out of service); 38 Cheetah-C conversions; 16 Cheetah-D conversions; and one Cheetah-R conversion. All out of service, last retired in 2008, some Cheetah Es supplied to Chile as spare parts source, Ecuador obtained 10 ex-SAAF Cheetah Cs and 2 Cheetah Ds, first delivered in April 2011. |
| Spain | 24 IIIEE | 6 IIIDE | Withdrawn from service in October 1992. 13 to Pakistan for spare parts. | |
| Switzerland | 1 IIICS + 36 IIIS | 4 IIIBS + 2 IIIDS | 18 IIIRS | Most built locally, many upgraded with canards, etc. All out of service, retired in 2003. |
| Venezuela | 7 IIIEV + 6 5V + 9 50EV | 3 IIIDV + 1 50DV | Survivors mostly updated to Mirage 50 standard. All out of service, retired in December 2009. | |
| Zaire/ Congo | 8 5M | 3 5DM | 14 5M built, only 8 delivered. All out of service. Sold to Egypt. |
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