Users
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Canada
- Ceylon
- Cyprus
- People's Republic of China
- Republic of China
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Finland
- France: Used during WW2 by the Free French forces, the French Resistance and some captured from the Resistance were used by the pro German French militia Milice française
- Greece
- India
- Indonesia : Used in the Indonesian war of Independence.
- Israel: Used in the Israeli war of Independence.
- Italy (Used by the resistance; fascist soldiers made use of captured exemplars).
- Japan (Used by the Yakuza in the 1940s)
- Jordan
- Kenya (Used by the Regular police paramilitary GSU, Army paratroopers replaced by G3A3/4,M4&HK416)
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Nazi Germany: Used some captured Sten's during WW2. Later towards the end of the war used an almost identical copy for home defence the MP 3008
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Philippines (used by the Philippine guerrilla resistance during World War II)
- Poland
- Portugal
- / Rhodesia
- South Africa
- North Vietnam: Used by North Vietnam soldiers in the First Indochina War
- South Vietnam
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States: Suppressed Stens used during Vietnam War (used by American special forces).
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia (used by the Chetniks during World War II; In Yugoslav Armed Forces until late 1940s)
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