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List of armed conflicts in 2014

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The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2014.

The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 223 politically-motivated armed conflicts (of which 46 estimated as highly violent: 21 full-scale wars, 25 limited wars) worldwide during 2014.[1]

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2014
  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2014
  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014
  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2014
  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2014

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This list is an archive of armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2014.

10,000 or more deaths in 2014

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2014
1978 War in Afghanistan Asia Afghanistan 14,277[n 1]
2003 Iraqi conflict Asia Iraq 24,000–50,000[n 2]
2009 Boko Haram insurgency Africa Nigeria
Cameroon
Niger
Chad		 10,849[n 3]
2011 Syrian Civil War Asia Syria 110,920[14]
2013 South Sudanese Civil War Africa South Sudan 50,000[15]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014

Conflict-related fatalities: 1) in the world's deadliest countries in 2013 and 2014 (left); 2) in the world's deadliest countries in 2014 and in the same countries in 2013 (right).
Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2014
1964 Israeli–Palestinian conflict Asia Israel
Palestine		 2,365[16]
1991 Somali Civil War Africa Somalia
Kenya		 2,983–3,033[17][a]
1998 Communal conflicts in Nigeria Africa Nigeria 1,822[18]
2003 War in Darfur Africa Sudan 2,101[17]
2004 War in North-West Pakistan Asia Pakistan 5,496[19]
2006 Mexican drug war North America Mexico 7,504[n 4]
2011 Libyan Crisis Africa Libya 2,825[25][b]
2011 Yemeni Crisis Asia Yemen 1,500[26]–7,700[27]
2012 Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present) Africa CAR 3,347[17]
2014 War in Donbas Europe Ukraine 4,771[28]

100–999 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2014
1947 Kashmir conflict (Indo-Pakistani Wars) Asia India
Pakistan		 193[29]
1948 Balochistan conflict Asia Pakistan
Iran		 339+[n 5]
1960 South Thailand insurgency Asia Thailand 300+[34]
1960 Katanga insurgency Africa DRC 123[17]
1964 Colombian conflict South America Colombia 459[35]
1964 Insurgency in Northeast India Asia India 465[36][c]
1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Asia India 314[37]
1979 Assam separatist movements Asia India 305[36][d]
1989 Sectarianism in Pakistan Asia Pakistan 208[38]
1989 Xinjiang conflict Asia China 500+[n 6]
1995 Ogaden insurgency Africa Ethiopia 172[17]
1996 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC 440[17][n 7]
2004 Kivu conflict Africa DRC
Burundi		 468[n 8]
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts Africa Sudan 995[17][53]
2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus Europe Russia 341[54]
2011 Sinai insurgency Asia Egypt 981[55]
2011 South Kordofan conflict Africa Sudan 746[17]
2011 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Asia Lebanon 297[n 9]
2012 Northern Mali conflict Africa Mali 380[17][n 10]
2013 Insurgency in Egypt Africa Egypt 195[77]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2014
1946 Kurdish separatism in Iran Asia Iran 11+[78][79][80]
1948 Internal conflict in Myanmar Asia Myanmar 66+[n 11]
1950 Insurgency in Tripura Asia India 4[36][e]
1954 Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Asia India 15[36][f]
1963 West Papua conflict Asia Indonesia 25[n 12]
1964 Insurgency in Manipur Asia India 54[36][g]
1964 Insurgency in Mizoram Asia India 2[36][h]
1969 Communist rebellion in the Philippines Asia Philippines 87[n 13]
1969 Moro conflict Asia Philippines
Malaysia		 91[n 14][104][105]
1975 Cabinda War Africa Angola 5[106]
1980 Internal conflict in Peru South America Peru 5+[n 15]
1976 Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict Asia Lebanon 26[108][109]
1980 Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh Asia India 9[36][i]
1984 Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) Asia Turkey
Iraq		 57+[n 16]
1987 LRA insurgency Africa DRC
CAR
South Sudan		 16[118]
1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Asia Armenia
Azerbaijan		 71[119]
1999 Internal conflict in Bangladesh Asia Bangladesh 76[120][121]
1991 FRUD conflict Africa Djibouti 12[17]
1992 OLF insurgency Africa Ethiopia 46[17]
1992 Insurgency in Meghalaya Asia India 76[36][j]
1994 Chiapas conflict North America Mexico 1[122]
1995 Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Africa Eritrea 34[123][124]
1999 Ituri conflict Africa DRC 26[17][125]
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb Africa Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Mali		 42+[n 17]
2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta Africa Nigeria 13[n 18]
2012 Chaambi Operations Africa Tunisia 16[136]
2013 RENAMO insurgency Africa Mozambique 50[n 19]

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