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This page tracks the number of military conflicts with more than 1,000 fatalities, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.[1] It covers past years. For a list of ongoing conflicts, see: List of ongoing armed conflicts.

Number of conflicts per year

More information Year, +10,000 ...
Year +10,000 +1,000 Map and evolution
  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in year
  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in year
 Armed conflict-related fatalities by country
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2018 4 7
Rank Country Deaths
1 Afghanistan Negative increase35,941
2 Mexico Negative increase33,341
3 Yemen Negative increase22,201
4 Syria Positive decrease20,130
5 Iraq Positive decrease4,920
6 Nigeria Negative increase4,850
7 Somalia Positive decrease3,862
8 Saudi Arabia Negative increase3,509
9 DR Congo Positive decrease1,757
10 Mali Negative increase1,285
11 South Sudan Positive decrease1,166
12 Cameroon Negative increase945
13 India Negative increase939[2]
14 Ethiopia Positive decrease886
15 CAR Positive decrease842
16 Pakistan Positive decrease736
17 Libya Positive decrease727
18 Colombia Negative increase709
19 Sudan Positive decrease600
20 Turkey Positive decrease530
2017 4 15
Rank Country Deaths
1 Syria Positive decrease39,000
2 Mexico Negative increase31,174*
3 Afghanistan Positive decrease23,065
4 Iraq Positive decrease13,187
5 Myanmar Negative increase6,700+
6 Somalia Positive decrease4,969
7 South Sudan Positive decrease3,528
8 Nigeria Positive decrease3,432
9 Sudan Positive decrease2,450
10 DR Congo Negative increase1,857
11 CAR Negative increase1,757
12 Libya Positive decrease1,564
13 Egypt Positive decrease1,506
14 Ethiopia Negative increase1,445
15 Philippines Negative increase1,429
16 Yemen Positive decrease1,319
17 Pakistan Positive decrease1,269[3]
18 Mali Negative increase926
19 India Positive decrease812[2]
20 Turkey Positive decrease802
2016 3 11
Rank Country Deaths
1 Syria Positive decrease49,742
2 Mexico Negative increase23,953*[4]
3 Iraq Positive decrease23,898
4 Afghanistan Positive decrease23,539
5 Somalia Negative increase5,575
6 Nigeria Positive decrease4,684
7 Sudan Negative increase3,891
8 South Sudan Negative increase3,544
9 Libya Negative increase2,865
10 Turkey Negative increase2,013
11 Pakistan Positive decrease1,803[5]
12 Egypt Positive decrease1,707
13 DR Congo Positive decrease1,565
14 Yemen Positive decrease1,375
15 Ethiopia Negative increase1,114
16 India Negative increase907[2]
17 Ukraine Positive decrease902
18 CAR Negative increase623
19 Burundi Positive decrease461
20 Algeria Positive decrease128
2015 4 10
Main conflicts in 2015
Rank Country Deaths[n 1]
1 Syria Positive decrease 55,219
2 Afghanistan Negative increase 36,345
3 Iraq Negative increase 24,113
4 Nigeria Positive decrease 10,677
5 Mexico Negative increase 8,122
6 Yemen Negative increase 6,425
7 Pakistan Positive decrease 4,612[8]
8 Ukraine Positive decrease 4,344
9 Somalia Positive decrease 4,087
10 South Sudan Positive decrease 3,258
11 Sudan Positive decrease 3,216
12 Egypt Negative increase 2,836
13 Libya Positive decrease 2,706
14 DR Congo Negative increase 1,699
15 Cameroon Negative increase 1,429
16 Niger Negative increase 986
17 Myanmar Negative increase 881
18 India Positive decrease 729[2]
19 Ethiopia Negative increase 602
20 Burundi Negative increase 551
21 Philippines Negative increase 501
22 CAR Positive decrease 475
23 Mali Negative increase 414
24 Colombia Positive decrease 410
25 Thailand Positive decrease 246
26 Russia Positive decrease 209
27 China Positive decrease 197
28 Israel/ Palestine Positive decrease 190
29 Lebanon Positive decrease 91
30 Iran Negative increase 64
2014 5 10
Main conflicts in 2014
Rank Country Deaths[6][14]
1 Syria Negative increase 76,021
2 South Sudan Negative increase 50,000
3 Iraq Negative increase 24,000
4 Afghanistan Negative increase 14,638
5 Nigeria Negative increase 11,360
6 Mexico Positive decrease 7,504[15][16]
7 Ukraine Negative increase 5,798
8 Pakistan Positive decrease 5,496
9 Somalia Negative increase 4,447
10 Sudan Positive decrease 3,892
11 Central African Republic Negative increase 3,347
12 Libya Negative increase 2,825
13 Israel/ Palestine Negative increase 2,365
14 Yemen Negative increase 1,500
15 Cameroon Negative increase 1,366
16 DR Congo Positive decrease 1,235
17 Egypt Negative increase 1,176
18 India Negative increase 1,012[2]
19 Kenya Positive decrease 618
20 China Negative increase 500
21 Colombia Negative increase 459
22 Philippines Negative increase 386
23 Mali Positive decrease 380
24 Russia Positive decrease 341
25 Thailand Positive decrease 330
26 Ethiopia Negative increase 309
27 Lebanon Negative increase 297
28 Algeria Positive decrease 242
29 Bangladesh Negative increase 76
30 Armenia/ Azerbaijan Negative increase 71
2013 3 10
Main conflicts in 2013
Rank Country Deaths[6][14]
1 Syria 73,447
2 Mexico 11,324[24][25]
3 Afghanistan 10,172
4 Iraq 9,852
5 Sudan 6,816
6 Pakistan 5,379[26]
7 Nigeria 4,727
8 South Sudan 4,168
9 Somalia 3,153
10 Central African Republic 2,364
11 DR Congo 1,976
12 India 873[2]
13 Mali 870
14 Egypt 730
15 Kenya 705
16 Libya 643
17 Yemen 600
18 Russia 529[27]
19 Thailand 455
20 Algeria 340
21 Philippines 322
22 Colombia 124
23 Myanmar 62
2012 2 6
Rank Country Deaths
1 Mexico 18,061[28]
2 Syria 14,825[29]
3 Afghanistan 7,225[30]
4 Pakistan 6,211[26]
5 Iraq 4,622[31]
6 Somalia 2,445[32]
7 Yemen 2,328[33]
8 Sudan 1,119[34]
9 India 837[2]
10 Nigeria 812[35]
11 Turkey 811[36]
12 Russia 700[27]
13 DR Congo 611[37]
14 Algeria 244[38]
15 Colombia 211[39]
16 South Sudan 137[40]
2011 1 3
Rank Country Deaths
1 Mexico 24,068
2 Libya 9,400
3 Pakistan 6,303[26]
4 Iraq 4,162[31]
5 India 1,059[2]
6 Russia 750[27]
7   Nepal 19[41]
2010 2
Rank Country Deaths
1 Pakistan 7,435[26]
2 Iraq 4,167[31]
3 India 1,885[2]
4 Russia 749[27]
5   Nepal 38[41]
20092 1
Rank Country Deaths
1 Sri Lanka 15,565[42]
2 Pakistan 11,704[26]
3 Iraq 5,382[31]
4 India 2,263[2]
5   Nepal 50[41]
20082 1
Rank Country Deaths
1 Sri Lanka 11,144[42]
2 Iraq 10,286[31]
3 Pakistan 6,715[26]
4 India 2,605[2]
5   Nepal 81[41]
20071 2
Rank Country Deaths
1 Iraq 26,112[31]
2 Sri Lanka 4,377[42]
3 Pakistan 3,598[26]
4 India 2,703[2]
5   Nepal 99[41]
20061 2
Rank Country Deaths
1 Iraq 29,526[31]
2 Sri Lanka 4,126[42]
3 India 2,795[2]
4 Pakistan 1,471[26]
5   Nepal 480[41]
20051 1
Rank Country Deaths
1 Iraq 16,583[31]
2 India 3,239[2]
3   Nepal 1,845[41]
4 Pakistan 648[26]
5 Sri Lanka 330[42]
20041 1
Rank Country Deaths
1 Iraq 11,737[31]
2   Nepal 2,451[41]
3 Pakistan 863[26]
4 Sri Lanka 109[42]
20031 1
Rank Country Deaths
1 Iraq 12,153[31]
2   Nepal 2,105[41]
3 Pakistan 189[26]
4 Sri Lanka 59[42]
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