List of number of conflicts per year

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

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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
2018 4 7
Rank Country Deaths
1   Afghanistan  35,941
2   Mexico  33,341
3   Yemen  22,201
4   Syria  20,130
5   Iraq  4,920
6   Nigeria  4,850
7   Somalia  3,862
8   Saudi Arabia  3,509
9   DR Congo  1,757
10   Mali  1,285
11   South Sudan  1,166
12   India  988
13   Cameroon  945
14   Ethiopia  886
15   CAR  842
16   Pakistan  736
17   Libya  727
18   Colombia  709
19   Sudan  600
20   Turkey  530
2017 4 15
Rank Country Deaths
1   Syria  39,000
2   Mexico  31,174*
3   Afghanistan  23,065
4   Iraq  13,187
5   Myanmar  6,700+
6   Somalia  4,969
7   South Sudan  3,528
8   Nigeria  3,432
9   Sudan  2,450
10   DR Congo  1,857
11   CAR  1,757
12   Libya  1,564
13   Egypt  1,506
14   Ethiopia  1,445
15   Philippines  1,429
16   Yemen  1,319
17   Pakistan  1,269[2]
18   Mali  926
19   Turkey  802
20   India  700
2016 3 11
Rank Country Deaths
1   Syria  49,742
2   Mexico  23,953*[3]
3   Iraq  23,898
4   Afghanistan  23,539
5   Somalia  5,575
6   Nigeria  4,684
7   Sudan  3,891
8   South Sudan  3,544
9   Libya  2,865
10   Turkey  2,013
11   Pakistan  1,803[4]
12   Egypt  1,707
13   DR Congo  1,565
14   Yemen  1,375
15   Ethiopia  1,114
16   India  905[5]
17   Ukraine  902
18   CAR  623
19   Burundi  461
20   Algeria  128
2015 4 10
 
Main conflicts in 2015
Rank Country Deaths[n 1]
1   Syria   55,219
2   Afghanistan   36,345
3   Iraq   24,113
4   Nigeria   10,677
5   Mexico   8,122
6   Yemen   6,425
7   Pakistan   4,612[8]
8   Ukraine   4,344
9   Somalia   4,087
10   South Sudan   3,258
11   Sudan   3,216
12   Egypt   2,836
13   Libya   2,706
14   DR Congo   1,699
15   Cameroon   1,429
16   Niger   986
17   Myanmar   881
18   Ethiopia   602
19   Burundi   551
20   India   534
21   Philippines   501
22   CAR   475
23   Mali   414
24   Colombia   410
25   Thailand   246
26   Russia   209
27   China   197
28   Israel/  Palestine   190
29   Lebanon   91
30   Iran   64
2014 5 10
 
Main conflicts in 2014
Rank Country Deaths[6][14]
1   Syria   76,021
2   South Sudan   50,000
3   Iraq   24,000
4   Afghanistan   14,638
5   Nigeria   11,360
6   Mexico   7,504 [15][16]
7   Ukraine   5,798
8   Pakistan   5,496
9   Somalia   4,447
10   Sudan   3,892
11   Central African Republic   3,347
12   Libya   2,825
13   Israel/  Palestine   2,365
14   Yemen   1,500
15   Cameroon   1,366
16   DR Congo   1,235
17   Egypt   1,176
18   India   976
19   Kenya   618
20   China   500
21   Colombia   459
22   Philippines   386
23   Mali   380
24   Russia   341
25   Thailand   330
26   Ethiopia   309
27   Lebanon   297
28   Algeria   242
29   Bangladesh   76
30   Armenia/  Azerbaijan   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 9,742
5   Sudan 6,816
6   Pakistan 5,739 [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 885 [27]
13   Mali 870
14   Egypt 730
15   Kenya 705
16   Libya 643
17   Yemen 600
18   Russia 529 [28]
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 [29]
2   Syria 14,825 [30]
3   Afghanistan 7,225 [31]
4   Iraq 4,622 [32]
5   Pakistan 5,211 [26]
6   Somalia 2,445 [33]
7   Yemen 2,328 [34]
8   Sudan 1,119 [35]
9   Nigeria 812 [36]
10   Turkey 811 [37]
11   India 803 [27]
12   Russia 700 [28]
13   DR Congo 611 [38]
14   Algeria 244 [39]
15   Colombia 211 [40]
16   South Sudan 137 [41]
2011 1 3
Rank Country Deaths
1   Mexico 24,068
2   Libya 9,400
3   Pakistan 6,303 [26]
4   Iraq 4,153 [32]
5   India 1,073 [27]
6   Russia 750 [28]
7     Nepal 19 [42]
2010
Rank Country Deaths
1   Pakistan 7,435 [26]
2   Iraq 4,167 [32]
3   India 1,902 [27]
4   Russia 749 [28]
5     Nepal 38 [42]
2009
Rank Country Deaths
1   Sri Lanka 15,565 [43]
2   Pakistan 11,704 [26]
3   Iraq 5,369 [32]
4   India 2,232 [27]
5     Nepal 50 [42]
2008
Rank Country Deaths
1   Sri Lanka 11,144 [43]
2   Iraq 10,271 [32]
3   Pakistan 6,715 [26]
4   India 2,619 [27]
5     Nepal 81 [42]
2007
Rank Country Deaths
1   Iraq 26,036 [32]
2   Sri Lanka 4,377 [43]
3   Pakistan 3,598 [26]
4   India 2,615 [27]
5     Nepal 99 [42]
2006
Rank Country Deaths
1   Iraq 29,451 [43]
2   Sri Lanka 4,126 [32]
3   India 2,770 [27]
4   Pakistan 1,471 [26]
5     Nepal 480 [42]
2005
Rank Country Deaths
1   Iraq 16,583 [32]
2   India 3,259 [27]
3     Nepal 1,845 [42]
4   Pakistan 648 [26]
5   Sri Lanka 330 [43]
2004
Rank Country Deaths
1   Iraq 11,736 [32]
2     Nepal 2,451 [42]
3   Pakistan 863 [26]
4   Sri Lanka 109 [43]
2003
Rank Country Deaths
1   Iraq 12,125 [32]
2     Nepal 2,105 [42]
3   Pakistan 189 [26]
4   Sri Lanka 59 [43]

References

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Citations

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Notes

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  1. ^ Data for African countries are based on ACLED, excluding riots/protests-related fatalities[6]"ACLED Version 6 (1997–2015)". Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.[7]