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

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 Cameroon 945
13 India 939[2]
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[3]
18 Mali 926
19 India 812[2]
20 Turkey 802
2016 3 11
Rank Country Deaths
1 Syria 49,742
2 Mexico 23,953*[4]
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[5]
12 Egypt 1,707
13 DR Congo 1,565
14 Yemen 1,375
15 Ethiopia 1,114
16 India 907[2]
17 Ukraine 902
18 CAR 623
19 Burundi 461
20 Algeria 128
2015 4 10
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 India 729[2]
19 Ethiopia 602
20 Burundi 551
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
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 1,012[2]
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
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]
2009 2 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]
2008 2 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]
2007 1 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]
2006 1 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]
2005 1 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]
2004 1 1
Rank Country Deaths
1 Iraq 11,737[31]
2   Nepal 2,451[41]
3 Pakistan 863[26]
4 Sri Lanka 109[42]
2003 1 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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Notes

  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]