{{Short description|none}} {{original research|date=November 2025|discuss=Talk:List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts#ACLED_-_how_exactly_is_this_reference_being_used?}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} thumb|300px|upright=1.8|Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): {{legend|maroon|Major wars (10,000 or more)}} {{legend|red|Minor wars (1,000–9,999)}} {{legend|orange|Conflicts (100–999)}} {{legend|#FFD300|Skirmishes and clashes (1–99)}}
The following is a '''list of ongoing armed conflicts''' that are taking place around the world.
==Criteria== alt=Stacked bar chart, one stack per year|thumb|300px|upright=1.15|Conflict deaths in the 17 deadliest conflicts 2015–2020
This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the following: * Armed conflicts consist in the use of armed force between two or more organized armed groups, governmental or non-governmental.<ref>{{cite web|title=How is the Term "Armed Conflict" Defined in International Humanitarian Law?|url=https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/opinion-paper-armed-conflict.pdf|website=International Committee of the Red Cross|date=March 2008|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101193920/https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/opinion-paper-armed-conflict.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Interstate, intrastate and non-state armed conflicts are listed. :* This is not a list of countries by intentional homicide rate, and criminal gang violence is generally not included unless there is also significant military or paramilitary involvement. * Fatality figures include battle-related deaths (military and civilian) as well as civilians ''intentionally targeted'' by the parties to an armed conflict. Only direct deaths resulting from violence are included for the current and previous year; excess deaths indirectly resulting from famine, disease, or disruption of services are included along with violent deaths in the cumulative fatalities count when available. * Listed conflicts have at least 100 cumulative deaths in total and at least 1 death in current or in the past calendar year. * Fatality totals may be inaccurate or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus symbol, indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 455+ indicates that at least 455 people have died). * ''Location'' refers to the states where the main violence takes place, not to the warring parties. Italics indicate disputed territories and unrecognized states. * A territorial dispute or a protest movement which has not experienced deliberate and systematic deaths due to state or paramilitary violence is not considered to be an armed conflict.
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==List of current wars and conflicts== <!--Never delete the "List of current wars and conflicts" section, because it makes it easier to edit multiple subsections simultaneously-->
===Major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or previous year)=== The 8 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between identified groups, in the current or previous calendar year.<ref name="acled-curated-data-files">{{cite web |url=https://www.acleddata.com/curated-data-files/ |title=Curated Data |publisher=Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project {ACLED} |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> <!-- Please add reliable sources to support casualties figures. Any number without a source will be removed. --> {| class="wikitable sortable" id="conflicts10000" |- ! Start of<br>conflict ! Conflict ! Continent ! Location ! data-sort-type="number" | Cumulative fatalities ! data-sort-type="number" | 2025 fatalities ! data-sort-type="number" | 2026 fatalities |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1948 | {{Tree list}} * Arab–Israeli/Iran–Israel proxy wars (Middle Eastern crisis) ** Israeli–Palestinian conflict *** Gaza conflict (current war) **** Spillover in the West Bank *** Palestinian factional conflicts **** Salafist insurgency in Gaza **** Fatah–Hamas conflict **** Anti-PA insurgency in West Bank **** Anti-Hamas insurgency in Gaza ** Israeli–Lebanese conflict *** Hezbollah–Israel conflict (during Gaza war) **** 2026 Lebanon war ** Israeli–Syrian conflict (during Syrian civil war) *** Israeli invasion of Syria **** Druze insurgency in Southern Syria (current clashes) **** Spillover of the Iran war in Syria ** Houthi–Israeli conflict in the Red Sea ** 2026 Iran war *** Kurdish crisis *** Hormuz Strait crisis **** Hormuz Strait naval campaign **** US naval blockade *** Iranian strikes on Israel *** Iranian strikes on Arab states **** Jordan strikes **** Iraq strikes (in Iraqi Kurdistan) **** Saudi Arabia strikes **** Kuwait strikes **** Bahrain strikes **** Qatar strikes **** UAE strikes **** Oman strikes {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{Tree list}} * {{flag|Israel}} * {{flag|Palestine}} * {{flag|Lebanon}} * {{flag|Syria}} * {{flag|Iran}} * {{flag|Jordan}} * {{flag|Iraq}} * {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} * {{flag|Kuwait}} * {{flag|Bahrain}} * {{flag|Qatar}} * {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} * {{flag|Oman}} * {{flag|Yemen}} * {{flag|Turkey}} * {{flag|Azerbaijan}} * {{flag|United Kingdom}} ** {{flag|Akrotiri and Dhekelia}} ** {{flag|British Indian Ocean Territory}} {{Tree list/end}} | {{nts|254000}}–263,000+<ref name="CSP">{{cite web|url= http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist/warlist.htm|title= Major Episodes of Political Violence 1946–2019|last1= Marshall|first1= Monty G.|date= 15 June 2017|publisher= Center for Systemic Peace|access-date= 1 October 2020|archive-date= 17 July 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190717065430/http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist/warlist.htm|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Deaths from Israel's attacks on Gaza close to 62,000 as missing added |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/3/gaza-death-toll-rises-close-to-62000-as-missing-added}}</ref> | {{nts|28111}}<ref name="acled_explorer">{{cite web|title=ACLED Explorer |url=https://acleddata.com/explorer/}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=2025-01-20 |title=47,035 Palestinians killed in Israel's war on Gaza|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/20/live-palestinian-prisoners-freed-by-israel-after-captives-released-in-gaza?update=3453636|access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Twelve Days Under Fire. A Comprehensive Report on the Iran-Israel War |url=https://www.en-hrana.org/twelve-days-under-fire-a-comprehensive-report-on-the-iran-israel-war/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire’s latest test as hospitals say 24 killed |url=https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-535e21d36eea41fb9bba645ee7db014c}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Winter floods wreak havoc on Gaza displacement camps as Israel blocks aid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/12/29/winter-floods-wreak-havoc-on-gaza-displacement-camps-as-israel-blocks-aid}}</ref> | {{nts|8597}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Gaza death toll rises to 72,938 as Israeli attacks continue|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-72938-israeli-attacks-continue}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/how-many-people-have-been-killed-us-israel-war-iran-2026-03-24 |title=How many people have been killed in the US-Israeli war on Iran?|last1=Abdellah|first1=Nayera|last2=Alaaeldin|first2=Menna|website=Reuters|accessdate=26 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.en-hrana.org/day-39-of-u-s-and-israeli-attacks-on-iran-extensive-damage-to-the-rail-network-and-roads/|title=Day 39 of U.S. and Israeli Attacks on Iran: Extensive Damage to the Rail Network and Roads}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanon-death-toll-rises-3412-israeli-attacks-continue|title=Lebanon death toll rises to 3,412 as Israeli attacks continue}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1948 |{{Tree list}} * Myanmar civil war (current phase) ** Rohingya conflict *** Rakhine State conflict ** Karen conflict ** Kachin conflict ** Spillover in Northeast India {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Myanmar}}<br>{{flag|India}}<br>{{flag|Bangladesh}}<br>{{flag|Thailand}}<br>{{flag|China}} | {{nts|214,000}}+<ref name="ucdp2023">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-31 |title=UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program 2023 |url=https://ucdp.uu.se/year/2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531212552/https://ucdp.uu.se/year/2023 |archive-date=2024-05-31 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=ucdp.uu.se}}</ref><ref name="PERI_20Jul11">{{cite web|title=Modern Conflicts Database: Alternative Estimates for Death Tolls |publisher=Political Economy Research Institute|url=http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/dpe/modern_conflicts/death_tolls.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720091321/http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/dpe/modern_conflicts/death_tolls.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name="acled_dashboard">{{cite web |title=ACLED Dashboard |url=https://acleddata.com/dashboard/#/dashboard |publisher=Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project |access-date=4 December 2023 }}</ref> | {{nts|15699}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|4736}}+<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 1955 | {{Tree list}} * Sudanese civil wars (tribal conflicts) ** South Sudanese civil war *** Abyei border conflict *** Jonglei clashes ** North Sudanese civil war *** Kordofan campaign *** Blue Nile campaign {{Tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Sudan}}<br>{{flag|South Sudan}}<br>{{flag|Chad}}<br>{{flag|Central African Republic}}<br>{{flag|Egypt}}<br>{{flag|Ethiopia}}<br>{{flag|Libya}} | {{nts|1521000}}+<ref name="ucdp2023" /><ref name="acleddata.com">{{cite web |url=https://acleddata.com/ |title=Conflict Index 2024 |website=Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129091359/https://acleddata.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Darfur dead 'could number 300,000' |website=TheGuardian.com |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/23/sudan.unitednations}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nearly 400,000 'excess deaths' caused by South Sudan war |website=Associated Press News |url=https://apnews.com/domestic-news-domestic-news-general-news-4f5a8681027c4ee7894289c058805b3e}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjel2nn22z9o}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= وفاة أكثر من 500 ألف طفل في السودان جراء سوء التغذية |trans-title=More than 500,000 children die in Sudan due to malnutrition |url=https://sudantribune.net/article296185/ |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=Sudan Tribune |quote=The Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate revealed on Saturday that more than 500,000 infants have died due to malnutrition. Adiba Ibrahim Al-Sayed, a member of the Omdurman Private Branch of the Preparatory Committee of the Doctors Syndicate, told Sudan Tribune that the number of child deaths reached 522,000 infants, while cases of malnutrition rose to 286,000 cases since the outbreak of the war until today.}}</ref> | {{nts|21691}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Sudan paramilitaries kill hundreds in White Nile villages NGO |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/18/sudan-paramilitaries-kill-hundreds-in-white-nile-villages-ngo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/mass-killings-reported-el-fasher-sudan-paramilitary-group-rapid-support-forces}}</ref>–80,000+<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/05/rsf-massacres-sudanese-city-el-fasher-slaughterhouse-satellite-images}}</ref> | {{nts|6369}}+<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1960 |{{Tree list}} *<!--Please do not remove "(disambiguation)" from this link again. There's 2 choices with this link (note continues after piped link) ... --> Congolese conflicts<!-- ... Choices – ONE: It is a [WP:INTDAB]] (an intentional DAB ink, which means "(disambiguation)" is included; or TWO: it is NOT linked at all (which would also be fine). Just removing the "(disambiguation)" element, and then adding a "DAB needed" maint. tag, is just going round in circles – it's been going on for months. Loo-oong NOTE ENDS--> ** Katanga insurgency ** LRA insurgency ** ADF insurgency ** Kivu conflict *** Ituri conflict *** M23 offensive *** Congolese–Rwandan conflict ** Western DR Congo clashes {{Tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}<br>{{flag|Central African Republic}}<br>{{flag|South Sudan}}<br>{{flag|Rwanda}}<br>{{flag|Burundi}}<br>{{flag|Uganda}} | {{nts|219700}}+<ref name="ACLED data">{{cite web|url=https://www.acleddata.com/data/|title=ACLED data|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212032818/https://www.acleddata.com/data/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="newsvote.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6158331.stm |title=Eastern DR Congo rebels to disarm |date=2006-11-30 |author=Karen Allen |work=BBC News |access-date=2020-12-20 |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031131108/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6158331.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ACLED"/><ref>{{cite web|title=UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program|url=https://ucdp.uu.se/actor/489|access-date=2021-12-31|website=ucdp.uu.se|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171311/https://ucdp.uu.se/actor/489|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-un/large-number-of-peacekeepers-killed-and-wounded-in-congo-u-n-official-idUSKBN1E21YK|title=Rebels kill 15 peacekeepers in Congo in worst attack on U.N. in recent|date=8 December 2017|access-date=10 December 2017|newspaper=Reuters|last1=Mahamba|first1=Fiston|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006124628/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-un/large-number-of-peacekeepers-killed-and-wounded-in-congo-u-n-official-idUSKBN1E21YK|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ACLED2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.acleddata.com/data/realtime-data|title=Realtime Data (2017)|publisher=ACLED|access-date=23 March 2014|archive-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919163104/http://www.acleddata.com/data/realtime-data}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/uganda-1987-2010/#Deaths |title=Uganda (1987– 2010) |work=Project Ploughshares |access-date=26 February 2015 |archive-date=21 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521110903/http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/uganda-1987-2010/#Deaths |url-status=live }}</ref> | {{nts|7754}}<ref name="acled_explorer" />–10,000+{{efn|<ref>{{cite web|title=DR Congo defies pressure over talks with rebel M23 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvz5g420mdo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2025 |title=Au moins 38 personnes tuées par des hommes armés en 5 jours à Rutshuru |trans-title=At least 38 people killed by gunmen in 5 days in Rutshuru |url=https://www.radiookapi.net/2025/06/01/actualite/securite/au-moins-38-personnes-tuees-par-des-hommes-armes-en-5-jours-rutshuru |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=Radio Okapi |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":80">{{Cite web |last=Mishra |first=Vibhu |date=6 August 2025 |title=Armed militia kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586 |access-date=8 August 2025 |website=News.un.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":81">{{Cite web |date=6 August 2025 |title=DRC: Türk appalled by attacks against civilians by Rwandan-backed M23 and other armed groups |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/drc-turk-appalled-attacks-against-civilians-rwandan-backed-m23-and-other |access-date=8 August 2025 |website=Ohchr.org/en |publisher=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Muamba |first=Clément |date=7 August 2025 |title=Est de la RDC: le Haut-Commissaire aux droits de l’homme accuse les rebelles de l'AFC/M23 des tueries des centaines de civils dans le Rutshuru en juillet |trans-title=Eastern DRC: High Commissioner for Human Rights accuses AFC/M23 rebels of killing hundreds of civilians in Rutshuru in July |url=https://actualite.cd/2025/08/07/est-de-la-rdc-le-haut-commissaire-aux-droits-de-lhomme-accuse-les-rebelles-de-lafcm23 |access-date=9 August 2025 |website=Actualite.cd |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mesa |first=Jonathan |title=Activisme de la milice Mobondo: l'armée récupère cinq bastions des miliciens, au moins quinze morts enregistrés |trans-title=Mobondo militia activism: army recovers five strongholds from militiamen, at least 15 recorded deaths |date=5 March 2025 |work=Actualite.cd |language=fr |url=https://actualite.cd/2025/03/05/activisme-de-la-milice-mobondo-larmee-recupere-cinq-bastions-des-miliciens-au-moins }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Suspected Islamist rebels kill 30 in Congo's North Kivu province |url=https://apnews.com/article/congo-islamist-rebels-adf-bapere-ca64cc6e3c04221e80998268fa94932c |access-date=2025-08-17 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-07-28 |title=ADF in DR Congo: IS-linked rebels accused of killing Christian worshippers in Komanda |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ezjg34lw4o |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>}} | {{nts|2047}}+<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1981 | {{Tree list}} * Somali Civil War (current phase) ** Naval operations against Somali piracy ** American intervention ** ISIS insurgency in Puntland *** Puntland counter-terrorism operations ** Somalian constitutional crisis ** Jubaland crisis ** Spillover in Kenya {{Tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Somalia}}<br>{{flag|Somaliland}}<br>{{flag|Kenya}} | {{nts|376200}}–{{nts|1000000}}+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://necrometrics.com/20c300k.htm#Somalia|title=Twentieth Century Atlas – Death Tolls and Casualty Statistics for Wars, Dictatorships and Genocides|publisher=Necrometrics|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024155245/http://necrometrics.com/20c300k.htm#Somalia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://theowp.org/crisis_index/somali-civil-war/ |title=Somali Civil War |website=theowp.org |date=13 January 2017 |access-date=2023-01-01 }}</ref> | {{nts|10783}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|3383}}+<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2002 |{{Tree list}} * Islamist insurgencies in the Maghreb/Sahel ** Boko Haram insurgency *** Boko Haram–ISWAP conflict ** Insurgency in Mali ** Insurgency in Niger ** Insurgency in Burkina Faso *** Fulani-Mossi conflict ** Insurgency in Chad ** JNIM-ISGS war ** Insurgency in Benin {{Tree list/end}} |Africa | {{flag|Algeria}}<br>{{flag|Benin}}<br>{{flag|Burkina Faso}}<br>{{flag|Cameroon}}<br>{{flag|Chad}}<br>{{flag|Ivory Coast}}<br>{{flag|Libya}}<br>{{flag|Mali}}<br>{{flag|Mauritania}}<br>{{flag|Morocco}}<br>{{flag|Niger}}<br>{{flag|Nigeria}}<br>{{flag|Togo}}<br>{{flag|Tunisia}} | {{nts|485500}}+<ref name="acled_dashboard" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/libya/report-libya/ |title=Human rights in Libya |access-date=14 January 2024 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134215/https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/libya/report-libya/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2003/algeria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116160255/https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2003/algeria |archive-date=16 November 2018 |title=Algeria | Freedom House }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/09/18/american-commandos-face-complicated-mission-in-mali/ |title=American commandos face complicated mission in Mali |date=18 September 2017 |access-date=30 October 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308024853/https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/09/18/american-commandos-face-complicated-mission-in-mali/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230428-burkina-junta-breaks-silence-over-massacre-by-men-in-army-uniform |title=Burkina junta breaks silence over massacre by men 'in army uniform' |date=28 April 2023 |access-date=14 January 2024 |archive-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025221304/https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230428-burkina-junta-breaks-silence-over-massacre-by-men-in-army-uniform |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/northeast-nigeria-insurgency-has-killed-almost-350000-un-2021-06-24/ Northeast Nigeria insurgency has killed almost 350,000 – UN], Reuters, 24 June 2021</ref> | {{nts|21185}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=More than 50 killed in convoy ambush in Mali, sources say |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/more-than-50-killed-in-convoy-ambush-in-mali-sources-say/7967744.html}}</ref> | {{nts|10466}}+<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2006 |{{Tree list}} * Mexican drug war ** Gulf Cartel infighting ** Los Zetas infighting ** Sinaloa Cartel infighting {{Tree list/end}} | North America | {{flag|Mexico}}<br>{{flag|Belize}}<br>{{flag|El Salvador}}<br>{{flag|Honduras}}<br>{{flag|Guatemala}}<br>{{flag|Nicaragua}}<br>{{flag|United States}} |<!--Please list statistics related at least to battles with identified combat parties (and homicides in organized crime in parenthesis), and not general homicide rates-->{{nts|135000}}<ref name="ucdp2023" />–417,000<ref name="UCDP_Mexico">{{cite web |title=Mexico |url=https://ucdp.uu.se/country/70 |access-date=2021-06-16 |publisher=UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program |website=ucdp.uu.se |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327051423/https://ucdp.uu.se/country/70 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|358,000–400,000 organized crime homicide victims<ref>{{cite news|title=Opinión: Una guerra inventada y 350,000 muertos en México|date=14 June 2021|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/es/post-opinion/2021/06/14/mexico-guerra-narcotrafico-calderon-homicidios-desaparecidos/|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=15 December 2023|archive-date=9 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509091109/https://www.washingtonpost.com/es/post-opinion/2021/06/14/mexico-guerra-narcotrafico-calderon-homicidios-desaparecidos/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} | {{nts|8699}}<ref name="acled_explorer" />–10,767<ref>{{cite news|title=Los homicidios en México disminuyeron 13.4% en los primeros cinco meses de 2025.|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/homicidios-en-m%C3%A9xico-se-reducen-un-13%2C4%25-en-los-primeros-cinco-meses-de-2025/89493820}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2025 |title=Mexican police kill 4 gunmen, cross into Guatemala in dramatic border shootout |url=https://apnews.com/article/mexico-guatemala-border-police-cartels-1ee481f6289b163dd2ce7724512b28d0 |access-date=10 June 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> | {{nts|3049}}+<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2014 | {{Tree list}} * Russo-Ukrainian war (current phase) ** Spillover in Russia ** Spillover in Belarus {{Tree list/end}} | Europe | {{flag|Ukraine}}<br>{{flag|Russia}}<br>{{flag|Belarus}} | {{nts|245085}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ucdp.uu.se/country/369| title=Ukraine: Number of Deaths| work=Uppsala Conflict Data Program| date=April 18, 2026}}</ref>–750,000+<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/world/one-million-are-now-dead-or-injured-in-the-russia-ukraine-war-b09d04e5|title=One Million Are Now Dead or Injured in the Russia-Ukraine War|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine: Protection of civilians in armed conflict. January 2026 update |url=https://ukraine.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/Ukraine%20-%20protection%20of%20civilians%20in%20armed%20conflict%20%28January%202026%29_ENG.pdf |publisher=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |access-date=13 February 2026 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The Russian village that lost its men to war |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8n4l8elpgo |date=20 February 2026 |access-date=22 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=DoC |title=Ненайденные солдаты: что мы знаем о потерях России в Украине к апрелю |trans-title=Unidentified soldiers: what we know about the losses of Russia in Ukraine by April |work=BBC News Русская Служба |trans-work=BBC Russian Service |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/c7057j63y04o |date=17 April 2026 |access-date=17 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Russian casualties in Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated |work=Mediazona |url=https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/11/casualties_eng |date=10 April 2026 |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> | {{nts|80205}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|25842}}+<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |}
===Minor wars (1,000–9,999 combat-related deaths in current or previous year)=== The 12 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.<ref name="acled-curated-data-files"/> Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/definitions/|title=Definitions |work= Uppsala Conflict Data Program|access-date=4 May 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101025230318/http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/definitions/ |archive-date= 25 October 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" id="conflicts1000" |- ! Start of<br>conflict ! Conflict ! Continent ! Location ! data-sort-type="number" | Cumulative fatalities ! data-sort-type="number" | 2025 fatalities ! data-sort-type="number" | 2026 fatalities |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1918 |{{Tree list}} * Insurgencies in Iran (2026 Iranian insurgency) ** Kurdish insurgency in Iran *** Iran–PJAK conflict *** 2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis ** Azerbaijani insurgency in Iran ** Arab insurgency in Khuzestan ** Insurgency in Sistan and Balochistan {{Tree list/end}} |Asia |{{flag|Iran}}<br>{{flag|Iraq}}<br>{{flag|Turkey}} | {{nts|47900}}+<ref name=hicks2000>{{cite web|url=http://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/middle-eastnorth-africapersian-gulf-region/irankurds-1943–present/|title=Iran/Kurds (1943–present)|access-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125083945/http://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/middle-eastnorth-africapersian-gulf-region/irankurds-1943%E2%80%93present/|archive-date=25 January 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="ucdp">{{cite web|url=http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/gpcountry.php?id=76®ionSelect=10-Middle_East|title=Database – Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)|access-date=2012-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719212139/http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/gpcountry.php?id=76®ionSelect=10-Middle_East|archive-date=2014-07-19|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jundallah: Iran's Sunni rebels|publisher=Al Jazeera|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2010/06/201062074140996374.html|date=20 June 2010}}</ref> | {{nts|63}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|7015}}+<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.en-hrana.org/day-50-of-the-protests-intensification-of-security-prosecutions-and-uncertainty-regarding-the-status-of-detainees/|title=Day 50 of the Protests: Intensification of Security Prosecutions and Uncertainty Regarding the Status of Detainees}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1964 | {{Tree list}} * Colombian conflict ** Catatumbo campaign ** Operation Southern Spear {{Tree list/end}} | South America | {{flag|Colombia}}<br>{{flag|Venezuela}}<br>{{flag|Ecuador}} | {{nts|460300}}+<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/colombia-truth-commission-gives-scathing-report-on-civil-war-/6637556.html |title=Colombia Truth Commission Gives Scathing Report on Civil War |date=2022-06-28 |publisher=Voice of America |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629015822/https://www.voanews.com/a/colombia-truth-commission-gives-scathing-report-on-civil-war-/6637556.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | {{nts|2728}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 2, 2025 |title=US military strikes alleged 'drug vessel' from Venezuela in Caribbean Sea, 11 killed |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/02/us-military-caribbean-sea-strike-drug-boat/85945169007/ |access-date=September 2, 2025 |publisher=USA Today}}</ref> | {{nts|810}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1978 |{{Tree list}} * Afghan conflict ** Afghan–Pakistani border conflict *** 2026 Afghan–Pakistani war ** ISIS–Taliban conflict ** Republican insurgency in Afghanistan ** Afghan–Tajik border conflict {{Tree list/end}} |Asia | {{flag|Afghanistan}}<br>{{flag|Pakistan}}<br>{{flag|Tajikistan}} | {{nts|380,000}}<ref name="ucdp2023" />–{{nts|2805000}}+<ref>Multiple sources:{{blist|{{Cite journal |last=Khalidi |first=Noor Ahmad |date=1 January 1991 |title=Afghanistan: Demographic consequences of war, 1978–1987 |journal=Central Asian Survey |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=101–126 |doi=10.1080/02634939108400750 |pmid=12317412 |via=Taylor and Francis+NEJM|issn=0263-4937}}|{{Cite book |last=Giustozzi |first=Antonio |date=29 August 2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hz5NzJtg48kC&q=soviet+afghan+war+safronov&pg=PA115 |title=War, Politics and Society in Afghanistan, 1978-1992 |publisher=Hurst |isbn=9781850653967 |via=Google Books |access-date=29 August 2021 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217093809/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hz5NzJtg48kC&q=soviet+afghan+war+safronov&pg=PA115 |url-status=live }}| {{cite web |title=Human Costs of War: Direct War Death in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan October 2001 – February 2013 |url=http://costsofwar.org/sites/default/files/HMCHART_2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430155253/http://costsofwar.org/sites/default/files/HMCHART_2.pdf |archive-date=30 April 2013 |website=costsofwar.org }}|{{cite news |last=Baldauf |first=Scott |date=20 September 2001 |title=Life under Taliban cuts two ways |newspaper=Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0920/p1s3-wosc.html |access-date=22 August 2021 |archive-date=21 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621065008/http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0920/p1s3-wosc.html |url-status=live }}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan: Rampant Killings of Shia by Extremists |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/29/pakistan-rampant-killings-shia-extremists}}</ref> | {{nts|4409}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-claims-58-pakistani-soldiers-killed-clashes-border-closed-2025-10-12/}}</ref> | {{nts|1945}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1993 | {{Tree list}} * Insurgency in Ecuador ** Ecuadorian conflict (since 2024) *** Operation Southern Spear {{Tree list/end}} | South America | {{flag|Ecuador}}<br>{{flag|Colombia}} | {{nts|13000}}+<ref name=acled_ec>{{cite web|url=https://acleddata.com/aggregated/aggregated-data-latin-america-caribbean|website=acleddata.com|title= Aggregated data on Latin America & the Caribbean}}</ref>{{efn|Until 1 Jan 2026}} | {{nts|4051}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|1540}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1998 | {{Tree list}} * Civil conflicts in Nigeria ** Religious violence *** Boko Haram insurgency **** Boko Haram–ISWAP conflict ** Herder–farmer conflicts *** Nigerian bandit conflict ** Niger Delta conflict (since 2016) *** Southeast Nigerian insurgency *** Spillover in Bakassi, Cameroon {{Tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Nigeria}}<br>{{flag|Niger}}<br>{{flag|Cameroon}}<br>{{flag|Chad}} | {{nts|107300}}+<ref name="ACLED">{{cite web |url=http://www.acleddata.com/data/version-6-data-1997-2015/ |title=ACLED Version 6 (1997–2015) |publisher=Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118142350/http://www.acleddata.com/data/version-6-data-1997-2015/|archive-date=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/nigeria-security-tracker/p29483|title=Nigeria Security Tracker|website=Council on Foreign Relations|author=John Campbell|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119015541/http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/nigeria-security-tracker/p29483|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Social Violence in Nigeria |url=http://www.connectsaisafrica.org/research/african-studies-publications/social-violence-nigeria/ |access-date=11 July 2015 |publisher=Connect SAIS Africa |archive-date=17 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017171553/http://www.connectsaisafrica.org/research/african-studies-publications/social-violence-nigeria/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201605140261.html |title=Nigeria: Police Lose 6 As Herdsmen Behead Woman, Kill 30 in 3 Years |publisher=allAfrica |date=14 May 2015 |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 May 2016 |archive-date=14 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514174238/http://allafrica.com/stories/201605140261.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://missionsbox.org/press-releases/icon-launches-new-report-proving-genocide-in-nigeria/|title=ICON Launches New Report Proving Genocide in Nigeria|date=3 August 2020 |access-date=20 November 2023|archive-date=13 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413005605/https://missionsbox.org/press-releases/icon-launches-new-report-proving-genocide-in-nigeria/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Nigeria.html |title="Armed Conflicts Report – Nigeria" |access-date=9 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010001137/http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Nigeria.html |archive-date=2006-10-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | {{nts|3200}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|1700}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Motorbike raids on villages kill dozens in Nigeria|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg1y0nk641o}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2010 | {{Tree list}} * Venezuelan conflict ** Pemon conflict ** Catatumbo campaign ** Operation Southern Spear {{Tree list/end}} | South America | {{flag|Venezuela}}<br>{{flag|Colombia}} | {{nts|460300}}+<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/colombia-truth-commission-gives-scathing-report-on-civil-war-/6637556.html |title=Colombia Truth Commission Gives Scathing Report on Civil War |date=2022-06-28 |publisher=Voice of America |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629015822/https://www.voanews.com/a/colombia-truth-commission-gives-scathing-report-on-civil-war-/6637556.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | {{nts|2602}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 2, 2025 |title=US military strikes alleged 'drug vessel' from Venezuela in Caribbean Sea, 11 killed |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/02/us-military-caribbean-sea-strike-drug-boat/85945169007/ |access-date=September 2, 2025 |publisher=USA Today}}</ref> | {{nts|250}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2011 | {{Tree list}} * Yemeni civil war (crisis) ** Al-Qaeda insurgency ** Saudi Arabian intervention *** Houthi–Saudi conflict ** Houthi–Israeli conflict in the Red Sea {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Yemen}}<br>{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}<br>{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}<br>{{flag|Israel}} | {{nts|384900}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/467379/UN-warns-of-catastrophic-Yemen-death-toll|title=UN warns of catastrophic Yemen death toll|date=24 November 2021|access-date=25 November 2021|archive-date=16 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516143213/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/467379/UN-warns-of-catastrophic-Yemen-death-toll|url-status=live}}</ref> | {{nts|2895}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|755}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2011 | {{Tree list}} * Syrian conflict (spillovers) ** Turkish intervention *** Rojava conflict **** Rojava–Islamist conflict **** Eastern Syria insurgency **** SDF–STG clashes *** Turkey–ISIS conflict ** Israeli intervention *** Israeli invasion of Syria **** Druze insurgency in Southern Syria (current clashes) **** Spillover of the Iran war in Syria ** Western Syria clashes *** Hezbollah–Syria clashes {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Syria}}<br>{{flag|Israel}}<br>{{flag|Lebanon}}<br>{{flag|Iraq}}<br>{{flag|Turkey}} | {{nts|664800}}+<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/358243/|title=14th anniversary of Syrian Revolution {{!}} Nearly 657,000 persons killed since the onset of the revolution in March 2011|work=SOHR|date=20 March 2025}}</ref> | {{nts|8330}}<ref name="acled_explorer" />–8,600+<ref>{{cite web |title=Including 3,020 people extrajudicially executed {{!}} 10,672 people killed in Syria since fall of Al-Assad regime |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/369487/ |website=syriahr.com |publisher=SOHR |access-date=1 October 2025}}</ref> | {{nts|1090}}<ref name="acled_explorer" />–1,152<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://thenewregion.com/posts/4350|title=Around 1,000 SDF, Syrian army members killed in recent clashes: Monitor|website=The New Region}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2026 |title=Combats entre l'armée syrienne et les Kurdes : que se passe-t-il en Syrie ? |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/monde/20260118.OBS111612/combats-entre-l-armee-syrienne-et-les-kurdes-que-se-passe-t-il-en-syrie.html |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=Le Nouvel Obs |language=fr}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2012 | {{Tree list}} * Cameroonian conflicts ** Boko Haram insurgency *** Boko Haram–ISWAP conflict ** Anglophone Crisis ** Pro-Biafran insurgency in Bakassi {{Tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Cameroon}}<br>{{flag|Nigeria}}<br>{{flag|Niger}}<br>{{flag|Chad}} | {{nts|11000}}+<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/violence-in-cameroon-anglophone-crisis-takes-high-civilian-toll|title=Violence in Cameroon's Anglophone crisis takes high civilian toll|first=Jess|last=Craig|website=Aljazeera|access-date=22 August 2021|archive-date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407191856/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/violence-in-cameroon-anglophone-crisis-takes-high-civilian-toll|url-status=live}}</ref> | {{nts|1826}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|750}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2012 | {{Tree list}} * Central African Republic Civil War ** LRA insurgency {{Tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Central African Republic}}<br>{{flag|Cameroon}}<br>{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}<br>{{flag|South Sudan}} | {{nts|16300}}+<ref name="ACLED" /> | {{nts|1215}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|263}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2018 | {{Tree list}} * Ethiopian civil conflict ** Oromo conflict *** OLA insurgency ** Gambela conflict ** Fano insurgency {{Tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Ethiopia}} | {{nts|500000}}<ref name="ucdp2023" />–{{nts|616300}}+<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-surge-of-dehumanizing-hate-speech-points-to-mounting-risk-of-mass/ |title=Surge of dehumanizing hate speech points to mounting risk of mass atrocities in northern Ethiopia, experts say |author=Geoffrey York |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=October 21, 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022002129/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-surge-of-dehumanizing-hate-speech-points-to-mounting-risk-of-mass/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | {{nts|6316}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|2750}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2018 |{{Tree list}} * Haitian crisis ** Haitian conflict {{Tree list/end}} | North America | {{flag|Haiti}} | {{nts|20000}}+<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230818-more-than-2-400-killed-in-haiti-gang-violence-since-january-1-says-un |title=More than 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence since January 1, says UN |date=18 August 2023 |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120202115/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230818-more-than-2-400-killed-in-haiti-gang-violence-since-january-1-says-un |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Haiti |publisher=UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program |url=https://ucdp.uu.se/country/41 |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=ucdp.uu.se |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107233525/https://ucdp.uu.se/country/41 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=United Nations statistics underscore 'extreme brutality' of Haiti's gangs |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/19/united-nations-statistics-underscore-extreme-brutality-of-haitis-gangs |work=Al Jazeera |date=19 August 2023 |access-date=17 October 2023 |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019121403/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/19/united-nations-statistics-underscore-extreme-brutality-of-haitis-gangs |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240402-more-than-50-000-people-flee-haiti-capital-due-to-rampant-gang-violence|website=France 24|title=More than 50,000 people flee Haiti capital due to rampant gang violence|date=2024-04-02|access-date=2024-04-03}}</ref> | {{nts|2778}}<ref name="acled_explorer" />–3,141+<ref>{{cite web|title=More Than 3,000 People Killed In Haiti Violence So Far This Year |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/more-than-3-000-people-killed-in-haiti-violence-so-far-this-year-un-63619540}}</ref> | {{nts|1204}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/05/15/gang-clashes-in-haiti-capital-kill-dozens-force-thousands-to-flee_6753470_4.html|title=Gang clashes in Haiti capital kill dozens, force thousands to flee}}</ref> |}
===Conflicts (100–999 combat-related deaths in current or previous year)=== The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100, and fewer than 1,000, direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. {| class="wikitable sortable" id="conflicts100" |- ! Start of<br>conflict ! Conflict ! Continent ! Location ! data-sort-type="number" | Cumulative fatalities ! data-sort-type="number" | 2025 fatalities ! data-sort-type="number" | 2026 fatalities |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1918 |{{Tree list}} * Kurdish nationalist conflicts ** Iranian–Kurdish conflict *** Iran–PJAK conflict *** 2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis ** Iraqi–Kurdish conflict ** Syrian–Kurdish conflict *** Rojava–Islamist conflict *** Eastern Syria insurgency *** SDF–STG clashes {{Tree list/end}} |Asia | {{flag|Iran}}<br>{{flag|Iraq}}<br>{{flag|Syria}}<br>{{flag|Turkey}} | {{nts|135950}}–{{nts|178450}}+<ref>Multiple sources:{{blist|{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/over-1-100-die-in-pkk-attacks-in-turkey-since-july-2015/682842|title=Over 1,100 die in PKK attacks in Turkey since July 2015|website=www.aa.com.tr|access-date=15 December 2023|archive-date=2 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102092633/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/over-1-100-die-in-pkk-attacks-in-turkey-since-july-2015/682842|url-status=live}}|{{cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/nedim-sener/pkknin-kanli-bilancosu-41602798|title=PKK'nın kanlı bilançosu|first=Nedim|last=ŞENER|website=www.hurriyet.com.tr|date=4 September 2020|access-date=15 December 2023|archive-date=7 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907052722/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/nedim-sener/pkknin-kanli-bilancosu-41602798|url-status=live}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/val/sospo/vk/koivunen/theinvis.pdf|title=The Invisible War in North Kurdistan|access-date=21 November 2023|archive-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012052731/http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/val/sospo/vk/koivunen/theinvis.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/110720163|title=KDPI leadership urges support for 'mountain struggle'|website=rudaw.net|access-date=15 December 2023|archive-date=28 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528012059/https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/110720163|url-status=live}}</ref> | {{nts|300}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|19}}+<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Iran targets headquarters of Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k88y1147jo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Najm |first=Renwar |date=2026-03-08 |title=Iraqi Kurdistan Region Hit by 196 Drone and Missile Attacks Since War Began, monitor says |url=https://theamargi.com/posts/iraqi-kurdistan-region-hit-by-196-drone-and-missile-attacks-since-war-began-monitor-says |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=the Amargi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thenationalcontext.com/portal/more-than-50-confirmed-strikes-on-iranian-kurdish-party-sites-in-the-kurdistan-region/|title=More Than 50 Confirmed Strikes on Iranian Kurdish Party Sites in the Kurdistan Region}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center;"| 1943 |Jamaican political conflict | North America | {{flag|Jamaica}} | {{nts|1,900}}+<ref>Multiple sources:{{blist|{{cite news |date=27 May 2010 |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Jamaica+police+death+toll/3078392/story.html |title=Jamaica police put death toll at 73 |work=The Gazette (Montreal) |access-date=27 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530082915/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Jamaica%2Bpolice%2Bdeath%2Btoll/3078392/story.html |archive-date=30 May 2010 |url-status=dead }} | {{cite web |title=Jamaica |publisher=UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program |url=https://ucdp.uu.se/country/51 |access-date=2020-11-26 |website=ucdp.uu.se |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031131104/https://ucdp.uu.se/country/51 |url-status=live }}}}</ref> | {{nts|290}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|128}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1947 |{{Tree list}} * Kashmir conflict ** Indo-Pakistani border conflict *** Indian-Kashmiri insurgency ** Sino-Indian border conflict {{Tree list/end}} |Asia | {{flag|India}}<br>{{flag|Pakistan}}<br>{{flag|China}} | {{nts|202,200}}–2,000,000<br>{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kosinski |first1=L. A. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGiSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |title=Population Redistribution and Development in South Asia |last2=Elahi |first2=K.M. |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2012 |isbn=978-9400953093 |page=6 |chapter=1 Introduction |access-date=15 December 2023 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116090238/https://books.google.com/books?id=tGiSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |url-status=live }}{{failed verification|date=November 2023}}</ref> | {{nts|975}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Dozens killed as gunmen massacre tourists in Kashmir beauty spot |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/22/asia/gunmen-open-fire-jammu-kashmir-intl/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg9d913v20o}}</ref> | {{nts|85}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1948 | {{Tree list}} * Insurgencies in Pakistan ** Afghan–Pakistani border conflict (Islamist insurgency) *** Insurgency in Balochistan **** Balochi–ISIS conflict **** Spillover in Iran *** Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa *** 2026 Afghan–Pakistani war ** Insurgency in Sindh {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Pakistan}}<br>{{flag|Afghanistan}}<br>{{flag|Iran}} | {{nts|23,100}}+<ref>Multiple sources:{{blist|{{cite web |title=Minor Atrocities of the Twentieth Century |publisher=Users.erols.com |url=http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat6.htm |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011134337/http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat6.htm |url-status=live }} |{{cite web |title=Balochistan Assessment – 2017 |url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/Balochistan/index.html |access-date=27 November 2017 |website=www.satp.org |archive-date=11 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111065356/http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/Balochistan/index.html |url-status=live }} |{{cite web|url=http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article4120|title=[Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières] Balochistan: Pakistan's internal war|author=Fulcher, Ray|access-date=26 February 2015|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225042007/http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article4120|url-status=live}} |{{cite news|title=Jundallah: Iran's Sunni rebels|work=Al Jazeera|date=20 June 2010|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2010/06/201062074140996374.html|access-date=27 November 2017|archive-date=3 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303042534/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2010/06/201062074140996374.html|url-status=live}} | {{cite news |title=Chinese Operations in Balochistan Again Targeted by Militants |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/03/chinese-operations-in-balochistan-again-targeted-by-militants |newspaper=The Diplomat |author=Kiyya Baloch |date=27 March 2015 |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026091746/https://thediplomat.com/2015/03/chinese-operations-in-balochistan-again-targeted-by-militants/ |url-status=live }}}}</ref> | {{nts|985}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|790}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Death toll of terrorist attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan rises to 250 |url=https://www.trtworld.com/article/9abdf9b86bb1}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1954 |{{Tree list}} * Insurgencies in India ** Insurgency in Northeast India *** Insurgency in Manipur (since 2023) *** Insurgency in Assam *** Insurgency in Nagaland *** Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh *** Spillover in Myanmar ** Naxalite–Maoist insurgency ** Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|India}}<br>{{flag|Myanmar}}<br>{{flag|Bhutan}} | {{nts|81,400}}<ref>{{cite web |title=India – Northeast (1979 – first combat deaths) |url=https://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/india-northeast-1979-first-combat-deaths/ |website=Project Ploughshares |access-date=15 December 2023 |archive-date=4 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204000034/http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/india-northeast-1979-first-combat-deaths/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ethnic clashes continue in Indias Manipur as death toll reaches 54 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-07/ethnic-clashes-continue-in-indias-manipur/102314078}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Yearly Fatalities|url=https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/india-maoistinsurgency|work=South Asia Terrorism Portal|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922072536/https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/india-maoistinsurgency|url-status=live}}</ref> | {{nts|980}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|285}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1962 |Papua conflict | Oceania | {{flag|Indonesia}} | {{nts|100400}}–500,000<ref name="UNPO-2020">{{cite web |title=UNPO: West Papua: Indonesia Considering Addressing Past Atrocities |url=https://unpo.org/article/21905 |website=unpo.org |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031131100/https://unpo.org/article/21905 |url-status=live }}</ref> | {{nts|255}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|143}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1969 | {{Tree list}} * Civil conflict in the Philippines ** New People's Army rebellion ** ISIS insurgency in the Philippines ** Philippine drug war {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Philippines}} | {{nts|166600}}–245,200<ref name="Guide">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1695576.stm|website=BBC News|title=Guide to the Philippines conflict|date=10 August 2007|access-date=8 February 2015|archive-date=15 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315053116/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1695576.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=How many people have been killed in Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs? |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/11/22/how-many-people-have-been-killed-in-rodrigo-dutertes-war-on-drugs}}</ref> | {{nts|536}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|198}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1972 |{{Tree list}} * Insurgencies in Turkey ** Maoist insurgency in Turkey *** DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey ** AK Party–Gülen movement conflict {{Tree list/end}} |Asia |{{flag|Turkey}}<br>{{flag|Syria}}<br>{{flag|Iraq}} | {{nts|138000}}+<ref>''The Militant Kurds: A Dual Strategy for Freedom'', Vera Eccarius-Kelly, page 86, 2010</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/val/sospo/vk/koivunen/theinvis.pdf |title=(page 104) |access-date=2016-06-14 |archive-date=2017-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012052731/http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/val/sospo/vk/koivunen/theinvis.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="executions">{{cite news|url=http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20040126cg|title=Federal Judge Rules Part Of Patriot Act Unconstitutional|agency=Associated Press|date=22 January 2004|access-date=25 December 2013|archive-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911000425/http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20040126cg|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Visweswaran|editor-first1=Kamala|title=Everyday occupations experiencing militarism in South Asia and the Middle East|date=2013|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0812207835|page=14|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGcUBAAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Romano|first1=David|title=The Kurdish nationalist movement : opportunity, mobilization and identity|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0521684269|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohSNu6bidEQC}}</ref><ref name="wounded">[http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc122107AD.html Turkey, US, and the PKK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413175202/http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc122107AD.html |date=2016-04-13 }}, 21 December 2007</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Turkey: Government |url=https://ucdp.uu.se/conflict/383 |website=ucdp.uu.se |publisher=UCDP (Uppsala Conflict Data Program) |access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref> | {{nts|300}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|2}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1975 |Cabinda War | Africa | {{flag|Angola}} | {{nts|30,200}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/angola-cabinda-1994-2006|title=Angola-Cabinda (1994–2006)|work=Project Ploughshares|access-date=26 February 2015|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224020035/https://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/angola-cabinda-1994-2006/|url-status=live}}</ref> | {{nts|200}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|17}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1988 | Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea | Oceania | {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} | {{nts|15400}}–20,000<ref>{{cite book|last=Braithwaite|first=John|title=Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment: Sequencing Peace in Bougainville|url=https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/peacebuilding-compared/reconciliation-and-architectures-commitment|year=2010|publisher=ANU Press|location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory|isbn=9781921666681|pages=86–87|access-date=4 February 2024|archive-date=4 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204003135/https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/peacebuilding-compared/reconciliation-and-architectures-commitment|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=The Guardian |last=Kuku |first=Rebecca |title=More than 30 dead in tribal fighting on Papua New Guinea's 'island of love' |date=25 October 2022 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/more-than-30-dead-in-tribal-fighting-on-papua-new-guineas-kiriwina-island |access-date=31 January 2024 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325174733/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/more-than-30-dead-in-tribal-fighting-on-papua-new-guineas-kiriwina-island |url-status=live }}</ref> | {{nts|140}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|73}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1990 |{{Tree list}} * Brazilian drug war {{Tree list/end}} | South America | {{Tree list}} *{{flag|Brazil}} *{{flag|Argentina}} *{{flag|Bolivia}} *{{flag|Colombia}} *{{flag|France}} **{{flag|French Guiana}} *{{flag|Peru}} *{{flag|Paraguay}} *{{flag|Venezuela}} {{Tree list/end}} | {{nts|20000}}+<ref>{{Cite web|title=UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program|url= https://ucdp.uu.se/country/140|access-date=11 December 2020|website=ucdp.uu.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-30 |title=Polícia atualiza para 121 o número de mortos em megaoperação no Rio |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/sudeste/rj/policia-atualiza-numero-de-mortos-em-megaoperacao-no-rio/ |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=CNN Brasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref name="sr">{{Cite web|title=Ataques no Rio deixam 18 mortos; secretaria retifica número de vítimas|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u129857.shtml|access-date=2022-06-01|website=www1.folha.uol.com.br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program|url=https://ucdp.uu.se/nonstate/12693|access-date=2022-07-28|website=ucdp.uu.se}}</ref><ref name="sc">{{Cite web|title=Brasil 'Entre o ônibus em chamas e o caveirão': em busca da segurança cidadã|url=http://www.ovp-sp.org/relatorio_anistiai_2007_entre_o_onibus_em.pdf|access-date=2022-06-01|website=www.ovp-sp.org|archive-date=2022-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715141325/http://www.ovp-sp.org/relatorio_anistiai_2007_entre_o_onibus_em.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program|url=https://ucdp.uu.se/nonstate/12635|access-date=2022-06-01|website=ucdp.uu.se}}</ref> | {{nts|130}}+<ref name="CNNBRASIL">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-28 |title=Número de mortes em megaoperação no Rio passa de 130, diz defensoria |trans-title=Death toll in major operation in Rio surpasses 130, says public defender's office. |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/sudeste/rj/numero-de-mortes-em-megaoperacao-no-rio-passa-de-120-diz-defensoria/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=CNN Brasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref> | {{nts|12}}+<ref>{{Cite news|title=Brazilian police kill 4 in Rio favela in operation to contain Red Command criminal gang |url=https://apnews.com/article/brazil-favela-police-gangs-5df16f5ba67eca32a280f7a2f4968a98 |date=15 January 2026 |accessdate=15 January 2026|work=AP News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=At least eight killed as Brazilian police carry out lethal favela raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/19/at-least-eight-killed-as-brazilian-police-carry-out-lethal-favela-raid |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" | 1999 |{{Tree list}} * Insurgencies in Bangladesh ** Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict ** Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Bangladesh}}<br>{{flag|Myanmar}}<br>{{flag|India}} | {{nts|80,100}}+<ref name="acleddata.com" /><ref>Multiple sources:{{blist|{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Datasheet – Yearly Fatalities |url=https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/bangladesh |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=www.satp.org |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922114328/https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/bangladesh |url-status=live }}|{{cite web |title=Bangladesh |publisher=UCDP – Uppsala Conflict Data Program |url=https://ucdp.uu.se/country/771 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=ucdp.uu.se |quote=See chart "Number of deaths" from 1999 |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521132545/https://ucdp.uu.se/country/771 |url-status=live }}|{{cite web |title=Fatalities-Islamist Terrorism 2005–2019 |url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/database/Fatalities-Islamist%20Terrorism%202010.htm |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.satp.org |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620211759/https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/database/Fatalities-Islamist%20Terrorism%202010.htm |url-status=live }}}}</ref> | {{nts|368}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|140}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2003 | {{Tree list}} * Iraqi conflict ** Iraqi–Kurdish conflict ** ISIS insurgency in Iraq {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Iraq}} | {{nts|334700}}–1,215,000+<ref name="BrownCoW">{{cite news |last1=Crawford |first1=Neta |title=Human Cost of the Post-9/11 Wars: Lethality and the Need for Transparency |url=https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2018/Human%20Costs%2C%20Nov%208%202018%20CoW.pdf |access-date=24 January 2020 |work=Brown University Costs of War Project |date=November 2018 |archive-date=21 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221123944/https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2018/Human%20Costs%2C%20Nov%208%202018%20CoW.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2008-01-30|title=Iraq conflict has killed a million Iraqis: survey|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-deaths-survey-idUSL3048857920080130|access-date=2020-07-04|archive-date=31 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031131100/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-deaths-survey-idUSL3048857920080130|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Combined estimated death tolls of each conflict since 2003}} | {{nts|574}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|278}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2011 | {{Tree list}} * Libyan crisis {{Tree list/end}} |Africa | {{flag|Libya}} | {{nts|30300}}–43,000<ref name="ACLED">{{cite web |url=http://www.acleddata.com/data/version-6-data-1997-2015/ |title=ACLED Version 6 (1997–2015) |publisher=Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project|access-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118142350/http://www.acleddata.com/data/version-6-data-1997-2015/|archive-date=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref>Multiple sources:{{blist|{{cite news |title=Libyan revolution casualties lower than expected, says new government |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/08/libyan-revolution-casualties-lower-expected-government |work=The Guardian |author=Ian Black |date=8 January 2013 |quote=4,700 rebel supporters died and 2,100 are missing, with unconfirmed similar casualty figures on the opposing side. |access-date=15 December 2023 |archive-date=20 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520141917/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/08/libyan-revolution-casualties-lower-expected-government |url-status=live }}|{{cite journal |last1=Kuperman |first1=Alan |title=Obama's Libya Debacle |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143044/alan-j-kuperman/obamas-libya-debacle |url-access=subscription |journal=Foreign Affairs |issue=March/April 2015 |date=February 18, 2019 |quote=the conflict killed at least 500 people a year in 2012 and 2013. |access-date=18 February 2015 |archive-date=23 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423172516/http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143044/alan-j-kuperman/obamas-libya-debacle |url-status=live }}|{{cite web|website=Libya Body Count|url=http://www.libyabodycount.org/table|title=Violent Deaths in 2014 & 2015|access-date=10 October 2015|archive-date=22 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022160458/http://www.libyabodycount.org/table|url-status=live}}}}</ref> | {{nts|282}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Fresh gunbattles rock Libya capital after brief lull |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250514-fresh-gunbattles-rock-libya-capital-after-brief-lull}}</ref> | {{nts|87}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2017 | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | Africa | {{flag|Mozambique}}<br>{{flag|Tanzania}} | {{nts|7800}}+<ref>Multiple sources:{{blist|{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-27-iss-today-mozambiques-first-islamist-attacks-shock-the-region/|title=ISS Today: Mozambique's first Islamist attacks shock the region|website=Daily Maverick|date=11 October 2017|access-date=14 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219074309/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-27-iss-today-mozambiques-first-islamist-attacks-shock-the-region/|archive-date=19 December 2017}}|{{cite news|url=https://www.voaportugues.com/a/mais-ataque-mocimboa-praia/4148160.html|title=Mais um ataque em Mocimboa da Praia|website=Voz da América Português|date=4 December 2017|access-date=14 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226234944/https://www.voaportugues.com/a/mais-ataque-mocimboa-praia/4148160.html|archive-date=26 December 2017|language=pt}}|{{cite news |url= https://mozambique.co.mz/News/Archive.php |title= 50 Killed As Police Attack Islamic Terrorists In Mocimboa de Praia Mozam |access-date= 14 June 2018 |website= Mozambique |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073026/https://mozambique.co.mz/News/Archive.php |archive-date= 2 January 2018 }}|{{cite news |url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/novo-ataque-de-grupo-armado-faz-cinco-mortos-no-nordeste-de-mocambique_n1052152 |title=Novo ataque de grupo armado faz cinco mortos no nordeste de Moçambique |date=15 January 2018 |access-date=14 June 2018 |language=pt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116170622/https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/novo-ataque-de-grupo-armado-faz-cinco-mortos-no-nordeste-de-mocambique_n1052152 |archive-date=16 January 2018 }}|{{cite news |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201804250074.html |title=Mozambique: Three Islamist Attacks Reported Over Weekend |website=Agência de Informação de Moçambique |place=Maputo |date=25 April 2018 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603205309/http://allafrica.com/stories/201804250074.html |url-status=live }}|{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44289512|title=Mozambique 'jihadists behead' villagers|website=BBC News|date=29 May 2018|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613065006/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44289512|url-status=live}}|{{cite news|url=http://www.verdade.co.mz/nacional/65954-al-shabaab-mocambicano-mata-mais-12-civis-em-cabo-delgado-presidente-nyusi-mudo|title=Al Shabaab moçambicano mata mais 12 civis em Cabo Delgado; Presidente Nyusi mudo|website=Verdade Online|date=6 June 2018|access-date=14 June 2018|language=pt|archive-date=10 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610044140/http://www.verdade.co.mz/nacional/65954-al-shabaab-mocambicano-mata-mais-12-civis-em-cabo-delgado-presidente-nyusi-mudo}}|{{cite news|url=http://www.africanews.com/2018/06/05/atleast7killedinmacheteattackinmozambiquepolicesay/|title=At least 7 killed in machete attack in Mozambique, police say|website=Africa News|date=5 June 2018|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-date=8 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608013553/http://www.africanews.com/2018/06/05/atleast7killedinmacheteattackinmozambiquepolicesay/|url-status=live}}|{{cite news |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20180607/444194063365/al-menos-6-muertos-en-un-nuevo-ataque-yihadista-en-el-norte-de-mozambique.html |title=Al menos 6 muertos en un nuevo ataque yihadista en el norte de Mozambique |website=La Vanguardia |date=7 June 2018 |access-date=14 June 2018 |language=es |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612223140/http://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20180607/444194063365/al-menos-6-muertos-en-un-nuevo-ataque-yihadista-en-el-norte-de-mozambique.html |url-status=live }}|{{cite news |url=http://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-four-dead-in-new-terrorist-attack-in-changa-nangade-district-aim-report/ |title=Mozambique: Four dead in new terrorist attack in Changa, Nangade district – AIM report |website=Club of Mozambique |date=12 June 2018 |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718231130/http://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-four-dead-in-new-terrorist-attack-in-changa-nangade-district-aim-report/ |url-status=live }}|{{cite news|url=http://clubofmozambique.com/news/breaking-insurgents-wreak-death-and-destruction-in-nathuko-macomia-mozambique/|title=Breaking: Insurgents wreak death and destruction in Nathuko, Macomia – Mozambique|website=Club of Mozambique|date=12 June 2018|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825120652/http://clubofmozambique.com/news/breaking-insurgents-wreak-death-and-destruction-in-nathuko-macomia-mozambique/|url-status=live}}|{{cite news |title=12 killed in jihadist attacks in Mozambique |website=News 24 |date=25 September 2019 |url=https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/12-killed-in-jihadist-attacks-in-mozambique-20190925 |access-date=26 September 2019 |archive-date=27 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927122146/https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/12-killed-in-jihadist-attacks-in-mozambique-20190925 }}|{{cite web|url=https://www.africanexponent.com/post/7499-mozambique-islamist-insurgency-intensifies-attacks|title=Mozambique Islamist Insurgency Intensifies Attacks|first=Mthokozisi|last=Dube|date=May 13, 2020|website=The African Exponent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518014247/https://www.africanexponent.com/post/7499-mozambique-islamist-insurgency-intensifies-attacks|archive-date=2020-05-18}}|{{cite web|website=ACLED|url=https://acleddata.com/2020/12/01/cabo-ligado-weekly-23-29-november-2020/|title=Cabo Ligado: 23–29 November 2020|date=1 December 2020|access-date=15 December 2023|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202013027/https://acleddata.com/2020/12/01/cabo-ligado-weekly-23-29-november-2020/|url-status=live}}}}</ref> | {{nts|824}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|255}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2022 | Honduran gang crackdown | North America | {{flag|Honduras}} | {{nts|100}}+<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honduras expands and extends its state of emergency |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/honduras-expands-extends-state-emergency-rcna71757 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=NBC News |date=22 February 2023 |language=en |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429004325/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/honduras-expands-extends-state-emergency-rcna71757 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= More than 40 women killed in Honduran prison riot |url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/20/more-than-40-women-killed-in-honduran-prison-riot |work= AL JAZEERA |access-date= 30 December 2023 |archive-date= 23 August 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230823110835/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/20/more-than-40-women-killed-in-honduran-prison-riot |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Honduras brings in curfews after night of violence |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66015909 |work= BBC |access-date= 30 December 2023 |archive-date= 22 August 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230822185650/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66015909 |url-status= live }}</ref>–1,700<ref name="acled_dashboard" /> | {{nts|561}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|261}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |}
===Skirmishes and clashes (fewer than 100 combat-related deaths in current and previous year)=== The 12 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. {| class="wikitable sortable" id="conflicts1" |- ! Start of<br>conflict ! Conflict ! Continent ! Location ! data-sort-type="number" | Cumulative fatalities ! data-sort-type="number" | 2025 fatalities ! data-sort-type="number" | 2026 fatalities |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1962 | {{tree list}} * Cross border attacks in Sabah {{tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Malaysia}}<br>{{flag|Philippines}} | {{nts|134}}+ | {{nts|3}}{{refn|https://knowsulu.ph/the-untold-sulu-story/the-death-of-three-fishermen-in-sulu-is-part-of-a-bigger-problem}}–6<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|0}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1970 | {{tree list}} * Western Sahara conflict ** 2020s Western Saharan clashes {{tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Morocco}}<br>{{flag|Sahrawi Republic}} | {{nts|14000}}–21,000+ | {{nts|54}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|2}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1975 | Insurgency in Laos | Asia | {{flag|Laos}} | {{nts|100,000}}+<ref name=centralark>{{cite web |title=37. Laos (1954–present) |website=University of Central Arkansas |url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/laos-1954-present/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407184424/https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/laos-1954-present/ |archive-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> | {{nts|5}}<ref name="acled_explorer" />–75<ref>[https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2025/05/05/area-of-laos-opposite-the-thai-border-in-chiang-rai-erupts-into-armed-conflict-5-lao-soldiers-dead/ Area of Laos opposite the Thai border in Chiang Rai erupts into armed conflict – 5 Lao soldiers dead in fierce fighting]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hmong Case Timeline|url=https://unpo.org/escalating-attacks-against-the-hmong-in-lao-unpo-cwhp-and-bpsos-alert-un-bodies/}}</ref> | {{nts|1}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1980 |{{Tree list}} *Peruvian conflict **Peruvian security crisis {{tree list/end}} | South America | {{flag|Peru}} |{{nts|70,000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26969355|title=Peru Shining Path Arrests: 24 Seized|website=BBC News|date=10 April 2014|access-date=9 December 2014|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092112/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26969355|url-status=live}}</ref> | {{nts|47}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|29}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1981 | Islamist insurgency in Egypt (since 2013) | Africa | {{flag|Egypt}} | {{nts|6000}}–7,353+<ref name="ACLED" /><ref name="reuters.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security-church-idUSKBN14110Y|title=Sisi says suicide bomber behind church attack in Egypt|date=12 December 2016|access-date=18 December 2016|newspaper=Reuters|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403070441/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security-church-idUSKBN14110Y|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2017/03/the-heavy-civilian-toll-in-sinai?lang=en |title=The Heavy Civilian Toll in Sinai|website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|date=16 March 2017|last=Mandour|first=Maged|access-date=14 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814034754/https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2017/03/the-heavy-civilian-toll-in-sinai?lang=en%2A|archive-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> | {{nts|53}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|4}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1982 | |{{Tree list}} * Casamance conflict ** ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia {{tree list/end}} | Africa | {{flag|Senegal}}<br>{{flag|Gambia}} | {{nts|5000}}+<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guinguinbali.com/index.php?lang=en&mod=news&task=view_news&cat=3&id=1392 |title=Casamance: no peace after thirty years of war |author=Bacary Domingo Mané |date=13 January 2011 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170323032232/http://www.guinguinbali.com/index.php?lang=en&mod=news&task=view_news&cat=3&id=1392 |archive-date= 2017-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Senegal launches operation against rebels in Casamance |url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/03/14/senegal-launches-operation-against-rebels-in-casamance/ |work=Africa News |date=14 March 2022 |access-date=11 June 2022 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611215037/https://www.africanews.com/2022/03/14/senegal-launches-operation-against-rebels-in-casamance/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | {{nts|6}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|3}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1988 | {{Tree list}} * Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ** Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis {{Tree list/end}} | Asia | {{flag|Armenia}}<br>{{flag|Azerbaijan}} | {{nts|39800}}–49,000+<ref>Multiple sources:{{blist| {{cite book|last=de Waal|first=Thomas |title=Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War |year=2003 |publisher=New York University Press|location=New York |isbn=9780814719459|author-link=Thomas de Waal|page=285|title-link=Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War}}|{{cite web |title=Winds of Change in Nagorno Karabakh |url=http://www.euronews.net/2009/11/28/winds-of-change-in-nagorno-karabakh/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206040424/http://www.euronews.net/2009/11/28/winds-of-change-in-nagorno-karabakh/ |archive-date=6 December 2011 |work=Euronews |date=28 November 2009 }}|{{cite web |title=SOFA not sitting well in Iraq |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JL02Ak01.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202035148/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JL02Ak01.html |archive-date=2 December 2008 |work=Asia Times |date=2 December 2008 |access-date=23 October 2010 }}|Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh – civilians, viewed 3 May 2013| {{cite web |url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/150603 |title=Azerbaijani Soldier Shot Dead by Armenian Forces |work=Naharnet |access-date=22 October 2014 |archive-date=16 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016112356/http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/150603 |url-status=live }}}}</ref> | {{nts|8}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|2}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1994 | {{Tree list}} * North Caucasus conflict ** ISIS insurgency in the North Caucasus *** ISIS insurgency in Azerbaijan {{Tree list/end}} | Europe | {{flag|Russia}}<br>{{flag|Azerbaijan}}<br>{{flag|Georgia}} | {{nts|300000}}+<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2005/6/26/official-chechen-wars-killed-300000|title=Official: Chechen wars killed 300,000}}</ref> | {{nts|9}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Three police officers shot dead in Russia's Dagestan |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-police-officers-killed-russias-dagestan-2025-05-05/}}</ref> | {{nts|3}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /><ref>{{cite news|title=FSB nabs two Central Asian men for plotting terror attack in Russia’s Ufa|url=https://tass.com/society/2074455|work=TASS.com|date=21 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Two militants killed in police shootout in Dagestan |url=https://news.az/news/two-militants-killed-in-police-shootout-in-dagestan |access-date=2026-01-28 |website=News.az |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Kara0126">{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/society/2078335|title=FSB thwarts two terrorist attacks in Dagestan, killing two suspects|work=TASS.com|date=29 January 2026}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2004 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | {{flag|Thailand}} | {{nts|7300}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deepsouthwatch.org/en/node/11961|title=Summary of Incidents in Southern Thailand, JULY 2020|website=DeepSouthWatch.org|date=2020-08-11|access-date=14 August 2020|archive-date=31 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031131102/https://deepsouthwatch.org/en/node/11961|url-status=live}}</ref> | {{nts|51}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|17}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | {{flag|Paraguay}} | {{nts|150}}+{{efn|See Insurgency in Paraguay#Casualties}}<ref name="ACLED data" /> | {{nts|2}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Miembro del EPP fue abatido en la Reserva del Mbaracayú|url=https://amambayurgente.com/miembro-del-epp-fue-abatido-en-la-reserva-del-mbaracayu/|website=www.ultimahora.com}}</ref> | {{nts|0}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2022 | Salvadoran gang crackdown | North America | {{flag|El Salvador}} | {{nts|545}}+<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/20/trump-deportations-el-salvador-prisons-bukele-human-rights/|title=The Horror Inside the Salvadoran Prisons Where Trump Is Sending Migrants|language=en|date=20 March 2025|access-date=7 April 2025|work=Foreign Policy|first1=Noah|last1=Bullock}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://diario.elmundo.sv/nacionales/gustavo-villatoro-pandilleros-tienen-derechos-humanos-pero-estan-reducidos|title=Gustavo Villatoro: Pandilleros Tienen Derechos Humanos, Pero Están Reducidos|trans-title=Gustavo Villatoro: Gang Members Have Human Rights, But They Are Reduced|language=es|date=4 October 2024|access-date=4 October 2024|work=El Mundo|first1=Yelter|last1=Herrera}}</ref> | {{nts|10}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> | {{nts|6}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |- | style="text-align: center;" |2023 |Operation Yukthiya |Asia |{{flag|Sri Lanka}} |{{nts|100}}+ |{{nts|40}}+ |{{nts|3}}<ref name="acled_explorer" /> |}
== Conflict deaths in the 2020s == {{see also|2020s in military history}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:0 auto;" !colspan=7 | The 15 conflicts with the most deaths in the 2020s{{efn|name="basedACLED"|Data for African countries are based on ACLED, excluding riots/protests-related fatalities<ref name="ACLED"/>}} |- ! style="background:Linen; color:Black" width="40px" | Rank ! style="background:Linen; color:Black" width="200px" | Conflict ! style="background:Linen; color:Black" width="140px" | Deaths in<br>the 2020s ! style="background:Linen; color:Black" width="140px" | Countries ! style="background:Linen; color:Black" width="140px" | Continent |- | '''1°''' | align="left"|Russo-Ukrainian war | {{nts|440,274}} | {{Flag|Ukraine}}<br>{{Flag|Russia}} | Europe |- | '''2°''' | align="left"|Ethiopian civil conflict | {{nts|148,223}} | {{Flag|Ethiopia}} | Africa |- | '''3°''' | align="left" |Gaza war | {{nts|88,059}} | {{Flag|Palestine}}<br>{{Flag|Israel}} | Asia |- | '''4°''' | align="left" |Mexican drug war | {{nts|82,953}}{{efn|name="mainlyHomicides"|Mainly homicides rather than battle-related casualties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cfr.org/interactive/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/criminal-violence-mexico|title=Criminal Violence in Mexico|website=Global Conflict Tracker|access-date=2019-12-10|archive-date=24 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524053902/https://www.cfr.org/interactive/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/criminal-violence-mexico|url-status=live}}</ref>}} | {{Flag|Mexico}} | North America |- | '''5°''' | align="left" |Afghan conflict | {{nts|80,335}} | {{Flag|Afghanistan}} | Asia |- | '''6°''' | align="left" |Myanmar civil war | {{nts|67,513}} | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | Asia |- | '''7°''' | align="left" |Yemeni civil war | {{nts|62,705}} | {{Flag|Yemen}} | Asia |- | '''8°''' | align="left"|Nigerian civil conflict | {{nts|38,299}} | {{Flag|Nigeria}} | Africa |- | '''9°''' | align="left"|Syrian civil war | {{nts|32,145}} | {{Flag|Syria}} | Asia |- | '''10°''' | align="left"|Sudanese civil war | {{nts|30,078}} | {{Flag|Sudan}} | Africa |- | '''11°''' | align="left"|Somali civil war | {{nts|26,780}} | {{Flag|Somalia}} | Africa |- | '''12°''' | align="left"|Congolese civil war | {{nts|26,386}} | {{Flag|DR Congo}} | Africa |- | '''13°''' | align="left"|Insurgency in Burkina Faso | {{nts|25,334}} | {{Flag|Burkina Faso}} | Africa |- | '''14°''' | align="left"|Mali war | {{nts|17,724}} | {{Flag|Mali}} | Africa |- | '''15°''' | align="left"|Haitian conflict | {{nts|14,988}} | {{Flag|Haiti}} | North America |}
=== Deaths by country === {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" |+Fatalities related to armed conflict, by country |- ! rowspan="2" | Rank ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |2020{{efn|name="basedACLED"}} ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |2021{{efn|name="basedACLED"}} ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |2022{{efn|name="basedACLED"}} ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |2023{{efn|name="basedACLED"}} ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |2024{{efn|name="basedACLED"}} |- !Country!!Deaths !Country!!Deaths !Country!!Deaths !Country!!Deaths !Country!!Deaths |- |align=center|1 |{{flag|Mexico}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|34,512}}{{efn|name="mainlyHomicides"}} |{{flag|Afghanistan}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|42,223}} |{{flag|Ethiopia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|109,600}}+ |{{flag|Ukraine}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|95,088}}+ |{{flag|Ukraine}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|72,960}} |- |align=center|2 |{{flagicon image|Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg}} Afghanistan |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|30,974}} |{{flag|Yemen}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|31,048}} |{{flag|Ukraine}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|100,000}}+ |''{{flag|Palestine}}'' |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|22,205}}+ |''{{flag|Palestine}}'' |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|29,772}} |- |align=center|3 |{{flag|Yemen}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|19,561}} |{{flag|Ethiopia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|22,800}} |{{flag|Myanmar}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|20,206}} |{{flag|Myanmar}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|15,773}} |{{flag|Myanmar}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|19,771}} |- |align=center|4 |{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg}} Syria |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|7,620}} |{{flag|Mexico}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|18,811}}{{efn|name="mainlyHomicides"}} |{{flag|Mexico}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|14,254}}{{efn|name="mainlyHomicides"}} |{{flag|Sudan}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|13,225}} |{{flag|Sudan}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|15,526}} |- |align=center|5 |{{flag|Nigeria}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|7,172}} |{{flag|Myanmar}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|11,114}} |{{flag|Yemen}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|7,133}} |{{flag|Nigeria}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|8,505}} |{{flag|Ethiopia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|10,180}} |- |align=center|6 |{{flag|DR Congo}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|6,162}} |{{flag|Nigeria}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|9,687}} |{{flag|Somalia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|6,484}} |{{flag|Burkina Faso}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|8,486}} |{{flag|Nigeria}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|9,155}} |- |align=center|7 |{{flag|Azerbaijan}} (incl. Nagorno-Karabakh) |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|6,110}} |{{flag|DR Congo}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|6,283}} |{{flag|DR Congo}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|6,254}} |{{flag|Somalia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|8,342}} |{{flag|Mexico}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|8,208}} |- |align=center|8 |{{flag|Somalia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,950}} |{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg}} Syria |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|5,828}} |{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg}} Syria |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|5,639}} |{{flag|Mexico}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|7,168}} |{{flag|Burkina Faso}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|7,522}} |- |align=center|9 |{{flag|Mali}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,734}} |{{flag|Somalia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|3,532}} |{{flag|Mali}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|4,793}} |{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg}} Syria |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|6,211}} |{{flag|Syria}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|6,847}} |- |align=center|10 |{{flag|Iraq}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,436}} |{{flag|Iraq}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,605}} |{{flag|Burkina Faso}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|4,700}} |{{flag|Mali}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|4,285}} |{{flag|Somalia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|5,472}} |- |align=center|11 |{{flag|Burkina Faso}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,268}} |{{flag|Burkina Faso}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,358}} |{{flag|Iraq}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|4,181}} |{{flag|DR Congo}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|3,902}} |{{flag|Russia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|4,737}} |- |align=center|12 |{{flag|South Sudan}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,245}} |{{flag|South Sudan}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,986}} |{{flag|Afghanistan}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|3,930}} |{{flag|Ethiopia}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|3,830}} |{{flag|Mali}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|4,001}} |- |align=center|13 |{{flag|Ethiopia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,813}} |{{flag|Mali}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,911}} |{{flag|Nigeria}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|3,780}} |{{flag|Yemen}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|3,169}} |{{flag|Lebanon}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|3,813}} |- |align=center|14 |{{flag|Mozambique}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,696}} |{{flag|Central African Republic}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,704}} |{{flag|Niger}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|3,000}} |{{flag|Pakistan}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,116}} |{{flag|DR Congo}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|3,785}} |- |align=center|15 |{{flag|Libya}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,484}} |{{flag|Sudan}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,584}} |{{flag|Colombia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,276}} |{{flag|Haiti}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,014}} |{{flag|Afghanistan}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|3,208}} |- |align=center|16 |{{flag|Cameroon}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,447}} |{{flag|Niger}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,454}} |{{flag|South Sudan}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,731}} |{{flag|Colombia}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,932}} |{{flag|Pakistan}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,964}} |- |align=center|17 |{{flag|Philippines}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,316}} |{{flag|Colombia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,399}} |{{flag|Sudan}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,327}} |{{flag|Israel}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,410}} |{{flag|Haiti}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,441}} |- |align=center|18 |{{flag|India}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|783}} |{{flag|Mozambique}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,194}} |{{flag|Cameroon}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|943}} |{{flag|Iraq}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,335}} |{{flag|Cameroon}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|2,186}} |- |align=center|19 |{{flag|Colombia}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|765}} |{{flag|Cameroon}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|790}} |{{flag|Mozambique}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|916}} |{{flag|South Sudan}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,240}} |{{flag|Yemen}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,794}} |- |align=center|20 |{{flag|Myanmar}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|650}} |''{{flag|Palestine}}'' |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|484}} |{{flag|Pakistan}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|900}} |{{flag|Cameroon}} |{{IncreaseNegative}}{{nts|1,042}} |{{flag|Colombia}} |{{DecreasePositive}}{{nts|1,708}} |}
== See also == {{Portal|Politics|Current events}} * 2020s in military history * List of active rebel groups * Lists of active separatist movements * List of designated terrorist groups * List of hostage crises * List of non-international armed conflicts * List of number of conflicts per year * List of proxy wars * List of rebel groups that control territory * List of terrorist incidents * List of wars: 2020–present * List of wars by death toll * List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity * Frozen conflict * Casualty recording * Failed state
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== External links == {{Commons category|Ongoing armed conflicts}} * "[http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist/warlist.htm Major Episodes of Political Violence 1946–2019]" – List of armed conflicts compiled by Monty G. Marshall, director of the Center for Systemic Peace, based on research sponsored by the Political Instability Task Force. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120701142748/http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/search.php UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia] – Uppsala Conflict Data Program of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. * [http://ploughshares.ca/programs/armed-conflict/acr-interactive-map/ Armed Conflicts Report Interactive Map], by Project Ploughshares. * [http://www.cfr.org/global/global-conflict-tracker/p32137#!/ Global Conflict Tracker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808010028/https://www.cfr.org/global/global-conflict-tracker/p32137#!/ |date=8 August 2017}}, by the Council on Foreign Relations. * [https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch CrisisWatch] – Monthly bulletin, interactive map and database on ongoing conflicts by the International Crisis Group. * [http://newirin.irinnews.org/map-world-conflicts-dataviz-interactive/ Map of the world's conflicts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121103622/http://newirin.irinnews.org/map-world-conflicts-dataviz-interactive/ |date=21 January 2016 }}, by IRIN. * [http://www.historyguy.com/21st_century_wars.html History Guy's coverage of 21st century wars] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110020357/http://hiik.de/en/index.php Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)] ** [https://www.hiik.de/en/konfliktbarometer/index.php Conflict Barometer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709195648/https://www.hiik.de/en/konfliktbarometer/index.php |date=9 July 2017 }} – Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements * [http://www.insightonconflict.org/ Insight on Conflict] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701051815/http://www.insightonconflict.org/ |date=1 July 2017 }} – Database on peace-building initiatives in areas of conflict * [https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-where-are-the-worlds-ongoing-conflicts-today/ Mapped: Where are the World's Ongoing Conflicts Today?] an infographic map on ongoing conflicts
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