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    List of number of conflicts per year

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

    Number of conflicts per year

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    Year +10,000 +1,000 Map and evolution
      Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in year
      Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in year
         		Armed conflict-related fatalities by country
    2018 4
    • Mexican Drug War
    • Syrian Civil War
    • War in Afghanistan
    • Yemeni Civil War
    		 7
    • Boko Haram insurgency
    • Communal conflicts in Nigeria
    • Mali War
    • Mexican Drug War
    • South Sudanese Civil War
    • War in Somalia
    • Iraqi insurgency
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Afghanistan Negative increase35,941
    2 Mexico Negative increase33,341
    3 Yemen Negative increase22,201
    4 Syria Positive decrease20,130
    5 Iraq Positive decrease4,920
    6 Nigeria Negative increase4,850
    7 Somalia Positive decrease3,862
    8 Saudi Arabia Negative increase3,509
    9 DR Congo Positive decrease1,757
    10 Mali Negative increase1,285
    11 South Sudan Positive decrease1,166
    12 India Negative increase988
    13 Cameroon Negative increase945
    14 Ethiopia Positive decrease886
    15 CAR Positive decrease842
    16 Pakistan Positive decrease736
    17 Libya Positive decrease727
    18 Colombia Negative increase709
    19 Sudan Positive decrease600
    20 Turkey Positive decrease530
    2017 4
    • Mexican Drug War
    • Syrian Civil War
    • War in Afghanistan
    • War in Iraq
    		 15
    • Boko Haram insurgency
    • Central African Republic Civil War
    • Communal conflicts in Nigeria
    • Internal conflict in Myanmar
      • Northern Rakhine State clashes
    • Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
    • Moro conflict
    • Oromo conflict
    • Second Libyan Civil War
    • Sinai insurgency
    • South Kordofan conflict
    • South Sudanese Civil War
    • War in Darfur
    • War in Somalia
    • Yemeni Civil War
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Syria Positive decrease39,000
    2 Mexico Negative increase31,174*
    3 Afghanistan Positive decrease23,065
    4 Iraq Positive decrease13,187
    5 Myanmar Negative increase6,700+
    6 Somalia Positive decrease4,969
    7 South Sudan Positive decrease3,528
    8 Nigeria Positive decrease3,432
    9 Sudan Positive decrease2,450
    10 DR Congo Negative increase1,857
    11 CAR Negative increase1,757
    12 Libya Positive decrease1,564
    13 Egypt Positive decrease1,506
    14 Ethiopia Negative increase1,445
    15 Philippines Negative increase1,429
    16 Yemen Positive decrease1,319
    17 Pakistan Positive decrease1,269[2]
    18 Mali Negative increase926
    19 Turkey Positive decrease802
    20 India Positive decrease700
    2016 3
    • War in Iraq
    • Syrian Civil War
    • War in Afghanistan
    		 11
    • Boko Haram insurgency
    • Communal conflicts in Nigeria
    • Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
    • Mexican Drug War
    • Second Libyan Civil War
    • Sinai insurgency
    • South Kordofan conflict
    • South Sudanese Civil War
    • War in Darfur
    • War in Somalia
    • Yemeni Civil War
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Syria Positive decrease49,742
    2 Mexico Negative increase23,953*[3]
    3 Iraq Positive decrease23,898
    4 Afghanistan Positive decrease23,539
    5 Somalia Negative increase5,575
    6 Nigeria Positive decrease4,684
    7 Sudan Negative increase3,891
    8 South Sudan Negative increase3,544
    9 Libya Negative increase2,865
    10 Turkey Negative increase2,013
    11 Pakistan Positive decrease1,803[4]
    12 Egypt Positive decrease1,707
    13 DR Congo Positive decrease1,565
    14 Yemen Positive decrease1,375
    15 Ethiopia Negative increase1,114
    16 India Negative increase905[5]
    17 Ukraine Positive decrease902
    18 CAR Negative increase623
    19 Burundi Positive decrease461
    20 Algeria Positive decrease128
    2015 4
    • Boko Haram insurgency
    • Syrian Civil War
    • War in Afghanistan
    • War in Iraq
    		 10
    • Mexican Drug War
    • Second Libyan Civil War
    • Sinai insurgency
    • South Kordofan conflict
    • South Sudanese Civil War
    • 2015 PKK rebellion
    • War in Donbass
    • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • War in Somalia
    • Yemeni Civil War
    Main conflicts in 2015
    Rank Country Deaths[n 1]
    1 Syria Positive decrease 55,219
    2 Afghanistan Negative increase 36,345
    3 Iraq Negative increase 24,113
    4 Nigeria Positive decrease 10,677
    5 Mexico Negative increase 8,122
    6 Yemen Negative increase 6,425
    7 Pakistan Positive decrease 4,612[8]
    8 Ukraine Positive decrease 4,344
    9 Somalia Positive decrease 4,087
    10 South Sudan Positive decrease 3,258
    11 Sudan Positive decrease 3,216
    12 Egypt Negative increase 2,836
    13 Libya Positive decrease 2,706
    14 DR Congo Negative increase 1,699
    15 Cameroon Negative increase 1,429
    16 Niger Negative increase 986
    17 Myanmar Negative increase 881
    18 Ethiopia Negative increase 602
    19 Burundi Negative increase 551
    20 India Positive decrease 534
    21 Philippines Negative increase 501
    22 CAR Positive decrease 475
    23 Mali Negative increase 414
    24 Colombia Positive decrease 410
    25 Thailand Positive decrease 246
    26 Russia Positive decrease 209
    27 China Positive decrease 197
    28 Israel/ Palestine Positive decrease 190
    29 Lebanon Positive decrease 91
    30 Iran Negative increase 64
    2014 5
    • Boko Haram insurgency[9]
    • War in Iraq[10]
    • South Sudanese Civil War
    • Syrian Civil War[11]
    • War in Afghanistan[12]
    		 10
    • Central African Republic War
    • Communal conflicts in Nigeria
    • Israeli–Palestinian conflict
    • Second Libyan Civil War
    • Mexican Drug War
    • War in Darfur
    • War in Donbass[13]
    • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • War in Somalia
    • Yemeni Civil War
    Main conflicts in 2014
    Rank Country Deaths[6][14]
    1 Syria Negative increase 76,021
    2 South Sudan Negative increase 50,000
    3 Iraq Negative increase 24,000
    4 Afghanistan Negative increase 14,638
    5 Nigeria Negative increase 11,360
    6 Mexico Positive decrease 7,504 [15][16]
    7 Ukraine Negative increase 5,798
    8 Pakistan Positive decrease 5,496
    9 Somalia Negative increase 4,447
    10 Sudan Positive decrease 3,892
    11 Central African Republic Negative increase 3,347
    12 Libya Negative increase 2,825
    13 Israel/ Palestine Negative increase 2,365
    14 Yemen Negative increase 1,500
    15 Cameroon Negative increase 1,366
    16 DR Congo Positive decrease 1,235
    17 Egypt Negative increase 1,176
    18 India Negative increase 976
    19 Kenya Positive decrease 618
    20 China Negative increase 500
    21 Colombia Negative increase 459
    22 Philippines Negative increase 386
    23 Mali Positive decrease 380
    24 Russia Positive decrease 341
    25 Thailand Positive decrease 330
    26 Ethiopia Negative increase 309
    27 Lebanon Negative increase 297
    28 Algeria Positive decrease 242
    29 Bangladesh Negative increase 76
    30 Armenia/ Azerbaijan Negative increase 71
    2013 3
    • Mexican Drug War[17]
    • Syrian Civil War[11]
    • War in Afghanistan[18]
    		 10
    • Boko Haram insurgency[19]
    • Central African Republic conflict[20]
    • Communal conflicts in Nigeria
    • Iraqi insurgency[21]
    • Kivu conflict
    • South Sudanese Civil War
    • War in Darfur
    • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[22]
    • War in Somalia[23]
    Main conflicts in 2013
    Rank Country Deaths[6][14]
    1 Syria 73,447
    2 Mexico 11,324[24][25]
    3 Afghanistan 10,172
    4 Iraq 9,742
    5 Sudan 6,816
    6 Pakistan 5,739 [26]
    7 Nigeria 4,727
    8 South Sudan 4,168
    9 Somalia 3,153
    10 Central African Republic 2,364
    11 DR Congo 1,976
    12 India 885 [27]
    13 Mali 870
    14 Egypt 730
    15 Kenya 705
    16 Libya 643
    17 Yemen 600
    18 Russia 529 [28]
    19 Thailand 455
    20 Algeria 340
    21 Philippines 322
    22 Colombia 124
    23 Myanmar 62
    2012 2
    • Mexican Drug War[17]
    • Syrian Civil War[11]
    		 6
    • Iraqi Insurgency[21]
    • War in Afghanistan
    • War in Darfur
    • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[22]
    • War in Somalia[23]
    • Yemeni Crisis
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Mexico 18,061 [29]
    2 Syria 14,825 [30]
    3 Afghanistan 7,225 [31]
    4 Iraq 4,622 [32]
    5 Pakistan 5,211 [26]
    6 Somalia 2,445 [33]
    7 Yemen 2,328 [34]
    8 Sudan 1,119 [35]
    9 Nigeria 812 [36]
    10 Turkey 811 [37]
    11 India 803 [27]
    12 Russia 700 [28]
    13 DR Congo 611 [38]
    14 Algeria 244 [39]
    15 Colombia 211 [40]
    16 South Sudan 137 [41]
    2011 1
    • Mexican Drug War
    		 3
    • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Libyan Civil War
    • Iraqi insurgency
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Mexico 24,068
    2 Libya 9,400
    3 Pakistan 6,303 [26]
    4 Iraq 4,153 [32]
    5 India 1,073 [27]
    6 Russia 750 [28]
    7   Nepal 19 [42]
    2010
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Pakistan 7,435 [26]
    2 Iraq 4,167 [32]
    3 India 1,902 [27]
    4 Russia 749 [28]
    5   Nepal 38 [42]
    2009
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Sri Lanka 15,565 [43]
    2 Pakistan 11,704 [26]
    3 Iraq 5,369 [32]
    4 India 2,232 [27]
    5   Nepal 50 [42]
    2008
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Sri Lanka 11,144 [43]
    2 Iraq 10,271 [32]
    3 Pakistan 6,715 [26]
    4 India 2,619 [27]
    5   Nepal 81 [42]
    2007
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Iraq 26,036 [32]
    2 Sri Lanka 4,377 [43]
    3 Pakistan 3,598 [26]
    4 India 2,615 [27]
    5   Nepal 99 [42]
    2006
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Iraq 29,451 [43]
    2 Sri Lanka 4,126 [32]
    3 India 2,770 [27]
    4 Pakistan 1,471 [26]
    5   Nepal 480 [42]
    2005
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Iraq 16,583 [32]
    2 India 3,259 [27]
    3   Nepal 1,845 [42]
    4 Pakistan 648 [26]
    5 Sri Lanka 330 [43]
    2004
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Iraq 11,736 [32]
    2   Nepal 2,451 [42]
    3 Pakistan 863 [26]
    4 Sri Lanka 109 [43]
    2003
    Rank Country Deaths
    1 Iraq 12,125 [32]
    2   Nepal 2,105 [42]
    3 Pakistan 189 [26]
    4 Sri Lanka 59 [43]

    References

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    Citations

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    Notes

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