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[edit]

Year  | +10,000  | +1,000  | Map and evolution

Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in year

Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in year

| Armed conflict-related fatalities by country

|
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|
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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 | 35,941
2  |  Mexico | 33,341
3  |  Yemen | 22,201
4  |  Syria | 20,130
5  |  Iraq | 4,920
6  |  Nigeria | 4,850
7  |  Somalia | 3,862
8  |  Saudi Arabia | 3,509
9  |  DR Congo | 1,757
10  |  Mali | 1,285
11  |  South Sudan | 1,166
12  |  India | 988
13  |  Cameroon | 945
14  |  Ethiopia | 886
15  |  CAR | 842
16  |  Pakistan | 736
17  |  Libya | 727
18  |  Colombia | 709
19  |  Sudan | 600
20  |  Turkey | 530
2017 | 4

* 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 | 39,000
2  |  Mexico | 31,174*
3  |  Afghanistan | 23,065
4  |  Iraq | 13,187
5  |  Myanmar | 6,700+
6  |  Somalia | 4,969
7  |  South Sudan | 3,528
8  |  Nigeria | 3,432
9  |  Sudan | 2,450
10  |  DR Congo | 1,857
11  |  CAR | 1,757
12  |  Libya | 1,564
13  |  Egypt | 1,506
14  |  Ethiopia | 1,445
15  |  Philippines | 1,429
16  |  Yemen | 1,319
17  |  Pakistan | 1,269[2]
18  |  Mali | 926
19  |  Turkey | 802
20  |  India | 700
2016 | 3

* 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 | 49,742
2  |  Mexico | 23,953*[3]
3  |  Iraq | 23,898
4  |  Afghanistan | 23,539
5  |  Somalia | 5,575
6  |  Nigeria | 4,684
7  |  Sudan | 3,891
8  |  South Sudan | 3,544
9  |  Libya | 2,865
10  |  Turkey | 2,013
11  |  Pakistan | 1,803[4]
12  |  Egypt | 1,707
13  |  DR Congo | 1,565
14  |  Yemen | 1,375
15  |  Ethiopia | 1,114
16  |  India | 905[5]
17  |  Ukraine | 902
18  |  CAR | 623
19  |  Burundi | 461
20  |  Algeria | 128
2015 |  4

* 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 |  55,219
2  |  Afghanistan |  36,345
3  |  Iraq |  24,113
4  |  Nigeria |  10,677
5  |  Mexico |  8,122
6  |  Yemen |  6,425
7  |  Pakistan |  4,612[8]
8  |  Ukraine |  4,344
9  |  Somalia |  4,087
10  |  South Sudan |  3,258
11  |  Sudan |  3,216
12  |  Egypt |  2,836
13  |  Libya |  2,706
14  |  DR Congo |  1,699
15  |  Cameroon |  1,429
16  |  Niger |  986
17  |  Myanmar |  881
18  |  Ethiopia |  602
19  |  Burundi |  551
20  |  India |  534
21  |  Philippines |  501
22  |  CAR |  475
23  |  Mali |  414
24  |  Colombia |  410
25  |  Thailand |  246
26  |  Russia |  209
27  |  China |  197
28  |  Israel/ Palestine |  190
29  |  Lebanon |  91
30  |  Iran |  64
2014 |  5

* 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 |  76,021
2  |  South Sudan |  50,000
3  |  Iraq |  24,000
4  |  Afghanistan |  14,638
5  |  Nigeria |  11,360
6  |  Mexico |  7,504 [15][16]
7  |  Ukraine |  5,798
8  |  Pakistan |  5,496
9  |  Somalia |  4,447
10  |  Sudan |  3,892
11  |  Central African Republic |  3,347
12  |  Libya |  2,825
13  |  Israel/ Palestine |  2,365
14  |  Yemen |  1,500
15  |  Cameroon |  1,366
16  |  DR Congo |  1,235
17  |  Egypt |  1,176
18  |  India |  976
19  |  Kenya |  618
20  |  China |  500
21  |  Colombia |  459
22  |  Philippines |  386
23  |  Mali |  380
24  |  Russia |  341
25  |  Thailand |  330
26  |  Ethiopia |  309
27  |  Lebanon |  297
28  |  Algeria |  242
29  |  Bangladesh |  76
30  |  Armenia/ Azerbaijan |  71
2013 |  3

* 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]

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