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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts
This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict.
Major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or past year)
The 5 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between identified groups, in a current or past calendar year.
Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Cumulative fatalities 2021 fatalities 2022 fatalities
1948 Internal conflict in Myanmar, Kachin conflict, Karen conflict, Rohingya conflict, Conflict in Rakhine State
2021–2022 Myanmar protests
2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency, Myanmar 150,000–210,000 2,440–11,114 8,500+ 1978 Afghanistan conflict, Islamic State–Taliban conflict
Panjshir conflict, Afghanistan 1,450,000–2,084,468 36,396–42,217 1,424
2011 Yemeni Crisis, Yemeni Civil War, Al-Qaeda insurgency, Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
Saudi Arabian-led intervention
Asia Yemen, Saudi Arabia 377,000 26,573–31,048 4,691
2014 Russo-Ukrainian War, War in Donbas, Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk PR, Luhansk PR 38,000-85,000+ 149 30,000–76,734+ 2020 Tigray War, Spillover of the Tigray War, Ethiopian–Sudanese clashes Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan 300,000–500,000 7,940–19,200 670 ---------------------
Wars (1,000–9,999 combat-related deaths in current or past year)
The 18 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than
10,000 direct, violent deaths in a current or past calendar year.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Cumulative fatalities 2021 fatalities 2022 fatalities
1964 Colombian conflict, Catatumbo campaign, 2021 Apure clashes, Colombia Venezuela 221,000+ 1,399 814
1973 Oromo conflict, OLA insurgency, Ethiopia 3,000–8,900 2,080 710
1991 Somali Civil War, Current phase, Operation Atalanta, Somalia Kenya 506,000+ 6,532 1,776
1996 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, DR Congo Uganda 5,000+ 2,448 1,137 1998 Communal conflicts in Nigeria, Herder–farmer conflicts, Nigeria 17,156+[n 2] 1,220[48] 1,020[6]
1999 Ituri conflict Africa DR Congo 64,000+[49] 1,660[6] 615[6]
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb- Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Niger, Tunisia, Togo, Benin
Ivory Coast 29,000+ 5,720 2,001
2003 Iraq conflict, Islamic State insurgency in Iraq 328,000–1,215,000+ 2,605 968
2003 War in Darfur, Sudan 301,000+ 1,364 570
2004 Kivu conflict DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi 23,000+ 2,173 675
2006 Mexican drug war, Infighting in the Gulf Cartel, Infighting in Los Zetas Piracy on Falcon Lake, 62,000 6,199–8,273 2,822
2009 Boko Haram insurgency, Religious violence in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad
358,000 8,000 2,600
2011 Syrian civil war, Inter-rebel conflict, Syrian–Turkish border clashes Rojava conflict, Rojava–Islamist conflict, Daraa insurgency 500,000–606,000+ 5,828 2,012
2011 Ethnic violence in South Sudan, 386,000–400,000+ 1,986 731
2011 Nigerian bandit conflict 12,000+ 2,600 1,020
2012 Mali War 15,000+ 1,911 1,905
2012 Central African Republic Civil War 9,000+ 1,704 500
2017 Insurgency in Cabo Delgado Mozambique, Tanzania 5,000+ 1,194 341
Minor conflicts (100–999 combat-related deaths in current or past year)
The 20 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100, and
fewer than 1,000, direct, violent deaths in a current or past calendar year. Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Cumulative fatalities 2021 fatalities 2022 fatalities
1947 Indo-Pakistani Wars, Insurgency in Kashmir 200,000–2,000,000 575 110 1954 Insurgency in Northeast India, Assam separatist movements
Insurgency in Manipur, Ethnic conflict in Nagaland, Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh 40,000 41–150 130
1948 Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Gaza–Israel conflict, Palestine, 27,000 484 83
1948 Insurgency in Balochistan, Sistan/Baluchestan insurgency, Insurgency in Sindh 20,289–20,589+ 620 335
1969 Moro conflict, Philippines 120,000–150,000 170 125
1962 Papua conflict, Indonesia 100,000–500,000 123 44
1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency, India 12,877–14,369+ 163–562 175
1969 Communist rebellion in the Philippines, 45,000–63,973 450 97
1984 Kurdish–Turkish conflict, (2015–present) Turkey/Iraq/Syria 55,000–60,000 297 32
2003 Conflict in the Niger Delta, Bakassi conflict, 2016 Niger Delta conflict Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria, Cameroon 650 320 50
2004 Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 45,369+ 114–460 315
2011 Libyan crisis Libya 30,000–43,000 115 49
2011 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan & Blue Nile, 7,166 220 10
2011 Sinai insurgency Egypt 5,853–7,353+ 257 160
2016 Philippine drug war 31,945 525 120
2017 Anglophone Crisis, Cameroon 6,000+ 790 228
2018 Bangladesh drug war, 583+ 347 129
2019 Benishangul-Gumuz conflict, Ethiopia 1322 970 135
2020 Afar–Somali clashes, Ethiopia 577 550 27
2021 Insurgency in Northern Chad 305 305 0
Skirmishes and clashes (fewer than 100 combat-related deaths in current or past year)
The 19 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in a current or past calendar year.
Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Cumulative fatalities 2021 fatalities 2022 fatalities
1922 Arab separatism in Khuzestan Iran 501+ 4[ 2
1945 Korean conflict North Korea, South Korea 3,000,000 14 21
1946 Kurdish separatism in Iran, PJAK conflict, W Iran clashes (2016–present) 15,000–58,000+ 90 61
1973 Western Sahara conflict, W Saharan clashes (2020–present) Morocco Saharawi Republic 14,000–21,000+ 45 12
1963 Katanga insurgency, DR Congo, 1,934+ 26 0
1975 Cabinda War, Angola 30,000 48 34
1976 Corsican conflict, 2022 Corsica unrest, France 140+ 0 1
1980 Internal conflict in Peru, 70,000 24 5
1982 Casamance conflict, Senegal 5,000+ 24 13
1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis 39,000–49,000+ 57 11
1987 Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, DR Congo 100,000+ 2 0
1994 Chiapas conflict, Mexico 316 8[ 0
1998 Dissident Irish republican campaign, UK 160+ 1 0
1999 Internal conflict in Bangladesh, 3,000+ 1 9
2004 South Thailand insurgency, 7,294 93 15
2005 Insurgency in Paraguay, 111 41 6
2007 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes +470 8 56
2013 Insurgency in Egypt, 5,800+ 7 11
2015 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia, 235+ 19 0
Deaths by country
This section details armed-conflict–related fatalities by country.
Conflict Deaths 17 Deadliest Countries 2015-2020
Rank 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Country Deaths Country Deaths Country Deaths Country Deaths Country Deaths Country Deaths
1 Syria Positive decrease49,742 Syria Positive decrease39,000 Afghanistan Negative increase35,941 Afghanistan Negative increase41,735 Mexico Positive decrease34,512* Afghanistan/ Afghanistan Negative increase42,223
2 Mexico Negative increase23,953*[198] Mexico Negative increase31,174* Mexico Negative increase33,341* Mexico Negative increase35,588* Afghanistan Positive decrease20,674 Yemen Negative increase31,048
3 Iraq Positive decrease23,898 Afghanistan Positive decrease23,065 Yemen Negative increase22,201 Yemen Positive decrease16,050 Yemen Negative increase19,561 Ethiopia Negative increase22,800
4 Afghanistan Positive decrease23,539 Iraq Positive decrease13,187 Syria Positive decrease20,130 Syria Positive decrease11,244 Syria Positive decrease7,620 Myanmar Negative increase11,114
5 Somalia Negative increase5,575 Myanmar Negative increase6,700+ Iraq Positive decrease4,920 Saudi Arabia Negative increase4,832 Nigeria Negative increase7,172 Nigeria Negative increase9,687
6 Nigeria Positive decrease4,684 Somalia Positive decrease4,969 Nigeria Negative increase4,850 Somalia Positive decrease2,604 DR Congo Negative increase6,162 Mexico Positive decrease8,273
7 Sudan Negative increase3,891 South Sudan Positive decrease3,528 Somalia Positive decrease3,862 Libya Negative increase2,200+ Azerbaijan/ Artsakh Negative increase6,110 DR Congo Negative increase6,283
8 South Sudan Negative increase3,544 Nigeria Positive decrease3,432 Saudi Arabia Negative increase3,509 Iraq Positive decrease1,850+ Somalia Negative increase2,950 Syria Positive decrease5,828
9 Libya Negative increase2,865 Sudan Positive decrease2,450 DR Congo Positive decrease1,757 Mali Positive decrease734+ Mali Negative increase2,734 Somalia Negative increase 3,532
10 Turkey Negative increase2,013 DR Congo Negative increase1,857 Mali Negative increase1,285 Egypt Positive decrease529+ Iraq Negative increase2,436 Iraq Negative increase2,605
11 Pakistan Positive decrease1,803 Central African Republic Negative increase1,757 South Sudan Positive decrease1,166 South Sudan Positive decrease519 Burkina Faso Negative increase2,268 Burkina Faso Negative increase2,358
12 Egypt Positive decrease1,707 Libya Positive decrease1,564 India Negative increase988 India Positive decrease~403 South Sudan Negative increase2,245 South Sudan Positive decrease1,986
13 DR Congo Positive decrease1,565 Egypt Positive decrease1,506 Cameroon Negative increase945 DR Congo Positive decrease302+ Ethiopia Negative increase1,813 Mali Positive decrease1,911
14 Yemen Positive decrease1,375 Ethiopia Negative increase1,445 Ethiopia Positive decrease886 Colombia Positive decrease238 Mozambique Negative increase1,696 Central African Republic Negative increase1,704
15 Ethiopia Negative increase1,114 Philippines Negative increase1,429 Central African Republic Positive decrease842 Cameroon Positive decrease234 Libya Positive decrease1,484 Sudan Negative increase1,584
16 India Negative increase905 Yemen Positive decrease1,319 Pakistan Positive decrease736 Pakistan Positive decrease206 Cameroon Negative increase1,447 Niger Negative increase1,454
17 Ukraine Positive decrease902 Pakistan Positive decrease1,269 Libya Positive decrease727 Thailand Negative increase163 Philippines Negative increase1,316 Colombia Negative increase1,399
*Mainly homicides rather than battle-related casualties
See also
Outline of war and battles in the world (by date, region, type of conflict, deaths)
List of number of conflicts per year
List of wars: 2003–present
List of events named massacres
List of terrorist incidents
List of active separatist movements
List of active rebel groups
List of rebel groups that control territory
List of designated terrorist groups
List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity
Protest
Frozen conflict
Uppsala Conflict Data Program
Casualty recording
Failed state
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