List of number of conflicts per year

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

Number of conflicts per year

Year	+10,000	+1,000	Map & Evolution   Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in year   Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in year	Armed conflict-related fatalities by country
2015	4 Boko Haram insurgency Iraq War Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan	10 Libyan Civil War Mexican Drug War Sinai insurgency South Kordofan conflict South Sudanese Civil War 2015 PKK rebellion War in Donbass War in North-West Pakistan War in Somalia Yemeni Crisis	Main conflicts in 2015
2014	5 Boko Haram insurgency[2] Iraq War[3] South Sudanese Civil War Syrian Civil War[4] War in Afghanistan[5]	10 Central African Republic conflict Communal conflicts in Nigeria Israeli–Palestinian conflict Libyan Civil War Mexican Drug War War in Darfur War in Donbass[6] War in North-West Pakistan War in Somalia Yemeni Crisis	Main conflicts in 2014	Rank Country Deaths[7][8] 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 [9][10] 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  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,235 17  Egypt 1,176 18  India 976 19  Kenya 618 20  Philippines 386 21  Mali 380 22  Russia 341 23  Thailand 330 24  Ethiopia 309 25  Algeria 242
2013	3 Mexican Drug War[11] Syrian Civil War[12] War in Afghanistan[13]	10 Boko Haram insurgency[14] Central African Republic conflict[15] Communal conflicts in Nigeria Iraqi Insurgency[16] Kivu conflict South Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur War in North-West Pakistan[17] War in Somalia[18]	Main conflicts in 2013	Rank Country Deaths[19][8] 1  Syria 73,447 2  Mexico 11,324[20][21] 3  Afghanistan 10,172 4  Iraq 9,742 5  Sudan 6,816 6  Pakistan 5,739 [22] 7  Nigeria 4,727 8  South Sudan 4,168 9  Somalia 3,153 10  Central African Republic 2,364 11  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,976 12  India 885 [23] 13  Mali 870 14  Egypt 730 15  Kenya 705 16  Libya 643 17  Yemen 600 18  Russia 529 [24] 19  Thailand 455 20  Algeria 340 21  Philippines 322 22  Colombia 124 23  Myanmar 62
2012	2 Mexican Drug War[25] Syrian Civil War[26]	6 Iraqi Insurgency[16] War in Afghanistan War in Darfur War in North-West Pakistan[17] War in Somalia[27] Yemeni Crisis		Rank Country Deaths 1  Mexico 18.061 [28] 2  Syria 14.825 [29] 3  Afghanistan 7.225 [30] 4  Iraq 4,622 [31] 5  Pakistan 5.211 [32] 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 [38] 12  Russia 700 [39] 13  Democratic Republic of the Congo 611 [40] 14  Algeria 244 [41] 15  Colombia 211 [42] 16  South Sudan 137 [43]
2011				Rank Country Deaths 1  Mexico 24.068 2  Pakistan 6.303 [44] 3  Iraq 4.153 [45] 4  India 1.073 [46] 5  Russia 750 [47] 6    Nepal 19 [48]
2010				Rank Country Deaths 1  Pakistan 7.435 [49] 2  Iraq 4.167 [50] 3  India 1.902 [51] 4  Russia 749 [52] 5    Nepal 38 [53]
2009				Rank Country Deaths 1  Sri Lanka 15.565 [54] 2  Pakistan 11.704 [55] 3  Iraq 5.369 [56] 4  India 2.232 [57] 5    Nepal 50 [58]
2008				Rank Country Deaths 1  Sri Lanka 11.144 [59] 2  Iraq 10.271 [60] 3  Pakistan 6.715 [61] 4  India 2.619 [62] 5    Nepal 81 [63]
2007				Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 26.036 [64] 2  Sri Lanka 4.377 [65] 3  Pakistan 3.598 [66] 4  India 2.615 [67] 5    Nepal 99 [68]
2006				Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 29.451 [69] 2  Sri Lanka 4.126 [70] 3  India 2.770 [71] 4  Pakistan 1.471 [72] 5    Nepal 480 [73]
2005				Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 16.583 [74] 2  India 3.259 [75] 3    Nepal 1.845 [76] 4  Pakistan 648 [77] 5  Sri Lanka 330 [78]
2004				Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 11.736 [79] 2    Nepal 2.451 [80] 3  Pakistan 863 [81] 4  Sri Lanka 109 [82]
2003				Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 12.125 [83] 2  Pakistan 189 [84]

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