The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
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:
The 5 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.[2]
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1948 | Asia | Myanmar | 180,000+[3][4] | 15,773[5][6][7][8] | 4,516[9] | |
1948 | Asia | Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Yemen | 228,000–237,000+[10] | 24,550–32,519[11][5][a][20] | 14,207–15,187+[9][21][22][23][24][25] | |
2002 | Africa | Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Morocco, and Libya | 70,000+[9][26][27][28][29] | 14,728[5][30] | 3,953[9] | |
2014 | Europe | Russia and Ukraine | 180,000–220,000+[31][32] | 30,915[5]–95,088+[33] | 7,434[9] | |
2023 | War in Sudan | Africa | Sudan | 15,500+[5][34] | 13,225[5][34][35] | 2,833[9] |
The 16 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.[2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.[36]
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1964 | South America | Colombia and Venezuela | 455,500+[37] | 2,558[5] | 616[9] | |
1978 | Asia | Afghanistan and Pakistan | 1,454,000–2,584,468+[38] | 1,041[5] | 245[9] | |
1991 | Africa | Somalia (including Somaliland) and Kenya | 359,300–1,000,000+[39][40] | 9,343[5][41][42] | 1,864[9] | |
1996 | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda | 10,500+[43][44][45][46] | 1,514[5] | 432[9] | |
1998 | Africa | Nigeria | 98,300+[43][47][48][49][50] | 3,300[5][51] | 690[9] | |
2003 | Asia | Iraq | 333,300–1,215,000+[52][53][b] | 1,338[5] | 284[9] | |
2004 | Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Asia | Pakistan | 47,300–61,549+[54] | 1,300[5] | 400[9] |
2004 | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi | 27,200+[55] | 2,273[5] | 709[9] | |
2006 | North America | Mexico | 357,000-400,000[56][c] | 7,168[5] | 2,015[9] | |
2008 | Africa | Sudan and South Sudan | 388,200–400,000+[58] | 1,249[5][59] | 355[9] | |
2009 | Africa | Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad | 373,100[60] | 5,182[5][61] | 1,705[9] | |
2011 |
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Asia | Syria | 586,200–613,407+[62] | 6,211[5][63] | 2,059[9] |
2014 | Asia | Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Israel | 380,300[64] | 3,381[5] | 703[9] | |
2017 | Anglophone Crisis | Africa | Cameroon and Nigeria | 7,000+[65] | 338[d]-1,042[5] | 422[9] |
2018 | Africa | Ethiopia | 180,800–600,000+[66] | 3,830[5][67] | 2,514[9] | |
2020 | North America | Haiti | 5,551+[68][69][70] | 4,451[5][68][71] | 1,554[9][72][73] |
The 19 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.
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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1918 | Asia | Iran and Iraq | 15,200–58,000+[74] | 198[5] | 202[9] | |
1921 | Asia | Turkey, Iraq, Syria | 120,100+[75][76] | 136[5] | 14[9] | |
1943 | Jamaican political conflict | North America | Jamaica | 1,400+[77] | 397[5] | 86[9] |
1947 | Asia | India and Pakistan | 200,700–2,000,000 [citation needed][78] |
706[5] | 190[9] | |
1948 | Asia | Pakistan and Iran | 21,400+[79] | 600[5] | 250[9] | |
1954 | Asia | India and Bhutan | 40,500[80] | 540[5] | 75[9] | |
1962 | Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 100,100–500,000[81] | 179[5] | 42[9] |
1967 | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | Asia | India | 13,100–14,369+[82] | 360[5] | 45[9] |
1969 | Asia | Philippines | 165,500–213,000[83] | 580[5] | 137[9] | |
1988 | Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea | Oceania | Papua New Guinea | 15,000–20,000[84][85] | 337[9] | 87[9][86] |
1999 | Asia | Bangladesh | 1,800+[5][87] | 328[5][88] | 89[9] | |
1999 | Ituri conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 65,800+[89] | 830[5] | 55[9] |
2003 | Africa | Nigeria and Cameroon | 2,600[90] | 150[5] | 320[9] | |
2006 | Conflict for control of favelas in Rio | South America | Brazil | 700–14,383[91] | 41[92]–336[9] | 10[9] |
2012 | Central African Republic Civil War | Africa | Central African Republic and Cameroon | 14,500+[43] | 546[5] | 190[9] |
2016 | Philippine drug war | Asia | Philippines | 32,200[93] | 269[5] | 50[9] |
2017 | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | Africa | Mozambique and Tanzania | 6,300+[94] | 321[5] | 178[9] |
2021 | Asia | Azerbaijan and Armenia | 39,800–49,000+[95] | 594[5][96][97] | 4[9] | |
2022 | Honduran gang crackdown | North America | Honduras | 100+[98][99][100]–700[9] | 100[98][101][102]–647[9] | 145[9] |
The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.
Start of conflict |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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2017 | Europe | Russia | 160,000+[103] | 10[9] | 0[9] | |
1948 | Korean conflict | Asia | North Korea and South Korea | 3,000,000 | 12[5] | 0[9] |
1963 | Katanga insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,400+[5][104] | 2[5] | 0[9] |
1970 | Africa | Morocco and Western Sahara | 14,000–21,000+ | 38[5] | 19[9] | |
1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 30,000[105] | 66[5] | 16[9] |
1980 | Internal conflict in Peru | South America | Peru | 70,000[106] | 75[5] | 9[9] |
1981 | Africa | Egypt | 6,000–7,353+[43][107][108] | 21[5] | 2[9] | |
1982 | Casamance conflict | Africa | Senegal | 5,000+[109] | 48[5] | 13[9] |
1987 | Lord's Resistance Army insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan | 100,000+[110] | 3[5] | 0[9] |
1989 | Georgian–Ossetian conflict | Asia | Georgia (including South Ossetia) | 1,614+[111] | 2[112][113][114] | 0[9] |
2004 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 7,294[115] | 57[5] | 14[9] |
2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | Paraguay | 145+[e][55] | 10[5] | 0[9] |
2011 | Africa | Libya | 30,000–43,000[43][116] | 89[5][117] | 23[9] | |
2016 | Insurgency in Northern Chad | Africa | Chad | 644[118] | 37[5] | 0[9] |
2018 | South America | Ecuador | 14,218+[citation needed] | 60[5] | 22[119][120] | |
2022 | Salvadoran gang crackdown | North America | El Salvador | 235[121] | 56[5] | 7[9] |
Rank | 2020[f] | 2021[f] | 2022[f] | 2023[f] | ||||
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Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | |
1 | Mexico | 34,512[g] | Afghanistan | 42,223 | Ethiopia | 109,600+ | Ukraine | 95,088+ |
2 | Afghanistan | 30,974 | Yemen | 31,048 | Ukraine | 100,000+ | Palestine | 22,205+ |
3 | Yemen | 19,561 | Ethiopia | 22,800 | Myanmar | 20,206 | Myanmar | 15,773 |
4 | Syria | 7,620 | Mexico | 18,811[g] | Mexico | 14,254[g] | Sudan | 13,225 |
5 | Nigeria | 7,172 | Myanmar | 11,114 | Yemen | 7,133 | Nigeria | 8,505 |
6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,162 | Nigeria | 9,687 | Somalia | 6,484 | Burkina Faso | 8,486 |
7 | Azerbaijan (including Artsakh) | 6,110 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,283 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,254 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 8,342 |
8 | Somalia | 2,950 | Syria | 5,828 | Syria | 5,639 | Mexico | 7,168 |
9 | Mali | 2,734 | Somalia | 3,532 | Mali | 4,793 | Syria | 6,211 |
10 | Iraq | 2,436 | Iraq | 2,605 | Burkina Faso | 4,700 | Mali | 4,285 |
11 | Burkina Faso | 2,268 | Burkina Faso | 2,358 | Iraq | 4,181 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,902 |
12 | South Sudan | 2,245 | South Sudan | 1,986 | Afghanistan | 3,930 | Ethiopia | 3,830 |
13 | Ethiopia | 1,813 | Mali | 1,911 | Nigeria | 3,780 | Yemen | 3,169 |
14 | Mozambique | 1,696 | Central African Republic | 1,704 | Niger | 3,000 | Pakistan | 2,116 |
15 | Libya | 1,484 | Sudan | 1,584 | Colombia | 2,276 | Haiti | 2,014 |
16 | Cameroon | 1,447 | Niger | 1,454 | South Sudan | 1,731 | Colombia | 1,932 |
17 | Philippines | 1,316 | Colombia | 1,399 | Sudan | 1,327 | Israel | 1,410 |
18 | India | 783 | Mozambique | 1,194 | Cameroon | 943 | Iraq | 1,335 |
19 | Colombia | 765 | Cameroon | 790 | Mozambique | 916 | South Sudan | 1,240 |
20 | Myanmar | 650 | Palestine | 484 | Pakistan | 900 | Cameroon | 1,042 |
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the conflict killed at least 500 people a year in 2012 and 2013.