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
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7
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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
|
15
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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
|
11
|
|
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
|
10
|
 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
|
10
|
 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
|
10
|
 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 |
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2012 | 2
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6
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2011 | 1
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3
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