# List of armed conflicts in 2014

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2014.
The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 223 politically-motivated armed conflicts (of which 46 estimated as highly violent: 21 full-scale wars, 25 limited wars) worldwide during 2014.

## List guidelines

This list is an archive of armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2014.

## 10,000 or more deaths in 2014

| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2014 |
| 1978 | War in Afghanistan Current phase | Asia | Afghanistan | 14,277 |
| 2003 | Iraqi conflict Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) | Asia | Iraq | 24,000–50,000 |
| 2009 | Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad | 10,849 |
| 2011 | Syrian Civil War | Asia | Syria | 110,920 |
| 2013 | South Sudanese Civil War | Africa | South Sudan | 50,000 |

## 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014

| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2014 |
| 1964 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict | Asia | Israel Palestine | 2,365 |
| 1991 | Somali Civil War Current phase Insurgency in North-eastern Kenya | Africa | Somalia Kenya | 2,983–3,033 |
| 1998 | Communal conflicts in Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria | 1,822 |
| 2003 | War in Darfur | Africa | Sudan | 2,101 |
| 2004 | War in North-West Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 5,496 |
| 2006 | Mexican Drug War | North America | Mexico | 7,504 |
| 2011 | Libyan Crisis Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) | Africa | Libya | 2,825 |
| 2011 | Yemeni Crisis Houthi insurgency in Yemen Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen South Yemen insurgency | Asia | Yemen | 1,500–7,700 |
| 2012 | Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present) | Africa | CAR | 3,347 |
| 2014 | War in Donbass | Europe | Ukraine | 4,771 |

## 100–999 deaths in 2014

| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2014 |
| 1947 | Kashmir conflict (Indo-Pakistani Wars) India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2014–2015) | Asia | India Pakistan | 193 |
| 1948 | Balochistan conflict Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency | Asia | Pakistan Iran | 339+ |
| 1960 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 300+ |
| 1960 | Katanga insurgency | Africa | DRC | 123 |
| 1964 | Colombian conflict | South America | Colombia | 459 |
| 1964 | Insurgency in Northeast India Insurgency in Meghalaya Assam separatist movements Insurgency in Manipur Ethnic conflict in Nagaland Tripura rebellion Insurgency in Mizoram Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh | Asia | India | 465 |
| 1967 | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | Asia | India | 314 |
| 1979 | Assam separatist movements | Asia | India | 305 |
| 1989 | Sectarianism in Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 208 |
| 1989 | Xinjiang conflict | Asia | China | 500+ |
| 1995 | Ogaden insurgency | Africa | Ethiopia | 172 |
| 1996 | Allied Democratic Forces insurgency | Africa | DRC | 440 |
| 2004 | Kivu conflict | Africa | DRC Burundi | 468 |
| 2009 | Sudanese nomadic conflicts | Africa | Sudan | 995 |
| 2009 | Insurgency in the North Caucasus | Europe | Russia | 341 |
| 2011 | Sinai insurgency | Asia | Egypt | 981 |
| 2011 | South Kordofan conflict | Africa | Sudan | 746 |
| 2011 | Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon | Asia | Lebanon | 297 |
| 2012 | Northern Mali conflict | Africa | Mali | 380 |
| 2013 | Insurgency in Egypt | Africa | Egypt | 195 |

## Fewer than 100 deaths in 2014

| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2014 |
| 1946 | Kurdish separatism in Iran | Asia | Iran | 11+ |
| 1948 | Internal conflict in Myanmar | Asia | Myanmar | 66+ |
| 1950 | Insurgency in Tripura | Asia | India | 4 |
| 1954 | Ethnic conflict in Nagaland | Asia | India | 15 |
| 1963 | West Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 25 |
| 1964 | Insurgency in Manipur | Asia | India | 54 |
| 1964 | Insurgency in Mizoram | Asia | India | 2 |
| 1969 | Communist rebellion in the Philippines | Asia | Philippines | 87 |
| 1969 | Moro conflict | Asia | Philippines Malaysia | 91 |
| 1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 5 |
| 1980 | Internal conflict in Peru | South America | Peru | 5+ |
| 1976 | Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict | Asia | Lebanon | 26 |
| 1980 | Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh | Asia | India | 9 |
| 1984 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) Current phase | Asia | Turkey Iraq | 57+ |
| 1987 | LRA insurgency | Africa | DRC CAR South Sudan | 16 |
| 1988 | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | Asia | Armenia Azerbaijan | 71 |
| 1999 | Internal conflict in Bangladesh | Asia | Bangladesh | 76 |
| 1991 | FRUD conflict | Africa | Djibouti | 12 |
| 1992 | OLF insurgency | Africa | Ethiopia | 46 |
| 1992 | Insurgency in Meghalaya | Asia | India | 76 |
| 1994 | Chiapas conflict | North America | Mexico | 1 |
| 1995 | Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Second Afar insurgency | Africa | Eritrea | 34 |
| 1999 | Ituri conflict | Africa | DRC | 26 |
| 2002 | Insurgency in the Maghreb Chaambi Operations Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Northern Mali conflict Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014) | Africa | Algeria Tunisia Libya Mali | 42+ |
| 2004 | Conflict in the Niger Delta | Africa | Nigeria | 13 |
| 2012 | Chaambi Operations | Africa | Tunisia | 16 |
| 2013 | RENAMO insurgency | Africa | Mozambique | 50 |

## Deaths by country

This section details armed-conflict-related fatalities by country.
| | 2014 | 2014 |
| Rank | Country | Deaths |
| 1 | Syria | 76,021 |
| 2 | South Sudan | 50,000 |
| 3 | Mexico | 27,662* |
| 4 | Iraq | 24,000 |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 14,638 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 11,360 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 5,519 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 4,771 |
| 9 | Somalia | 4,447 |
| 10 | Sudan | 3,892 |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 3,347 |
| 12 | Libya | 2,825 |
| 13 | Palestine | 2,365 |
| 14 | Yemen | 1,500 |
| 15 | Cameroon | 1,366 |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,235 |
| 17 | Egypt | 1,176 |