# 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. 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 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 Mexican Drug War Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan Yemeni Civil War | 7 Boko Haram insurgency Communal conflicts in Nigeria Mali War Mexican Drug War South Sudanese Civil War War in Somalia Iraqi insurgency | | 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 Mexican Drug War Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan War in Iraq | 15 Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic Civil War Communal conflicts in Nigeria Internal conflict in Myanmar Northern Rakhine State clashes Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) Moro conflict Oromo conflict Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South Kordofan conflict South Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur War in Somalia Yemeni Civil War | | 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 18  Mali 926 19  Turkey 802 20  India 700 |
| 2016 | 3 War in Iraq Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan | 11 Boko Haram insurgency Communal conflicts in Nigeria Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) Mexican Drug War Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South Kordofan conflict South Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur War in Somalia Yemeni Civil War | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Syria 49,742 2  Mexico 23,953* 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 12  Egypt 1,707 13  DR Congo 1,565 14  Yemen 1,375 15  Ethiopia 1,114 16  India 905 17  Ukraine 902 18  CAR 623 19  Burundi 461 20  Algeria 128 |
| 2015 | 4 Boko Haram insurgency Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan War in Iraq | 10 Mexican Drug War Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South Kordofan conflict South Sudanese Civil War 2015 PKK rebellion War in Donbass Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa War in Somalia Yemeni Civil War | Main conflicts in 2015 | Rank Country Deaths 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  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 Boko Haram insurgency War in Iraq South Sudanese Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan | 10 Central African Republic War Communal conflicts in Nigeria Israeli–Palestinian conflict Second Libyan Civil War Mexican Drug War War in Darfur War in Donbass Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa War in Somalia Yemeni Civil War | Main conflicts in 2014 | Rank Country Deaths 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 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 Mexican Drug War Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan | 10 Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic conflict Communal conflicts in Nigeria Iraqi insurgency Kivu conflict South Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa War in Somalia | Main conflicts in 2013 | Rank Country Deaths 1  Syria 73,447 2  Mexico 11,324 3  Afghanistan 10,172 4  Iraq 9,742 5  Sudan 6,816 6  Pakistan 5,739 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 13  Mali 870 14  Egypt 730 15  Kenya 705 16  Libya 643 17  Yemen 600 18  Russia 529 19  Thailand 455 20  Algeria 340 21  Philippines 322 22  Colombia 124 23  Myanmar 62 |
| 2012 | 2 Mexican Drug War Syrian Civil War | 6 Iraqi Insurgency War in Afghanistan War in Darfur Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa War in Somalia Yemeni Crisis | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Mexico 18,061 2  Syria 14,825 3  Afghanistan 7,225 4  Iraq 4,622 5  Pakistan 5,211 6  Somalia 2,445 7  Yemen 2,328 8  Sudan 1,119 9  Nigeria 812 10  Turkey 811 11  India 803 12  Russia 700 13  DR Congo 611 14  Algeria 244 15  Colombia 211 16  South Sudan 137 |
| 2011 | 1 Mexican Drug War | 3 Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Libyan Civil War Iraqi insurgency | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Mexico 24,068 2  Libya 9,400 3  Pakistan 6,303 4  Iraq 4,153 5  India 1,073 6  Russia 750 7  Nepal 19 |
| 2010 | | | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Pakistan 7,435 2  Iraq 4,167 3  India 1,902 4  Russia 749 5  Nepal 38 |
| 2009 | | | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Sri Lanka 15,565 2  Pakistan 11,704 3  Iraq 5,369 4  India 2,232 5  Nepal 50 |
| 2008 | | | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Sri Lanka 11,144 2  Iraq 10,271 3  Pakistan 6,715 4  India 2,619 5  Nepal 81 |
| 2007 | | | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 26,036 2  Sri Lanka 4,377 3  Pakistan 3,598 4  India 2,615 5  Nepal 99 |
| 2006 | | | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 29,451 2  Sri Lanka 4,126 3  India 2,770 4  Pakistan 1,471 5  Nepal 480 |
| 2005 | | | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 16,583 2  India 3,259 3  Nepal 1,845 4  Pakistan 648 5  Sri Lanka 330 |
| 2004 | | | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 11,736 2  Nepal 2,451 3  Pakistan 863 4  Sri Lanka 109 |
| 2003 | | | | Rank Country Deaths 1  Iraq 12,125 2  Nepal 2,105 3  Pakistan 189 4  Sri Lanka 59 |