# List of armed conflicts in 2016

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2016.
The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 226 politically motivated armed conflicts (of which 38 estimated as highly violent: 18 full-scale wars, 20 limited wars) worldwide during 2016.

## List guidelines

Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2016.

## 10,000+ deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2016 |
| 1978 | War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | Asia | Afghanistan | 23,539+ |
| 2003 | Iraqi conflict Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) | Asia | Iraq | 23,898+ |
| 2006 | Mexican Drug War | North America | Mexico | 12,224 |
| 2011 | Syrian Civil War | Asia | Syria | 49,742 |

## 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2016. Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2016 |
| 1984 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) | Asia | Turkey Iraq Syria | 1,905 |
| 1991 | Somali Civil War War in Somalia | Africa | Somalia Kenya | 5,701 |
| 1998 | Communal conflicts in Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria | 1,407 |
| 2003 | War in Darfur | Africa | Sudan | 1,936 |
| 2009 | Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad | 3,523 |
| 2011 | Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War | Africa | Libya | 2,865 |
| 2011 | Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) | Asia | Yemen Saudi Arabia | 1,500 |
| 2011 | Sinai insurgency | Africa | Egypt | 1,578 |
| 2011 | South Kordofan conflict | Africa | Sudan | 1,489 |
| 2011 | Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War | Africa | South Sudan Ethiopia | 4,037 |

## 100–999 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2016 |
| 1947 | Kashmir conflict 2016 Kashmir unrest | Asia | India Pakistan | 289 |
| 1948 | Balochistan conflict | Asia | Pakistan Iran | 633 |
| 1948 | Internal conflict in Myanmar | Asia | Myanmar | 228 |
| 1960 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 116 |
| 1963 | Insurgency in Northeast India | Asia | India | 160 |
| 1964 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Asia | Palestine Israel | 120 |
| 1964 | Colombian conflict | South America | Colombia | 156 |
| 2016 | Oromia-Somali clashes | Africa | Ethiopia | +130 |
| 1967 | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | Asia | India | 430 |
| 1969 | Moro conflict | Asia | Philippines | 439+ |
| 1988 | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes | Asia | Azerbaijan | 189-369 |
| 1989 | Sectarianism in Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 137 |
| 1989 | Internal conflict in Bangladesh | Asia | Bangladesh | 139 |
| 1992 | Oromo conflict | Africa | Ethiopia | 393 |
| 1995 | Ogaden insurgency | Africa | Ethiopia | 156 |
| 1996 | Allied Democratic Forces insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 428 |
| 2002 | Insurgency in the Maghreb | Africa | Algeria Tunisia Burkina Faso Niger | 260 |
| 2004 | Kivu conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi | 607 |
| 2004 | War in North-West Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 643 |
| 2009 | Sudanese nomadic conflicts | Africa | Sudan | 459 |
| 2009 | Insurgency in the North Caucasus | Europe | Russia | 202 |
| 2012 | Central African Republic conflict | Africa | Central African Republic | 623 |
| 2012 | Northern Mali conflict | Africa | Mali | 303 |
| 2013 | Insurgency in Egypt | Africa | Egypt | 129 |
| 2013 | RENAMO insurgency | Africa | Mozambique | 108 |
| 2013 | Batwa-Luba clashes | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 108 |
| 2014 | War in Donbass | Europe | Ukraine | 902 |
| 2015 | Burundian unrest | Africa | Burundi | 461 |
| 2015 | Turkey–ISIL conflict | Asia | Turkey | 160 |
| 2016 | Kamwina Nsapu rebellion | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 160 |
| 2016 | 2016 Kasese clashes | Africa | Uganda | 162 |

## Fewer than 100 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2016.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2016 |
| 1922 | Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency | Asia | Iran | 4 |
| 1999 | Internal conflicit in Bangladesh | Asia | Bangladesh | 39 |
| 2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | Paraguay | 11 |
| 1990 | DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey | Asia | Turkey | 4 |
| 1946 | Kurdish separatism in Iran | Asia | Iran | 74-149+ |
| 1963 | West Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 4 |
| 1969 | Communist rebellion in the Philippines | Asia | Philippines | 99 |
| 1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 84 |
| 1980 | Internal conflict in Peru | South America | Peru | 10 |
| 1982 | Casamance conflict | Africa | Senegal | 10 |
| 1987 | LRA insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic South Sudan Sudan | 39 |
| 1989 | Xinjiang conflict | Asia | China | 10 |
| 1995 | Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Second Afar insurgency | Africa | Ethiopia Eritrea | 90 |
| 1999 | Ituri conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 83 |
| 2004 | Conflict in the Niger Delta 2016 Niger Delta conflict | Africa | Nigeria | 34 |
| 2011 | Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon | Asia | Lebanon | 24 |
| 2015 | ISIL insurgency in Tunisia | Africa | Tunisia | 82 |
| 2016 | Pool War | Africa | Republic of the Congo | 82 |