# List of armed conflicts in 2020

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2020.

## List guidelines

Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2020.

## 10,000 or more deaths in 2020

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2020.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2020 |
| 1978 | Afghan conflict War on terror Current phase Islamic State–Taliban conflict | Asia | Afghanistan | 19,444 |
| 2006 | Mexican Drug War Infighting in the Gulf Cartel Infighting in Los Zetas | North America | Mexico | 34,512 |
| 2011 | Yemeni crisis Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Saudi Arabian–Yemeni border conflict Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war | Asia | Yemen Saudi Arabia | 19,056 |

## 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2020

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2020. 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 2020 |
| 1988 | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Nagorno-Karabakh War | Asia | Artsakh Azerbaijan | 6,935 |
| 1991 | Somali Civil War Current phase | Africa | Somalia Kenya | 3,082 |
| 1999 | Ituri conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,750 |
| 2002 | Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) | Africa | Algeria Burkina Faso Chad Libya Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Tunisia | 6,700+ |
| 2003 | Iraq conflict Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) | Asia | Iraq | 2,510 |
| 2004 | Kivu conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,319+ |
| 2009 | Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad | 7,300+ |
| 2011 | Libyan conflict Libyan civil war (2014–2020) | Africa | Libya | 1,486 |
| 2011 | Syrian civil war Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war Rojava conflict Rojava–Islamist conflict | Asia | Syria | 6,817–7,673 |
| 2011 | Ethnic violence in South Sudan | Africa | South Sudan | 2,252 |
| 2012 | Mali War | Africa | Mali | 2,754+ |
| 2017 | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | Africa | Mozambique Tanzania | 1,717 |
| 2020 | Tigray War | Africa | Eritrea Ethiopia Sudan | 1,600+ |

## 100–999 deaths in 2020

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2020.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2020 |
| 1947 | Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts) | Asia | India Pakistan | 700+ |
| 1948 | Myanmar conflict Kachin conflict Karen conflict Rohingya conflict Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present) | Asia | Myanmar | 650 |
| 1948 | Insurgency in Balochistan Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency | Asia | Pakistan Iran | 400+ |
| 1963 | Katanga insurgency | Africa | DR Congo | 168+ |
| 1960 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 121 |
| 1963 | Papua conflict | Oceania | Indonesia | 100 |
| 1964 | Colombian conflict Catatumbo campaign | South America | Colombia | 765+ |
| 1967 | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | Asia | India | 500+ |
| 1969 | Communist armed conflicts in the Philippines New People's Army rebellion | Asia | Philippines | 155 |
| 1973 | Oromo conflict | Africa | Ethiopia | 420+ |
| 1984 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) | Asia | Turkey Iraq Syria | 533+ |
| 1996 | Allied Democratic Forces insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo Uganda | 900+ |
| 1998 | Communal conflicts in Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria | 600+ |
| 1999 | Internal conflict in Bangladesh Bangladesh drug war | Asia | Bangladesh | 164+ |
| 2003 | War in Darfur | Africa | Sudan | 650+ |
| 2004 | Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Asia | Pakistan | 209 |
| 2011 | Sinai insurgency | Africa | Egypt | 562+ |
| 2011 | Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile | Africa | Sudan | 150+ |
| 2012 | Central African Republic conflict | Africa | Central African Republic | 324+ |
| 2013 | Insurgency in Egypt | Africa | Egypt | 595 |
| 2014 | Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbass | Europe | Ukraine | 107 |
| 2016 | Philippine Drug War | Asia | Philippines | 400+ |
| 2017 | Anglophone Crisis | Africa | Cameroon | 527+ |
| 2019 | Metekel conflict | Africa | Ethiopia | 437+ |

## Fewer than 100 deaths in 2020

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2020.
| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2020 |
| 1922 | Arab separatism in Khuzestan | Asia | Iran | 34+ |
| 1946 | Kurdish separatism in Iran | Asia | Iran | 52+ |
| 1948 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza–Israel conflict | Asia | Gaza Strip  Israel | 33 |
| 1950 | Korean conflict | Asia | North Korea South Korea | 2 |
| 1954 | Insurgency in Northeast India Insurgency in Meghalaya Assam separatist movements Insurgency in Manipur Ethnic conflict in Nagaland | Asia | India | 25 |
| 2020 | Afar-Somali clashes | Africa | Ethiopia | 27 |
| 1970 | Western Sahara conflict 2020 Western Saharan clashes | Africa | Morocco SADR | 0–1+ |
| 1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 68 |
| 1980 | Internal conflict in Peru | South America | Peru | 38 |
| 1987 | Lord's Resistance Army insurgency | Africa | Uganda South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic | 27+ |
| 2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | Paraguay | 18 |
| 2007 | Terrorism in Sindh | Asia | Pakistan | 51 |
| 2009 | Terrorism in Punjab | Asia | Pakistan | 16 |
| 2015 | ISIL insurgency in Tunisia | Africa | Tunisia | 13+ |

## Deaths by country

Fatalities related to armed conflict, by country :
| Rank | Country | Deaths |
| 1 | Mexico | 34,512 |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 30,974 |
| 3 | Yemen | 19,561 |
| 4 | Syria | 7,620 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 7,172 |
| 6 | DR Congo | 6,162 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan/ Artsakh | 6,110 |
| 8 | Somalia | 2,950 |
| 9 | Mali | 2,734 |
| 10 | Iraq | 2,436 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 2,268 |
| 12 | South Sudan | 2,245 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 1,813 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 1,696 |
| 15 | Libya | 1,484 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 1,447 |
| 17 | Philippines | 1,316 |
| 18 | India | 783 |
| 19 | Colombia | 765 |
| 20 | Myanmar | 650 |