# List of armed conflicts in 2015

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2015.
The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 223 politically-motivated armed conflicts (of which 43 estimated as highly violent: 19 full-scale wars, 24 limited wars) worldwide during 2015.

## 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 2015.

## 10,000+ deaths in 2015

| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2015 |
| 1978 | War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | Asia | Afghanistan | 15,000–36,345 |
| 2003 | Iraqi conflict Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) | Asia | Iraq | 22,736 |
| 2009 | Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad | 11,778 |
| 2011 | Syrian Civil War | Asia | Syria | 55,219 |

## 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2015

| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2015 |
| 1984 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) | Asia | Turkey Syria Iraq | 1,900–3,423 |
| 1991 | Somali Civil War War in Somalia | Africa | Somalia Kenya | 4,365 |
| 2004 | War in North-West Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 2,150 |
| 2006 | Mexican Drug War | North America | Mexico | 8,122 |
| 2011 | Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War | Africa | Libya | 2,706 |
| 2011 | Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) | Asia | Yemen Saudi Arabia | ~6,425 |
| 2011 | Sinai insurgency | Africa | Egypt | 2,560 |
| 2011 | South Kordofan conflict | Africa | Sudan | 1,242 |
| 2011 | Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War | Africa | South Sudan Ethiopia | 3,152 |
| 2014 | War in Donbass | Europe | Ukraine | 4,327 |

## 100–999 deaths in 2015

| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2015 |
| 1947 | Kashmir conflict 2016 Kashmir unrest | Asia | India Pakistan | 184 |
| 1948 | Balochistan conflict | Asia | Pakistan Iran | 635 |
| 1948 | Internal conflict in Myanmar | Asia | Myanmar | 881 |
| 1960 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 246 |
| 1963 | Insurgency in Northeast India | Asia | India | 273 |
| 1964 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Asia | Israel Palestine | 190 |
| 1964 | Colombian conflict | South America | Colombia | 410 |
| 1967 | Naxalite–Maoist insurgency | Asia | India | 251 |
| 1969 | Communist rebellion in the Philippines | Asia | Philippines | 190 |
| 1969 | Moro conflict | Asia | Philippines | 311 |
| 1989 | Sectarianism in Pakistan | Asia | Pakistan | 276 |
| 1989 | Xinjiang conflict | Asia | China | 197 |
| 1992 | Oromo conflict | Africa | Ethiopia | 103 |
| 1995 | Ogaden insurgency | Africa | Ethiopia | 299-499+ |
| 1996 | Allied Democratic Forces insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 391 |
| 1998 | Communal conflicts in Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria | 846 |
| 2002 | Insurgency in the Maghreb | Africa | Algeria Tunisia | 271 |
| 2003 | War in Darfur | Africa | Sudan | 994 |
| 2004 | Kivu conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi | 790 |
| 2009 | Sudanese nomadic conflicts | Africa | Sudan | 926 |
| 2009 | Insurgency in the North Caucasus | Europe | Russia | 209 |
| 2012 | Central African Republic conflict | Africa | Central African Republic | 475 |
| 2012 | Northern Mali conflict | Africa | Mali | 414 |
| 2013 | Insurgency in Egypt | Africa | Egypt | 284 |
| 2015 | Burundian unrest | Africa | Burundi | 551 |
| 2015 | Turkey–ISIL conflict | Asia | Turkey | 140 |

## Fewer than 100 deaths in 2015

| Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2015 |
| 1990 | DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey | Asia | Turkey | 5 |
| 1922 | Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency | Asia | Iran | 6+ |
| 1946 | Kurdish separatism in Iran | Asia | Iran | 24–58+ |
| 1963 | West Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 9 |
| 1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 1 |
| 1980 | Internal conflict in Peru | South America | Peru | 7 |
| 1987 | LRA insurgency | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic South Sudan Sudan | 55 |
| 1988 | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | Asia | Armenia Azerbaijan | 81 |
| 1989 | Internal conflict in Bangladesh | Asia | Bangladesh | 73 |
| 1995 | Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Second Afar insurgency | Africa | Eritrea Ethiopia | 91 |
| 1999 | Ituri conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 89 |
| 2004 | Conflict in the Niger Delta | Africa | Nigeria | 3 |
| 2011 | Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict | Asia | Lebanon | 91+ |
| 2013 | RENAMO insurgency | Africa | Mozambique | 57 |
| 2015 | ISIL insurgency in Tunisia | Africa | Tunisia | 77 |