# Casualties of the Syrian civil war

Estimates of the total number of deaths in the Syrian Civil War, by various war monitors, range between 580,000 as of May 2021, and approximately 617,910 as of March 2024. In late September 2021, the United Nations stated it had documented the deaths of at least 350,209 "identified individuals" in the conflict between March 2011 and March 2021, but cautioned the figure was "certainly an under-count" that specified only a "minimum verifiable number".
The most violent year of the conflict was 2014, when around 110,000 people were killed. In April 2016, UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura stated that more than 400,000 people were killed in the Syrian civil war. By mid-March 2022, opposition activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported the number of children killed in the conflict had risen to 25,857, and that 15,761 women had also been killed.
On 28 June 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) stated that at least 306,887 civilians had been killed in Syria during the conflict between March 2011 and March 2021, representing about 1.5% of its pre-war population. This figure did not include indirect and non-civilian deaths. As of May 2021, according to the GCR2P NGO, a minimum of 580,000 people is estimated to have been killed; with 13 million Syrians being displaced and 6.7 million refugees forced to flee Syria. Government forces reportedly arrested and tortured numerous repatriated refugees, subjecting them to forced disappearances and extrajudicial executions.
As of February 2015, the UNHCR has designated the conflict as the "world's worst humanitarian crisis", while the head of the UNHRC's commission for Syria stated the Syrian government was responsible for the majority of civilian casualties up to that point. The pro-opposition Syrian Network for Human Rights estimated the Syrian government and its foreign allies to be responsible for 91% of the total civilian casualties.

## Overall deaths

All of the following totals include civilians, rebels and government forces:
| Source | Casualties | Time period |
| United Nations | 350,209 killed (minimum, identified only) | 15 March 2011 – 15 March 2021 |
| GCR2P | 580,000 killed (minimum) | 15 March 2011 – 31 May 2021 |
| Syrian Observatory for Human Rights | 617,910 killed (507,567 conf. by names) | 15 March 2011 – 15 March 2024 |

### Death tolls by time periods

The following figures were all compiled by the SOHR which is considered an authoritative source on the matter. The figures are only for documented deaths, while the SOHR estimates another 110,343 undocumented deaths had occurred.
| Time period | Combatants | Civilians | Grand total (inc. unidentified) |
| 2011 | 3,873 | 3,968 | 7,841 |
| 2012 | 30,253 | 22,663 | 52,916 |
| 2013 | 60,626 | 36,383 | 97,009 |
| 2014 | 80,009 | 30,911 | 110,920 |
| 2015 | 61,705 | 23,822 | 85,527 |
| 2016 | 46,191 | 17,935 | 64,126 |
| 2017 | 26,815 | 11,387 | 38,202 |
| 2018 | 13,357 | 6,776 | 20,133 |
| 2019 | 7,756 | 3,488 | 11,244 |
| 2020 | 5,278 | 1,484 | 6,762 |
| 2021 | 2,324 | 1,560 | 3,884 |
| 2022 | 2,141 | 1,627 | 3,825 |
| 2023 | 2,472 | 1,889 | 4,361 |
| 2024 | 3,179 | 18,223 | 21,402 |
| Total | 346,044 | 182,161 | 528,205 |
The following breakdown of combatant fatalities does not include 36,957 pro-government and 25,955 anti-government fighters who were killed sometime between 2011 and 2020, but whose deaths were only documented by the SOHR in 2021.
| Time period | Pro-government forces | Anti-government forces |
| 2011 | 3,138 | 619 |
| 2012 | 18,928 | 9,746 |
| 2013 | 30,269 | 18,914 |
| 2014 | 25,106 | 32,803 |
| 2015 | 17,668 | 23,601 |
| 2016 | 14,771 | 23,431 |
| 2017 | 10,771 | 14,064 |
| 2018 | 4,522 | 8,663 |
| 2019 | 2,968 | 4,727 |
| 2020 | 2,585 | 2,693 |
| 2021 | 1,069 | 1,238 |
| 2022 | 844 | 1,297 |
| 2023 | 1,524 | 854 |
| 2024 | 1,825 | 1,273 |