The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the following:
The 5 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between identified groups, in the current or previous calendar year.[2]
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Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2023 fatalities | 2024 fatalities |
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Asia | Myanmar | 180,000+[3][4] | 15,773[5][6][7][8] | 6,276[9] |
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Asia | Israel Palestine Egypt Lebanon Syria Iraq Saudi Arabia Jordan Yemen |
230,000–241,000+[10] | 24,550–32,519[11][5][a][20] | 16,274–19,186+[9][21][22][23][24][25] |
2002 |
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Africa | Burkina Faso Mali Niger Benin Togo Algeria Tunisia Chad Ivory Coast Mauritania Ghana Nigeria Cameroon Morocco Libya |
70,000+[9][26][27][28][29] | 14,728[5][30] | 6,120[9] |
2014 | Europe | Russia Ukraine |
180,000–220,000+[31][32] | 30,915[5]–95,088+[33] | 13,684[9] | |
2023 | Sudanese civil war | Africa | Sudan | 15,000−150,000[34][5][35] | 13,225[5][35][36] | 4,056[9] |
The 15 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.[2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.[37]
The 18 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100, and fewer than 1,000, direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.
The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.
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4,700 rebel supporters died and 2,100 are missing, with unconfirmed similar casualty figures on the opposing side.
the conflict killed at least 500 people a year in 2012 and 2013.
Lists of wars by date
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