List of armed conflicts in 2020

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

Conflict-related fatalities in the world's 17 deadliest countries 2014 – 2020

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2020

  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2020

  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2020

  Minor conflict, 100–999 deaths in 2020

  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2020

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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[1][2][3][4]
2006	Mexican Drug War Infighting in the Gulf Cartel Infighting in Los Zetas	North America	Mexico	34,512[5]
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[a][1][6]

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.^[7]

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2020
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Nagorno-Karabakh War	Asia	Artsakh  Azerbaijan	6,935[8][9][10][11]
1991	Somali Civil War Current phase	Africa	Somalia  Kenya	3,082[12][1][13][14][15][16]
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,750[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)	Africa	Algeria  Burkina Faso  Chad  Libya  Mali  Mauritania  Morocco  Niger  Tunisia	6,700+[n 1][1][25][27]
2003	Iraq conflict Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)	Asia	Iraq	2,510[28][29]
2004	Kivu conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3,319+[30][31][32][33][25]
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria  Cameroon  Niger  Chad	7,300+[n 2][25][34]
2011	Libyan conflict Libyan civil war (2014–2020)	Africa	Libya	1,486[1][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]
2011	Syrian civil war Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war Rojava conflict Rojava–Islamist conflict	Asia	Syria	6,817[44]–7,673[45]
2011	Ethnic violence in South Sudan	Africa	South Sudan	2,252[46][47][48][49][50][25]
2012	Mali War	Africa	Mali	2,754+[25]
2017	Insurgency in Cabo Delgado	Africa	Mozambique  Tanzania	1,717[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][1][59]
2020	Tigray War	Africa	Eritrea  Ethiopia  Sudan	1,600+[60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67]

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+[n 3][b][71][72]
1948	Myanmar conflict Kachin conflict Karen conflict Rohingya conflict Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)	Asia	Myanmar	650[73][25]
1948	Insurgency in Balochistan Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency	Asia	Pakistan  Iran	400+[74][72][c]
1963	Katanga insurgency	Africa	DR Congo	168+[1]
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	121[75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86]
1963	Papua conflict	Oceania	Indonesia	100[87][88][89]
1964	Colombian conflict Catatumbo campaign	South America	Colombia	765+[90]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	500+[91][92][72]
1969	Communist armed conflicts in the Philippines New People's Army rebellion	Asia	Philippines	155[93][94][95]
1973	Oromo conflict	Africa	Ethiopia	420+[96][97][98]
1984	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Turkey  Iraq  Syria	533+[99][100][101][102][103][104]
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo  Uganda	900+[n 4][25][105]
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	600+[106][107][25][108]
1999	Internal conflict in Bangladesh Bangladesh drug war	Asia	Bangladesh	164+[25]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	650+[109][110][111][25]
2004	Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Asia	Pakistan	209[112]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	562+[1]
2011	Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile	Africa	Sudan	150+[1]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	Central African Republic	324+[1]
2013	Insurgency in Egypt	Africa	Egypt	595[n 5][25][113]
2014	Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	107[114]
2016	Philippine Drug War	Asia	Philippines	400+[115][116][117][89]
2017	Anglophone Crisis	Africa	Cameroon	527+[n 6]
2019	Metekel conflict	Africa	Ethiopia	437+[118][119][120][121]

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+[1]
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	52+[122][123][124][1]
1948	Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza–Israel conflict	Asia	Gaza Strip  Israel	33[125][126][127][128][129][130][131]
1950	Korean conflict	Asia	North Korea  South Korea	2[132][133]
1954	Insurgency in Northeast India Insurgency in Meghalaya Assam separatist movements Insurgency in Manipur Ethnic conflict in Nagaland	Asia	India	25[134]
2020	Afar-Somali clashes	Africa	Ethiopia	27[135]
1970	Western Sahara conflict 2020 Western Saharan clashes	Africa	Morocco SADR	0–1+[136]
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	68[137][66]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	38[25]
1987	Lord's Resistance Army insurgency	Africa	Uganda  South Sudan  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Central African Republic	27+[138][139]
2005	Insurgency in Paraguay	South America	Paraguay	18[n 7][1]
2007	Terrorism in Sindh	Asia	Pakistan	51[140]
2009	Terrorism in Punjab	Asia	Pakistan	16[141]
2015	ISIL insurgency in Tunisia	Africa	Tunisia	13+[1]

Deaths by country

Main article: List of ongoing armed conflicts § Deaths by country

Fatalities related to armed conflict, by country^[142]

Rank	Country	Deaths
1	Mexico	34,512[d]
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

See also

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• Uppsala Conflict Data Program
• Casualty recording
• Failed state

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Notes

1. 18,991 in Yemen, 65 in Saudi Arabia
2. 313 in India, 5 in Pakistan
3. 280 in Pakistan, 40 in Iran
4. Mainly homicides rather than battle-related casualties.^[143]

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