Data behind: Deaths in armed conflicts worldwide, by type

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Deaths in armed conflicts worldwide, by type

How it's computed: UCDP best estimates of direct violent deaths (combatants and civilians). Values exactly as published by the source (rounded).
Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data · link
As of: 2025 · fetched 24 Oct 2026

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Year / date	One-sided violence (deaths)	Non-state (deaths)	Intrastate (deaths)	Interstate (deaths)
1989	8,108	4,170	54,799	868
1990	9,857	5,251	79,211	1,086
1991	9,746	3,860	48,466	21,889
1992	11,703	10,458	53,385	25
1993	14,109	14,722	44,954	0
1994	779,685	5,299	38,481	42
1995	21,085	4,469	36,656	99
1996	54,291	4,196	28,812	91
1997	21,204	4,306	40,262	127
1998	17,333	3,523	39,091	1,147
1999	14,601	6,087	33,336	48,126
2000	8,514	7,428	28,449	50,225
2001	8,927	5,126	22,178	1,445
2002	13,848	6,391	20,945	212
2003	13,552	3,564	15,101	8,164
2004	12,286	4,161	19,716	0
2005	5,816	2,192	12,437	0
2006	4,474	3,075	20,287	0
2007	5,014	4,208	19,381	0
2008	4,489	6,188	28,832	35
2009	6,113	9,435	36,006	0
2010	3,750	8,804	21,652	0
2011	6,926	9,363	25,607	29
2012	6,470	10,067	73,788	367
2013	11,679	9,603	93,464	31
2014	15,339	19,539	115,956	49
2015	10,883	15,809	104,416	63
2016	7,937	17,118	90,639	125
2017	9,349	31,051	71,986	151
2018	5,187	27,872	54,926	240
2019	5,536	19,032	52,374	302
2020	8,948	20,676	72,491	648
2021	12,030	21,908	199,594	222
2022	12,172	19,742	185,302	99,679
2023	11,341	19,142	62,503	76,414
2024	14,260	17,725	52,178	102,860
2025	76,453	14,483	56,203	97,440