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 6 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]
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2024 fatalities | 2025 fatalities |
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1948 | Asia | ![]() | 28,672 [3] –199,000+ [4] [5] | 19,715 [5] | 3,015 [6] | |
1948 | Asia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 258,000–267,000+ [7] [8] | 30,386 [5] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] | 2,223+ [14] [15] [16] | |
2002 | Africa | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 464,345+ [5] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] | 20,667 [15] [22] | 3,657 [15] [23] | |
2008 | Africa | ![]() ![]() | 600,000–1,100,000 [3] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] | 16,575 [5] | 4,298 [15] [29] | |
2014 | Europe | ![]() ![]() | 172,226 [30] –350,000+ [31] [32] [33] | 77,633 [5] | 15,401 [15] | |
2018 | Africa | ![]() | 500,000 [3] –610,000+ [34] | 10,179 [5] [15] | 881 [15] |
The 10 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. [35]
The 16 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 10 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Cumulative fatalities | 2024 fatalities | 2025 fatalities |
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1948 | Korean conflict | Asia | ![]() ![]() | 3,000,000 | 30 [5] | 0 [15] |
1970 | Africa | ![]() ![]() | 14,000–21,000+ | 42 [15] | 9 [15] | |
1980 | Peruvian conflict | South America | ![]() | 70,000 [95] | 43 [15] | 10 [15] |
1981 | Africa | ![]() | 6,000–7,353+ [41] [96] [97] | 15 [15] | 13 [15] | |
1982 | Casamance conflict | Africa | ![]() | 5,000+ [98] | 19 [5] | 2 [15] |
1988 | Asia | ![]() ![]() | 39,800–49,000+ [99] | 6 [5] | 5 [15] | |
2004 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | ![]() | 7,300 [100] | 49 [15] | 10 [15] |
2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | ![]() | 150+ [c] [47] | 6 [15] | 0 [15] |
2018 | South America | ![]() | 14,250+[ citation needed ] | 77 [101] [102] [15] | 7 [15] | |
2022 | Salvadoran gang crackdown | North America | ![]() | 470+ [103] [104] | 22 [5] | 0 [15] |
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(help)January 2024 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114134215/https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/libya/report-libya/ |url-status=live }}The Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate revealed on Saturday that more than 500,000 infants have died due to malnutrition. Adiba Ibrahim Al-Sayed, a member of the Omdurman Private Branch of the Preparatory Committee of the Doctors Syndicate, told Sudan Tribune that the number of child deaths reached 522,000 infants, while cases of malnutrition rose to 286,000 cases since the outbreak of the war until today.
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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.