A map of the current armed conflicts ocurring 2018

This list of ongoing armed conflicts is for the sole purpose of identifying present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The guidelines of inclusion are:

• Armed conflicts consist in the use of armed force between two or more organized armed groups, governmental or non-governmental alike.^[1]Interstate, intrastate and non-state armed conflicts are listed.
• Fatality figures include battle-related deaths (military and civilian) as well as civilians intentionally targeted by the parties to an armed conflict. Only direct deaths resulting from violence are included for the current and past year; excess deaths indirectly resulting from famine, disease and disruption of services are included along with violent deaths only in the cumulative fatalities count, when available.
• Listed conflicts are at least 100 cumulative deaths in total and at least 1 death in current or past calendar year.
• Fatality totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 455+ indicates that at least 455 people have died) – the actual toll could be higher.
• Location refers to the state(s) where the main violence takes place, not to the warring parties. Italics indicate disputed territories and unrecognized states.
• Only states with ongoing military activity are listed, past states and states where conflicts are no longer active are omitted.
• Military conflicts that no longer produce deaths are not listed here, but can be found in the historical list of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

The 5 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in current or past calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2017	Fatalities in 2018
1978	War in Afghanistan Current phase	Asia	Afghanistan	1,240,000–2,000,000[2]	13,997[n 1]	35,941[9]
2003	Iraq conflict Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)	Asia	Iraq	288,000[10][dubious – discuss]	13,187[10]	4,360[9]
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	250,547[11][12][13]	31,174[14]	13,298[15]
2011	Syrian Civil War Turkey–ISIL conflict	Asia	Syria  Turkey	185,984–498,593[n 2]	39,000[26]	26,524[27]
2011	Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen South Yemen insurgency Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Yemen  Saudi Arabia	48,194[28]	16,817[29]	25,705[9][a]

The 15 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in current or past calendar year.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.^[30]

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2017	Fatalities in 2018
1948	Internal conflict in Myanmar Kachin conflict Karen conflict Rohingya conflict	Asia	Myanmar	130,000[31]–210,000[32]	6,700+[n 3]	171[9]
1969	Moro conflict	Asia	Philippines	120,000[37]	1,384[n 4]	268[9]
1991	Somali Civil War Current phase	Africa	Somalia  Kenya	500,000[54]	5,154[55][b]	3,952[9][c]
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	17,156[n 5]	1,097[55]	3,020[9]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb Northern Mali conflict Libyan Civil War (2014–present) ISIL insurgency in Tunisia Chaambi Operations	Africa	Algeria  Burkina Faso  Libya  Mali  Niger  Tunisia	17,649[n 6]	2,835[55][d]	2,254[9][e]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	178,363[63]	1,109[55]	599[9]
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria  Cameroon  Niger  Chad	51,567+[64][65]	3,110[55][f]	1,916[9][g]
2011	Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War (2014–present)	Africa	Libya	29,859–42,253[n 7]	1,564[55]	727[9]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	5,000+[57]	1,342[55]	740[9]
2011	South Kordofan conflict	Africa	Sudan	7,000+[57][68]	1,225[55]	114[9]
2011	Ethnic violence in South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan  Ethiopia	50,000–300,000[n 8]	3,646[55][h]	1,166[9][i]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	Central African Republic	8,000+[57]	1,723[55]	838[9]
2012	Northern Mali conflict	Africa	Mali	3,300+[61]	926[55]	1,285[9]
2014	War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	10,303+[72]	288+[73]	1,088[74]
2016	Philippine Drug War	Asia	Philippines	12,000[75]	+7,080[76]	+886[77][78]

The 22 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in current or past calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2017	Fatalities in 2018
1947	Kashmir conflict (Indo-Pakistani Wars) 2016–18 Kashmir unrest India–Pakistan military confrontation (2016–present)	Asia	India  Pakistan	44,538–70,000+[n 9][81]	358[79]	298[79]
1948	Insurgency in Balochistan Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency	Asia	Pakistan  Iran	20,289–20,589+[n 10]	353[n 11][j]	377[89][90][91][92][k]
1963	Insurgency in Northeast India Insurgency in Meghalaya Assam separatist movements Insurgency in Manipur Ethnic conflict in Nagaland	Asia	India	25,000+[31]	103[93]	50[94]
1964	Colombian conflict	South America	Colombia  Venezuela	220,000[95]	78[96]	709[n 12][n 13][n 14][l]
1965	Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza–Israel conflict	Asia	Palestine  Israel	25,000[176]	89[177]	263[178]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	12,877–14,369+[179][180]	333[181]	345[182]
1969	CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion	Asia	Philippines	43,388+[183]	45[184]	203[9]
1984	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Turkey  Iraq  Syria	45,000+[n 15]	698[189][m]	479[190][9][n]
1989	Sectarian violence in Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	5,718[191]	231[191]	7[191]
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	Uganda  Democratic Republic of the Congo	3,353+[n 16]	221[192][55]	235[9]
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	60,000+[193]	32[55]	369[9]
2004	Kivu conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	11,873+[n 17]	848[192][195][55]	943[9]
2001	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	75000+[n 18]	514[87]	154[89]
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia	4,053–4,084[n 19]	119[n 20]	13[214][215][216]
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	Sudan	5,000+[citation needed]	116[55]	18[9]
2013	Insurgency in Egypt	Africa	Egypt	739+[57][217]	164[55]	40[9]
2013	Batwa-Luba clashes	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	561[57][55]	154[55]
2015	Burundian unrest	Africa	Burundi	1,291[218]	177[55]	198[55]
2016	Kamwina Nsapu rebellion	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo  Angola	772+	566+[55][o]	46[9]
2016	Oromo-Somali clashes	Africa	Ethiopia	1,065+	200+[219]	865[9]
2017	Anglophone Crisis	Africa	Cameroon	852[p]	200+[citation needed]	652[9]
2017	Islamist insurgency in Mozambique	Africa	Mozambique	230+[n 21]	69[n 22]	161[9]

The 18 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in current or past calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2017	Fatalities in 2018
1922	Arab separatism in Khuzestan ASMLA insurgency	Asia	Iran	206–345[citation needed]	4[231][232][233]	10[234]
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	13,100–35,000[n 23]	20[n 24]	62–66[242]
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	6,706+[243][184]	44[184]	65[9]
1963	West Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	150,000–400,000[n 25]	3[n 26]	11–13[251][252][253]
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	30,000[254]	53[55]	4[9]
1979	Qatif conflict 2017–18 Qatif unrest	Asia	Saudi Arabia	216–278[citation needed]	12–37[255]	5[9]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	70,000[256]	16[n 27]	4[266]
1982	Casamance conflict	Africa	Senegal	5,000[267]	0[55]	4[9]
1987	LRA insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo  Central African Republic	100,000+[268]	70[55][q]	14[9][r]
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Asia	Armenia  Azerbaijan	27,287+[n 28]	27[n 29]	4[n 30]
1989	Georgian–Ossetian conflict	Asia	Georgia	1,500+	0	1[290]
1960	Xinjiang conflict	Asia	China	860+[176]	11[291][292]
1995	Second Afar insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	70,000+[293]	79[55][294]
1995	Ogaden insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	1,400–11,000[295]	27[55]	21[9]
1998	Dissident Irish Republican campaign	Europe	United Kingdom  Republic of Ireland	145[296]	0	1[296]
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta 2016 Niger Delta conflict	Africa	Nigeria	2,300+[297][298]	3[55]
2005	Insurgency in Paraguay	South America	Paraguay	67	2[299][300]	1[301]
2013	RENAMO insurgency	Africa	Mozambique	328+[57][302]	50[55]