List of armed conflicts in 2014

The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2014.

Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2014

  Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2014

  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014

  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2014

  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2014

List guidelines

This list is an archive of armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2014

Conflict-related fatalities: 1) in the world's deadliest countries in 2013 and 2014 (left); 2) in the world's deadliest countries in 2014 and in the same countries in 2013 (right).

10,000 or more deaths in 2014

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2014
1978	War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2015–present)	Asia	Afghanistan	7004142770000000000♠ 14,277[n 1]
2003	Iraq War Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)	Asia	Iraq	7004240000000000000♠ 24,000–50,000[n 2]
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria  Cameroon  Niger  Chad	7004108490000000000♠ 10,849[n 3]
2011	Syrian Civil War	Asia	Syria	7004760210000000000♠ 76,021[13]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2014
1964	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Asia	Israel  Palestine	7003236500000000000♠ 2,365[14]
1991	Somali Civil War War in Somalia	Africa	Somalia  Kenya	7003298300000000000♠ 2,983[15]
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	7003182200000000000♠ 1,822[16]
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	7003210100000000000♠ 2,101[15]
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	7003549600000000000♠ 5,496[17]
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	7003750400000000000♠ 7,504[n 4]
2011	Libyan Crisis Libyan Civil War	Africa	Libya	7003283500000000000♠ 2,835[23]
2011	Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War (2015)	Asia	Yemen  Saudi Arabia	7003150000000000000♠ 1,500[24]–7,700[25]
2012	Central African Republic conflict	Africa	CAR	7003334700000000000♠ 3,347[15]
2013	South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan	7003638300000000000♠ 6,383[26]–40,000+[27]
2014	War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	7003477100000000000♠ 4,771[28]

100–999 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2014
1947	Kashmir conflict	Asia	India  Pakistan	7002193000000000000♠ 193[29]
1948	Balochistan conflict	Asia	Pakistan  Iran	7002339000000000000♠ 339+[n 5]
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	7002300000000000000♠ 300+[34]
1964	Colombian conflict	South America	Colombia	7002459000000000000♠ 459[35]
1964	Insurgency in Northeast India	Asia	India	7002465000000000000♠ 465[36]
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	7002314000000000000♠ 314[37]
1978	Katanga insurgency	Africa	DRC	7002123000000000000♠ 123[15]
1989	Sectarianism in Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	7002208000000000000♠ 208[38]
1989	Xinjiang conflict	Asia	China	7002500000000000000♠ 500+[n 6]
1995	Ogaden insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	7002172000000000000♠ 172[15]
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	DRC	7002440000000000000♠ 440[15][n 7]
2004	Kivu conflict	Africa	DRC  Burundi	7002468000000000000♠ 468[n 8]
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	Sudan	7002995000000000000♠ 995[15][54]
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia	7002341000000000000♠ 341[55]
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	7002981000000000000♠ 981[56]
2011	South Kordofan conflict	Africa	Sudan	7002746000000000000♠ 746[15]
2011	Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon	Asia	Lebanon	7002297000000000000♠ 297[n 9]
2012	Northern Mali conflict	Africa	Mali	7002380000000000000♠380[15][n 10]
2013	Insurgency in Egypt	Africa	Egypt	7002195000000000000♠ 195 [78]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Fatalities in 2014
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	7001110000000000000♠ 11+[79][80][81][82]
1948	Internal conflict in Myanmar	Asia	Myanmar	7001660000000000000♠ 66+[n 11]
1963	West Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	7001250000000000000♠ 25[n 12]
1969	CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion	Asia	Philippines	7001870000000000000♠ 87[n 13]
1969	Moro Conflict	Asia	Philippines  Malaysia	7001910000000000000♠ 91[n 14][106][107]
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	7000500000000000000♠ 5[108]
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	7000500000000000000♠ 5+[n 15]
1984	Turkey–PKK conflict 2015 PKK rebellion	Asia	Turkey  Iraq	7001570000000000000♠ 57+[n 16]
1987	LRA insurgency	Africa	DRC  CAR  South Sudan	7001160000000000000♠ 16[120]
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict	Asia	Armenia  Azerbaijan	7001710000000000000♠ 71[121]
1989	Internal conflict in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh	7001760000000000000♠ 76[122][123]
1991	FRUD conflict	Africa	Djibouti	7001120000000000000♠ 12[15]
1992	OLF insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	7001460000000000000♠ 46[15]
1994	Chiapas conflict	North America	Mexico	7000100000000000000♠ 1[124]
1995	Second Afar insurgency	Africa	Eritrea  Ethiopia	7001340000000000000♠ 34[125][126]
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	DRC	7001260000000000000♠ 26[15][127]
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Africa	Algeria  Tunisia	7001420000000000000♠ 42+[n 17]
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta	Africa	Nigeria	7001130000000000000♠ 13[n 18]
2013	RENAMO insurgency	Africa	Mozambique	7001500000000000000♠ 50[n 19]

See also

• List of number of conflicts per year
• List of ongoing protests
• List of active rebel groups
• List of designated terrorist organizations
• List of terrorist incidents
• List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity
• Lists of wars
• Uppsala Conflict Data Program
• Failed State

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