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
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).

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.

10,000 or more deaths in 2014

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2014
1978 War in Afghanistan Asia  Afghanistan 14,277[n 1]
2003 Iraq War Asia  Iraq 24,000–50,000[n 2]
2009 Boko Haram insurgency Africa  Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Niger
 Chad
10,849[n 3]
2011 Syrian Civil War Asia  Syria 76,021[13]
2013 South Sudanese Civil War Africa  South Sudan 50,000[14]

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2014
1964 Israeli–Palestinian conflict Asia  Israel
 Palestine
2,365[15]
1991 Somali Civil War Africa  Somalia
 Kenya
2,983[16]
1998 Communal conflicts in Nigeria Africa  Nigeria 1,822[17]
2003 War in Darfur Africa  Sudan 2,101[16]
2004 War in North-West Pakistan Asia  Pakistan 5,496[18]
2006 Mexican Drug War North America  Mexico 7,504[n 4]
2011 Libyan Crisis Africa  Libya 2,835[24]
2011 Yemeni Crisis Asia  Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
1,500[25]–7,700[26]
2012 Central African Republic conflict Africa  CAR 3,347[16]
2014 War in Donbass Europe  Ukraine 4,771[27]

100–999 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2014
1947 Kashmir conflict Asia  India
 Pakistan
193[28]
1948 Balochistan conflict Asia  Pakistan
 Iran
339+[n 5]
1960 South Thailand insurgency Asia  Thailand 300+[33]
1964 Colombian conflict South America  Colombia 459[34]
1964 Insurgency in Northeast India Asia  India 465[35]
1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Asia  India 314[36]
1978 Katanga insurgency Africa  DRC 123[16]
1989 Sectarianism in Pakistan Asia  Pakistan 208[37]
1989 Xinjiang conflict Asia  China 500+[n 6]
1995 Ogaden insurgency Africa  Ethiopia 172[16]
1996 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC 440[16][n 7]
2004 Kivu conflict Africa  DRC
 Burundi
468[n 8]
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts Africa  Sudan 995[16][53]
2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus Europe  Russia 341[54]
2011 Sinai insurgency Africa  Egypt 981[55]
2011 South Kordofan conflict Africa  Sudan 746[16]
2011 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Asia  Lebanon 297[n 9]
2012 Northern Mali conflict Africa  Mali 380[16][n 10]
2013 Insurgency in Egypt Africa  Egypt 195 [77]

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2014

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2014
1946 Kurdish separatism in Iran Asia  Iran 11+[78][79][80][81]
1948 Internal conflict in Myanmar Asia  Myanmar 66+[n 11]
1963 West Papua conflict Asia  Indonesia 25[n 12]
1969 CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion Asia  Philippines 87[n 13]
1969 Moro Conflict Asia  Philippines
 Malaysia
91[n 14][105][106]
1975 Cabinda War Africa  Angola 5[107]
1980 Internal conflict in Peru South America  Peru 5+[n 15]
1984 Turkey–PKK conflict Asia  Turkey
 Iraq
57+[n 16]
1987 LRA insurgency Africa  DRC
 CAR
 South Sudan
16[119]
1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Asia  Armenia
 Azerbaijan
71[120]
1989 Internal conflict in Bangladesh Asia  Bangladesh 76[121][122]
1991 FRUD conflict Africa  Djibouti 12[16]
1992 OLF insurgency Africa  Ethiopia 46[16]
1994 Chiapas conflict North America  Mexico 1[123]
1995 Second Afar insurgency Africa  Eritrea
 Ethiopia
34[124][125]
1999 Ituri conflict Africa  DRC 26[16][126]
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb Africa  Algeria
 Tunisia
42+[n 17]
2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta Africa  Nigeria 13[n 18]
2013 RENAMO insurgency Africa  Mozambique 50[n 19]

See also

References

Notes

Citations

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