List of wars by death toll

22,211 – (1991–1995)^[147]

Croatian War of Independence

22,000+ – (1863–1865)^[a]

Dominican Restoration War

21,000+ – (1967)^[148]

Six-Day War

20,068 – (1857–1860)

Reform War

20,000+ – (1533–1929)^[27]

Yaqui Wars

20,000+ – (1718–1720)^[31]

War of the Quadruple Alliance

20,000+ – (1835–1845)^[149]

Ragamuffin War

20,000+ – (1911–1912)^[27]

Italo-Turkish War

20,000 – ^[27]

Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)

19,619+ – (1964–1979)

Rhodesian Bush War

19,000+ – (1846–1848)^[27]

Mexican–American War

18,069–20,069 – (1839–1842)^[150]

First Opium War

17,200+ – (1839–1842)^[151]

First Anglo-Afghan War

16,765–17,065 – (1948–present)^{[152][153][154]}

Balochistan conflict

16,000+ – (1879–1883)

War of the Pacific

16,000+ – (1996–2006)

Nepalese Civil War

16,000+ – (1898)^[27]

Spanish–American War

15,200–15,300 – – Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Peasants' War (1798)

15,000+ – (2009–present)^{[155][156][157]}

Nigerian Sharia conflict

15,000 –

Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)

14,460–14,922 – (1966–1990)

South African Border War

14,077–22,077 – (1952–1960)

Mau Mau rebellion

13,929+ – ^[119]

Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)

13,812+ – (1967–present)^[158][159]

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

13,100–34,000 – (1918–present)^[148]

Kurdish separatism in Iran

13,073–26,373 – (1948–1949)^[160]

1948 Arab–Israeli War

11,500–12,843 – – Part of the Bangladesh Liberation War

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

11,342–89,000 – (1947–1948)^[161][162]

Malagasy Uprising

10,700–14,300 – (1973)^[78]

Yom Kippur War

10,000+ – (1979–present)

Assam separatist movements

10,000+ – (1948–1960)^[163]

Malayan Emergency

10,000+ – ^[164] – Part of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)

War in Donbas

10,000+ – (1894–1896)^[27]

First Italo-Ethiopian War

10,000+ – (1909)^[27]

Second Melillan campaign

10,000+ – ^[27]

Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–1860)

10,000+ – (1510)^[165]

Spanish conquest of Tripoli

9,400+ – (2011)^[166]

Libyan Civil War (2011)

8,136+ – ^[167]

Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)

7,500–21,741 – (1812–1815)^[27][168]

War of 1812

7,400–16,200 – (2014–present)

Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

7,050+ – (1510)^[169]

Portuguese conquest of Goa

7,104+ – (1947–1949)^[170]

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948

7,000+ – (2005–2010)^[171]

Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)

6,800–13,459 – (1965)

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

6,859+ – (2020–2024)

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

5,641–6,991 – ( 2014–present )

Opposition–Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war

6,543+ – (2004–present)^[172]

South Thailand insurgency

6,295+ – (2012–present)

Central African Republic conflict

6,000+ – (1958–1961)

Permesta Rebellion

5,641+ – (2009–present)^[173][174]

Sudanese nomadic conflicts

5,100+ – (2006–present) – Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict

Gaza–Israel conflict

5,000+ – (1982–2014)^[175]

Casamance conflict

5,000+ – (1891)^[176]

Chilean Civil War of 1891

5,000+ – (1953–1959)^[177]

Cuban Revolution

5,000 – (1683–1684)

War of the Reunions

4,715+ – (2014–present)

Libyan Civil War (2014–present)

4,275 – (1965)^[178]

Dominican Civil War

4,200+ – (1963–1967)^[179]

Shifta War

4,000–10,000 – (2004–present)^[180]

Conflict in the Niger Delta

4,000 – (1667–1668)

War of Devolution

3,699+ – (1992–present)^[119]

Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

3,552+ – (1848–1852)

First Schleswig War

3,529+ – (1966–1998)^[181]

The Northern Ireland Troubles

3,366+ – (2009–2017)^[182]

Insurgency in the North Caucasus

3,270+ – (1864)

Second Schleswig War

3,222–3,722 – (1956)

Hungarian Revolution of 1956

3,144+ – (1996–present)

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency

3,114+ – (1947–1948) – Part of the 1948 Palestine war

1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine

3,007+ – (1900)

War of the Golden Stool

3,000–6,000 – (1912)^[183][184]

Negro Rebellion

3,000–5,000 – (1573) ^[185]

Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt

3,000 – (1958)

1958 Lebanon crisis

3,000+ – (2010–2011)^[186]

Second Ivorian Civil War

3,000+ – (1914–1933)^[59]

Banana Wars

3,000+ – (1844)

Dominican War of Independence

2,800+ – (2012–present)

Northern Mali conflict

2,781+ – (1978–1979)^[187]

Iranian Revolution

2,751+ – (1919)^[188]

Third Anglo-Afghan War

2,557+ – (2011–present)^{[189][190][191]}

Sudan internal conflict (2011–present)

2,394+ – (2011–present)^[192]

Sinai insurgency

2,300+ – (2003–present)^[193][194]

Conflict in the Niger Delta

2,270–2,971 – (1856–1860)

Second Opium War

2,221–2,406 – (2014) – Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict

2014 Israel–Gaza conflict

2,150+ – (1796)

Persian expedition of 1796

2,096+ – (1963–1967)

Aden Emergency

2,054+ – (2009–2015)

South Yemen insurgency

2,014 – (1919–1921)

Irish War of Independence

2,000–3,800 – (1997)

Albanian civil unrest

2,000+ – (1948)

Costa Rican civil war

2,000+ – (2000)^[195]

Six-Day War (2000)

2,000+ – (2010)^{[196][197][198]}

2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes

2,000 – (1946)^[199]

Iran crisis of 1946

1,817+ – (1910–1919)

Mexican Border War

1,810+ – (1941) – Part of World War II

Anglo-Iraqi War

1,774+ – (1944–1945) – Part of World War II

Lapland War

1,648 – ( 2004–present )

Sinaloa Cartel–Gulf Cartel conflict

1,643–2,237 – (1992)^{[200][201][202][203]}

Transnistria War

1,600+ – (1835–1836)^[b]

Texas Revolution

1,561 – (2013–present)

Islamic State-related terrorist attacks in Turkey

1,500+ – (1922–1923)

Irish Civil War

1,480 – (1957–1958)^[78]

Ifni War

1,444 – ( 2015–present )

Taliban-ISIL conflict in Afghanistan

1,300+ – (1996–present)^[204]

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency

1,295+ – (1984–2011)

Siachen conflict

1,229+ – (1959–2011)^[205]

Basque conflict

1,227–5,600 – (1999)^{[206][207][208][209]}

Kargil War

1,000–1,500 – (1994–present)^[210]

Cabinda conflict

1,000+ – (1991–1994)

Djiboutian Civil War

1,000+ – (1991–1992)^[211]

1991–1992 South Ossetia War

1,000+ – (1930–present)

Xinjiang conflict

1,000+ – (1864–1866)^[27]

Chincha Islands War

1,000+ – (2015–present) – Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)

Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict

1,000 – (1980–1983)

Second Mafia War

968+ – (1961)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

907 – (1982)^[212]

Falklands War

898 – (1801–1815)

Barbary Wars

864 – (1943–present)

Jamaican political conflict

850 – (2011–2017) – Part of the Syrian Civil War

Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon

846 – (2011)

2011 Egyptian revolution

818 – (1966–1969)

Korean DMZ Conflict

808 – (1652–1689)

Sino-Russian border conflicts

789–1,874 – (2001–2002)

2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff

771 – (2013–present)

Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)

740 – (1963–1966)^[213][214]

Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation

722 – (2016–2019)

Kamwina Nsapu rebellion

700–800 – (1901–1902)

Anglo-Aro War

638–838 – (1989–1990)

Operation Just Cause

670+ (2010–present)

Infighting in the Gulf Cartel

659–2,496 – (2008)

Russo–Georgian War

650+ – (2010–present)

Infighting in Los Zetas

643–1,500 – (2011–present)^[191][190]

Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile

621 – (1985-1991)

Second 'Ndrangheta war

316 – (1994–1996)

Chiapas conflict

302 – (1994–1995)

Operation Uphold Democracy

300+ – (2006–2007)

Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict

547 – (1955–1959)

Cyprus Emergency

542 – (1992)

East Prigorodny Conflict

500 – (1896)

Anglo-Zanzibar War

483–494 –

2007 Lebanon conflict

422 – (1940–1941)

Franco-Thai War

327 – (2013–2021)

RENAMO insurgency

275–569 – (1995–2018) Part of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict

Second Afar insurgency

247 – (1859–1861)

Cortina Troubles

246–353 – (1871)

Korean Expedition

236 – (2013–2018)

Batwa–Luba clashes

233 – (1974–1976)

First 'Ndrangheta war

233 – (2017–present)^[c]

Anglophone Crisis

217 – (1959)

Cuban invasion of the Dominican Republic

213–523+ – (1954–1959)^[220]

Jebel Akhdar War

206–345 – (1922–2022)

Arab separatism in Khuzestan

200+ – (1967)

1967 Opium War

200 – (1935)

1935 Yazidi revolt

174–194 – (1914)^[221]

United States occupation of Veracruz

164 – (2023–Present)

Red Sea Crisis

162 – (1994–2002)

Quebec Biker War

159 – (2015–2022)

Islamic State insurgency in Tunisia

141 – (2006)

2006 São Paulo violence outbreak

126 – (2016)^[222][223]

Kasese clashes

125 –

Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)

115 – (2016–present)

Pool War

112 – (1983)

Operation Urgent Fury

108 – (2017–present)^[d]

Islamist insurgency in Mozambique

102–227 – (2016–2018)

2016–2018 India–Pakistan border skirmishes

99–500 – (1963–1964)

Sand War

95 – (2013)^[235]

2013 Guinea clashes

84–134 – (2013)^[236][237]

2013 Lahad Datu standoff

82 – (1798–1800)

Quasi-War

82 – (1885)^[238]

North-West Rebellion

80+ – (1875)

Las Cuevas War

71 – (2005–present)

Paraguayan People's Army insurgency

70+ – (1990–present)

DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey

63–77 – (1986)

Operation El Dorado Canyon

63 – (1991)

Ten-Day War

56+ – (1998–present)

Dissident Irish Republican campaign

50 – (1898–1899)

Second Samoan Civil War

46 – (1954)

Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

45+ – (2020–2021)

2020–2021 China–India skirmishes

41 – (2010)

2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis

39–111 – (2014–2015)

2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes

37 – (2013)

2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes

36 – (2016–Present)^[239] – Part of the Conflict in the Niger Delta

2016 Niger Delta conflict

20 – (2024–Present)

2024 Ecuadorian conflict

12–61 – (2017) – Part of the Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes

2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish

11–30 – (2008)

2008 Kufra conflict

11 – (2024)

2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes

8–16 – (2011)

2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish

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Timeline of wars

List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll

List of battles by casualties

List of number of conflicts per year

Lists of wars

List of ongoing armed conflicts

List of genocides by death toll

List of countries by refugee population

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War in the Modern Great Power System: 1495-1975

An Interactive map of all the battles fought around the world in the last 4,000 years

Information on 1,500 conflicts since 1800

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