Colombia vs South Sudan: Deaths in armed conflicts

Colombia
1,145 deaths
in 2025
South Sudan
771 deaths
in 2025
Colombia rank
20th
South Sudan rank
22nd

Deaths in armed conflicts over time

  • Colombia
  • South Sudan
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 1,145 deaths against 771 deaths in South Sudan, a difference of 374 deaths.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.5 times South Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1989 it was South Sudan ahead.

Colombia ranks 20th and South Sudan ranks 22nd of 192 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Deaths in armed conflicts
Unit
deaths
Source
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
196 places, 7,252 data points, 1989–2025
Last refreshed

The high estimate of the number of deaths of combatants and civilians due to fighting in interstate, intrastate, extrasystemic, non-state conflicts, and one-sided violence that were ongoing that year.