Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred by country

The best estimate of the number of deaths of combatants and civilians due to fighting in interstate conflicts that were ongoing that year.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
90,323 deaths
Ukraine
Lowest
0 deaths
Western Sahara
Median
0 deaths
Years covered
37
1989–2025
Data points
7,252

What the numbers show

Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 90,323 deaths in Ukraine; the lowest is 0 deaths in Western Sahara.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 deaths, and the mean is 507.5 deaths.

Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 69.0%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 5.9%).

Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 90,323 deaths 2025 volatile
2 Russia 4,418 deaths 2025 volatile
3 Iran 1,189 deaths 2025 volatile
4 Yemen 945 deaths 2025 volatile
5 Cambodia 175 deaths 2025 volatile
6 Afghanistan 164 deaths 2025 volatile
7 Thailand 77 deaths 2025 volatile
8 India 49 deaths 2025 up 69.0% volatile
9 Syria 35 deaths 2025 volatile
10 Pakistan 32 deaths 2025 down 5.9% volatile
11 Israel 30 deaths 2025 volatile
12 Lebanon 2 deaths 2025 volatile
13 Iraq 1 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Angola 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Albania 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Andorra 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 United Arab Emirates 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Argentina 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Armenia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Antigua and Barbuda 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Australia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Austria 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Azerbaijan 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Burundi 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Belgium 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Benin 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Burkina Faso 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Bangladesh 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Bulgaria 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Bahrain 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Bahamas 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Belarus 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Belize 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Bolivia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Brazil 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Barbados 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Brunei 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Bhutan 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Botswana 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Central African Republic 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Canada 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Switzerland 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Chile 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 China 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Cote d'Ivoire 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Cameroon 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Congo 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Colombia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Comoros 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Cape Verde 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Costa Rica 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Cuba 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Cyprus 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Czechia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Germany 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Djibouti 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Dominica 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Denmark 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Dominican Republic 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Algeria 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Ecuador 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Egypt 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Eritrea 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Spain 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Estonia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Ethiopia 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Finland 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Fiji 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 France 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Gabon 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 United Kingdom 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Georgia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Ghana 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Guinea 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Gambia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Guinea-Bissau 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Equatorial Guinea 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Greece 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Grenada 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Greenland 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Guatemala 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Guyana 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Honduras 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Croatia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Haiti 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Hungary 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Indonesia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Iceland 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Italy 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Jamaica 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Jordan 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Japan 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Kazakhstan 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Kenya 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Kyrgyzstan 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Kiribati 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 South Korea 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Kuwait 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Laos 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Liberia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Libya 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Saint Lucia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Sri Lanka 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Lesotho 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Lithuania 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Latvia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Morocco 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Monaco 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Moldova 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Madagascar 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Maldives 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Mexico 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Marshall Islands 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 North Macedonia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Mali 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Myanmar 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Montenegro 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Mongolia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Mozambique 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Mauritania 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Mauritius 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Malawi 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Malaysia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Namibia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Niger 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Nigeria 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Nicaragua 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Netherlands 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Norway 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Nepal 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Nauru 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 New Zealand 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Oman 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Panama 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Peru 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Philippines 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Palau 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Papua New Guinea 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Poland 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 North Korea 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Portugal 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Paraguay 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Palestine 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Qatar 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Romania 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Rwanda 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Saudi Arabia 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Sudan 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Senegal 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Singapore 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Solomon Islands 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Sierra Leone 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 El Salvador 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 San Marino 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Somalia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Serbia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 South Sudan 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Sao Tome and Principe 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Suriname 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Slovakia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Slovenia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Sweden 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Eswatini 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Seychelles 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Chad 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Togo 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Tajikistan 0 deaths 2025 volatile
14 Turkmenistan 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 East Timor 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Tonga 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Trinidad and Tobago 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Tunisia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Turkey 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Tuvalu 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Tanzania 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Uganda 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Uruguay 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 United States 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Uzbekistan 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Venezuela 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Vietnam 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Vanuatu 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Samoa 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 South Africa 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Zambia 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Zimbabwe 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Taiwan 0 deaths 2025 flat
14 Western Sahara 0 deaths 2025 flat

About this data

Indicator
Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred
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 best estimate of the number of deaths of combatants and civilians due to fighting in interstate conflicts that were ongoing that year.