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Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred in Iraq

Iraq: Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred was 1 deaths in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
1 deaths
Change on year
down 83.3%
World rank
13th
of 196 countries
All-time high
21,247 deaths
in 1991
All-time low
0 deaths
in 1989
Years of data
37
1989–2025

Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred in Iraq, 1989–2025

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k1989200720251989: 0 deaths1990: 0 deaths1991: 21.2k deaths1992: 0 deaths1993: 0 deaths1994: 0 deaths1995: 0 deaths1996: 0 deaths1997: 0 deaths1998: 0 deaths1999: 0 deaths2000: 0 deaths2001: 0 deaths2002: 0 deaths2003: 7.9k deaths2004: 0 deaths2005: 0 deaths2006: 0 deaths2007: 0 deaths2008: 0 deaths2009: 0 deaths2010: 0 deaths2011: 0 deaths2012: 0 deaths2013: 0 deaths2014: 0 deaths2015: 0 deaths2016: 0 deaths2017: 0 deaths2018: 0 deaths2019: 0 deaths2020: 11 deaths2021: 0 deaths2022: 1 deaths2023: 0 deaths2024: 6 deaths2025: 1 deaths

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.

Analysis

The most recent figure for deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred in Iraq is 1 deaths, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 83.3% on the previous year and down 90.9% over five years.

Over the whole period, deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred in Iraq peaked at 21,247 deaths in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0 deaths, in 1989.

Iraq ranks 13th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred in Iraq, year by year

Year deaths Change
1989 0 deaths —
1990 0 deaths —
1991 21,247 deaths —
1992 0 deaths -100.0%
1993 0 deaths —
1994 0 deaths —
1995 0 deaths —
1996 0 deaths —
1997 0 deaths —
1998 0 deaths —
1999 0 deaths —
2000 0 deaths —
2001 0 deaths —
2002 0 deaths —
2003 7,927 deaths —
2004 0 deaths -100.0%
2005 0 deaths —
2006 0 deaths —
2007 0 deaths —
2008 0 deaths —
2009 0 deaths —
2010 0 deaths —
2011 0 deaths —
2012 0 deaths —
2013 0 deaths —
2014 0 deaths —
2015 0 deaths —
2016 0 deaths —
2017 0 deaths —
2018 0 deaths —
2019 0 deaths —
2020 11 deaths —
2021 0 deaths -100.0%
2022 1 deaths —
2023 0 deaths -100.0%
2024 6 deaths —
2025 1 deaths -83.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0 deaths 0 deaths 0 deaths 1
1990s 2,125 deaths 0 deaths 21,247 deaths 10
2000s 792.7 deaths 0 deaths 7,927 deaths 10
2010s 0 deaths 0 deaths 0 deaths 10
2020s 3.17 deaths 0 deaths 11 deaths 6

Countries ranked near Iraq

  1. 10 Pakistan 32 deaths compare
  2. 11 Israel 30 deaths compare
  3. 12 Lebanon 2 deaths compare
  4. 14 Albania 0 deaths
  5. 14 Algeria 0 deaths
  6. 14 Andorra 0 deaths
  7. 14 Angola 0 deaths
  8. 14 Antigua and Barbuda 0 deaths
  9. 14 Argentina 0 deaths
  10. 14 Armenia 0 deaths
  11. 14 Australia 0 deaths
  12. 14 Austria 0 deaths
  13. 14 Azerbaijan 0 deaths
  14. 14 Bahamas 0 deaths
  15. 14 Bahrain 0 deaths
  16. 14 Bangladesh 0 deaths
  17. 14 Barbados 0 deaths
  18. 14 Belarus 0 deaths
  19. 14 Belgium 0 deaths
  20. 14 Belize 0 deaths
  21. 14 Benin 0 deaths
  22. 14 Bhutan 0 deaths
  23. 14 Bolivia 0 deaths
  24. 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 deaths
  25. 14 Botswana 0 deaths
  26. 14 Brazil 0 deaths
  27. 14 Brunei 0 deaths
  28. 14 Bulgaria 0 deaths
  29. 14 Burkina Faso 0 deaths
  30. 14 Burundi 0 deaths
  31. 14 Cameroon 0 deaths compare
  32. 14 Canada 0 deaths
  33. 14 Cape Verde 0 deaths
  34. 14 Central African Republic 0 deaths
  35. 14 Chad 0 deaths
  36. 14 Chile 0 deaths
  37. 14 China 0 deaths
  38. 14 Colombia 0 deaths
  39. 14 Comoros 0 deaths
  40. 14 Congo 0 deaths
  41. 14 Costa Rica 0 deaths
  42. 14 Cote d'Ivoire 0 deaths
  43. 14 Croatia 0 deaths
  44. 14 Cuba 0 deaths
  45. 14 Cyprus 0 deaths
  46. 14 Czechia 0 deaths
  47. 14 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 deaths
  48. 14 Denmark 0 deaths
  49. 14 Djibouti 0 deaths compare
  50. 14 Dominica 0 deaths
  51. 14 Dominican Republic 0 deaths
  52. 14 East Timor 0 deaths
  53. 14 Ecuador 0 deaths compare
  54. 14 Egypt 0 deaths
  55. 14 El Salvador 0 deaths
  56. 14 Equatorial Guinea 0 deaths
  57. 14 Eritrea 0 deaths compare
  58. 14 Estonia 0 deaths
  59. 14 Eswatini 0 deaths
  60. 14 Ethiopia 0 deaths compare
  61. 14 Fiji 0 deaths
  62. 14 Finland 0 deaths
  63. 14 France 0 deaths
  64. 14 Gabon 0 deaths
  65. 14 Gambia 0 deaths
  66. 14 Georgia 0 deaths
  67. 14 Germany 0 deaths
  68. 14 Ghana 0 deaths
  69. 14 Greece 0 deaths
  70. 14 Greenland 0 deaths
  71. 14 Grenada 0 deaths
  72. 14 Guatemala 0 deaths
  73. 14 Guinea 0 deaths
  74. 14 Guinea-Bissau 0 deaths
  75. 14 Guyana 0 deaths
  76. 14 Haiti 0 deaths
  77. 14 Honduras 0 deaths
  78. 14 Hungary 0 deaths
  79. 14 Iceland 0 deaths
  80. 14 Indonesia 0 deaths
  81. 14 Ireland 0 deaths
  82. 14 Italy 0 deaths
  83. 14 Jamaica 0 deaths
  84. 14 Japan 0 deaths
  85. 14 Jordan 0 deaths compare
  86. 14 Kazakhstan 0 deaths
  87. 14 Kenya 0 deaths
  88. 14 Kiribati 0 deaths
  89. 14 Kuwait 0 deaths compare
  90. 14 Kyrgyzstan 0 deaths compare
  91. 14 Laos 0 deaths
  92. 14 Latvia 0 deaths
  93. 14 Lesotho 0 deaths
  94. 14 Liberia 0 deaths
  95. 14 Libya 0 deaths
  96. 14 Liechtenstein 0 deaths
  97. 14 Lithuania 0 deaths
  98. 14 Luxembourg 0 deaths
  99. 14 Madagascar 0 deaths
  100. 14 Malawi 0 deaths
  101. 14 Malaysia 0 deaths
  102. 14 Maldives 0 deaths
  103. 14 Mali 0 deaths
  104. 14 Malta 0 deaths
  105. 14 Marshall Islands 0 deaths
  106. 14 Mauritania 0 deaths
  107. 14 Mauritius 0 deaths
  108. 14 Mexico 0 deaths
  109. 14 Moldova 0 deaths
  110. 14 Monaco 0 deaths
  111. 14 Mongolia 0 deaths
  112. 14 Montenegro 0 deaths
  113. 14 Morocco 0 deaths
  114. 14 Mozambique 0 deaths
  115. 14 Myanmar 0 deaths
  116. 14 Namibia 0 deaths
  117. 14 Nauru 0 deaths
  118. 14 Nepal 0 deaths
  119. 14 Netherlands 0 deaths
  120. 14 New Zealand 0 deaths
  121. 14 Nicaragua 0 deaths
  122. 14 Niger 0 deaths
  123. 14 Nigeria 0 deaths
  124. 14 North Korea 0 deaths
  125. 14 North Macedonia 0 deaths
  126. 14 Norway 0 deaths
  127. 14 Oman 0 deaths
  128. 14 Palau 0 deaths
  129. 14 Palestine 0 deaths compare
  130. 14 Panama 0 deaths compare
  131. 14 Papua New Guinea 0 deaths
  132. 14 Paraguay 0 deaths
  133. 14 Peru 0 deaths compare
  134. 14 Philippines 0 deaths compare
  135. 14 Poland 0 deaths compare
  136. 14 Portugal 0 deaths
  137. 14 Qatar 0 deaths
  138. 14 Romania 0 deaths
  139. 14 Rwanda 0 deaths
  140. 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 deaths
  141. 14 Saint Lucia 0 deaths
  142. 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 deaths
  143. 14 Samoa 0 deaths
  144. 14 San Marino 0 deaths
  145. 14 Sao Tome and Principe 0 deaths
  146. 14 Saudi Arabia 0 deaths compare
  147. 14 Senegal 0 deaths
  148. 14 Serbia 0 deaths
  149. 14 Seychelles 0 deaths
  150. 14 Sierra Leone 0 deaths
  151. 14 Singapore 0 deaths
  152. 14 Slovakia 0 deaths
  153. 14 Slovenia 0 deaths
  154. 14 Solomon Islands 0 deaths
  155. 14 Somalia 0 deaths
  156. 14 South Africa 0 deaths
  157. 14 South Korea 0 deaths
  158. 14 South Sudan 0 deaths compare
  159. 14 Spain 0 deaths
  160. 14 Sri Lanka 0 deaths
  161. 14 Sudan 0 deaths compare
  162. 14 Suriname 0 deaths
  163. 14 Sweden 0 deaths
  164. 14 Switzerland 0 deaths
  165. 14 Taiwan 0 deaths
  166. 14 Tajikistan 0 deaths compare
  167. 14 Tanzania 0 deaths
  168. 14 Togo 0 deaths
  169. 14 Tonga 0 deaths
  170. 14 Trinidad and Tobago 0 deaths
  171. 14 Tunisia 0 deaths
  172. 14 Turkey 0 deaths
  173. 14 Turkmenistan 0 deaths
  174. 14 Tuvalu 0 deaths
  175. 14 Uganda 0 deaths
  176. 14 United Arab Emirates 0 deaths
  177. 14 United Kingdom 0 deaths
  178. 14 United States 0 deaths
  179. 14 Uruguay 0 deaths
  180. 14 Uzbekistan 0 deaths
  181. 14 Vanuatu 0 deaths
  182. 14 Venezuela 0 deaths
  183. 14 Vietnam 0 deaths
  184. 14 Western Sahara 0 deaths
  185. 14 Zambia 0 deaths
  186. 14 Zimbabwe 0 deaths

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Frequently asked questions

What is deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred in Iraq?
Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred in Iraq was 1 deaths in 2025, according to Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred recorded in Iraq?
The highest recorded value was 21,247 deaths in 1991.
What is the lowest deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred recorded in Iraq?
The lowest recorded value was 0 deaths in 1989.
How does Iraq rank for deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred?
Iraq ranks 13th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
Where does this Iraq data come from?
The figures come from Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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

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