# Deaths in War — Full Data

> Interactive 3D globe tracking ongoing armed conflicts worldwide and their human cost.
> Data last updated: April 18, 2026

## Summary

As of April 18, 2026, there are **48** ongoing armed conflicts worldwide
with an estimated **8,038,905** total fatalities.

### Breakdown by Intensity
- Major War (10,000+ deaths/year): 9
- War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year): 12
- Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year): 16
- Skirmish (<100 deaths/year): 11

## API Endpoints

- GET /api/conflicts — JSON array of all ongoing conflicts with death tolls, coordinates, and intensity
- GET /api/stats — Aggregated statistics (total deaths, conflict counts by intensity)
- GET /api/last-updated — Timestamp of most recent data update

Base URL: https://www.deaths-in-war.com

## All Ongoing Armed Conflicts

1. **Sudanese civil wars** — Sudan South Sudan Chad Central African Republic Egypt Ethiopia Libya
   Deaths: 1,521,000+ | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 1955
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Civil_War

2. **Syrian conflict** — Syria Israel Lebanon Iraq Turkey
   Deaths: 664,800+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 2011
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_conflict_(2024%E2%80%93present)

3. **Ethiopian civil conflict** — Ethiopia
   Deaths: 500,000+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 2018
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_civil_conflict_(2018%E2%80%93present)

4. **Islamist insurgencies in the Maghreb** — Algeria Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Ivory Coast Libya Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Nigeria Togo Tunisia
   Deaths: 485,500+ | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 2002
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_the_Maghreb_(2002%E2%80%93present)

5. **Colombian conflict** — Colombia Venezuela Ecuador
   Deaths: 460,300+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 1964
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_conflict

6. **Venezuelan conflict** — Venezuela Colombia
   Deaths: 460,300+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 2010
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_in_Venezuela

7. **Yemeni civil war** — Yemen Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Israel
   Deaths: 384,900 | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 2011
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%93present)

8. **Afghan conflict** — Afghanistan Pakistan Tajikistan
   Deaths: 380,000+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 1978
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_conflict

9. **Somali Civil War** — Somalia Kenya
   Deaths: 376,200+ | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 1981
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War

10. **Iraqi conflict** — Iraq
   Deaths: 334,700+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 2003
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_conflict

11. **Arab–Israeli** — Israel
 Palestine
 Lebanon
 Syria
 Iran
 Jordan
 Iraq
 Saudi Arabia
 Kuwait
 Bahrain
 Qatar
 United Arab Emirates
 Oman
 Yemen
 Turkey
 Azerbaijan
 Cyprus
 United Kingdom
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia
 British Indian Ocean Territory
 Sri Lanka
   Deaths: 254,000+ | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 1948
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict

12. **Congolese conflicts** — Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African Republic South Sudan Rwanda Burundi Uganda
   Deaths: 219,700+ | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 1960
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congolese_Civil_War_(disambiguation)

13. **Myanmar civil war** — Myanmar India Bangladesh Thailand China
   Deaths: 214,000+ | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 1948
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_conflict

14. **Kashmir conflict** — India Pakistan China
   Deaths: 202,200 | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1947
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_conflict

15. **Russo-Ukrainian war** — Ukraine Russia Belarus
   Deaths: 172,226+ | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 2014
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war

16. **Civil conflict in the Philippines** — Philippines
   Deaths: 166,600 | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1969
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_conflict_in_the_Philippines

17. **Insurgencies in Turkey** — Turkey Syria Iraq
   Deaths: 138,000+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1922
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Turkey

18. **Kurdish nationalist conflicts** — Iran Iraq Syria Turkey
   Deaths: 135,950+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1918
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Kurdish_uprisings

19. **Mexican drug war** — Mexico Belize El Salvador Honduras Guatemala Nicaragua United States
   Deaths: 135,000 | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 2006
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_drug_war

20. **Civil conflicts in Nigeria** — Nigeria Niger Cameroon Chad
   Deaths: 107,300+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 1998
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_conflicts_in_Nigeria

21. **Papua conflict** — Indonesia
   Deaths: 100,400 | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1962
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_conflict

22. **Insurgency in Laos** — Laos
   Deaths: 100,000+ | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 1975
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Laos

23. **Insurgencies in India** — India Myanmar Bhutan
   Deaths: 81,400 | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1954
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_India

24. **Insurgencies in Bangladesh** — Bangladesh Myanmar India
   Deaths: 80,100+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1999
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Bangladesh

25. **Peruvian conflict** — Peru
   Deaths: 70,000 | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 1980
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_conflict

26. **Insurgencies in Iran** — Iran Iraq Turkey
   Deaths: 47,900+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 1918
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Iran

27. **Nagorno-Karabakh conflict** — Armenia Azerbaijan
   Deaths: 39,800+ | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 1988
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict

28. **Libyan crisis** — Libya
   Deaths: 30,300 | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 2011
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_crisis_(2011%E2%80%93present)

29. **Cabinda War** — Angola
   Deaths: 30,200 | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1975
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinda_War

30. **Insurgencies in Pakistan** — Pakistan Afghanistan Iran
   Deaths: 23,100+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1948
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Pakistan

31. **Haitian crisis** — Haiti
   Deaths: 20,000+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 2018
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018%E2%80%93present)

32. **Central African Republic Civil War** — Central African Republic Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo South Sudan
   Deaths: 16,300+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 2012
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republic_Civil_War

33. **Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea** — Papua New Guinea
   Deaths: 15,400 | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1988
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_violence_in_Papua_New_Guinea

34. **Western Sahara conflict** — Morocco Sahrawi Republic
   Deaths: 14,000+ | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 1970
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara_conflict

35. **Insurgency in Ecuador** — Ecuador Colombia
   Deaths: 13,000+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 1993
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Ecuador

36. **Cameroonian conflicts** — Cameroon Nigeria Niger Chad
   Deaths: 11,000+ | Intensity: War (1,000–9,999 deaths/year) | Since: 2012
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroonian_Civil_War_(disambiguation)

37. **Insurgency in Cabo Delgado** — Mozambique Tanzania
   Deaths: 7,800+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 2017
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Cabo_Delgado

38. **South Thailand insurgency** — Thailand
   Deaths: 7,300 | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 2004
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Thailand_insurgency

39. **Islamist insurgency in Egypt** — Egypt
   Deaths: 6,000+ | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 1981
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Egypt

40. **Casamance conflict** — Senegal Gambia
   Deaths: 5,000+ | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 1982
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casamance_conflict

41. **Iran war (2026)** — Iran
 Israel
 Lebanon
 Iraq
 Saudi Arabia
 Kuwait
 Bahrain
 Qatar
 United Arab Emirates
 Oman
 Jordan
 Syria
 Turkey
 Azerbaijan
 Cyprus
   Deaths: 3,600+ | Intensity: Major War (10,000+ deaths/year) | Since: 2026
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_war_(2026)

42. **Jamaican political conflict** — Jamaica
   Deaths: 1,900+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1943
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_political_conflict

43. **Armed conflict for control of the favelas** — Brazil
   Deaths: 800+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 1990
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_conflict_for_control_of_the_favelas

44. **Salvadoran gang crackdown** — El Salvador
   Deaths: 545+ | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 2022
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_gang_crackdown

45. **Insurgency in Paraguay** — Paraguay
   Deaths: 150+ | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 2005
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Paraguay

46. **Cross border attacks in Sabah** — Malaysia Philippines
   Deaths: 134+ | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 1962
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_border_attacks_in_Sabah

47. **Honduran gang crackdown** — Honduras
   Deaths: 100+ | Intensity: Minor Conflict (100–999 deaths/year) | Since: 2022
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduran_gang_crackdown

48. **North Caucasus conflict** — Russia Azerbaijan Georgia
   Deaths: 0 | Intensity: Skirmish (<100 deaths/year) | Since: 1994
   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Caucasian_conflict

## Data Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts
- UCDP GED (Uppsala Conflict Data Program): https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

## License

Data: CC BY-SA 4.0 | Code: MIT

## About

This project scrapes Wikipedia daily for up-to-date data on all ongoing armed conflicts,
then renders an interactive 3D globe (Three.js) with conflict markers sized by cumulative
death toll and colored by intensity level.

Website: https://www.deaths-in-war.com