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Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2016   Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2016  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2016  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2016  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2016
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The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2016.

Conflict-related fatalities in the world's 15 deadliest countries in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 226 politically motivated armed conflicts (of which 38 estimated as highly violent: 18 full-scale wars, 20 limited wars) worldwide during 2016.

List guidelines

Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2016.

10,000+ deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2016
1978 War in Afghanistan Asia  Afghanistan 23,539+
2003 Iraqi conflict Asia  Iraq 23,898+
2006 Mexican Drug War North America  Mexico 12,224
2011 Syrian Civil War Asia  Syria 49,742

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2016
1984 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Asia  Turkey
 Iraq
 Syria 		1,905
1991 Somali Civil War Africa  Somalia
 Kenya 		5,701
1998 Communal conflicts in Nigeria Africa  Nigeria 1,407
2003 War in Darfur Africa  Sudan 1,936
2009 Boko Haram insurgency Africa  Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Niger
 Chad 		3,523
2011 Libyan Crisis Africa  Libya 2,865
2011 Yemeni Crisis Asia  Yemen
 Saudi Arabia 		1,500
2011 Sinai insurgency Africa  Egypt 1,578
2011 South Kordofan conflict Africa  Sudan 1,489
2011 Ethnic violence in South Sudan Africa  South Sudan
 Ethiopia 		4,037

100–999 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2016
1947 Kashmir conflict Asia  India
 Pakistan 		289
1948 Balochistan conflict Asia  Pakistan
 Iran 		633
1948 Internal conflict in Myanmar Asia  Myanmar 228
1960 South Thailand insurgency Asia  Thailand 116
1963 Insurgency in Northeast India Asia  India 160
1964 Israeli–Palestinian conflict Asia  Palestine
 Israel 		120
1964 Colombian conflict South America  Colombia 156
2016 Oromia-Somali clashes Africa  Ethiopia +130
1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Asia  India 430
1969 Moro conflict Asia  Philippines 439+
1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Asia  Azerbaijan 189-369
1989 Sectarianism in Pakistan Asia  Pakistan 137
1989 Internal conflict in Bangladesh Asia  Bangladesh 139
1992 Oromo conflict Africa  Ethiopia 393
1995 Ogaden insurgency Africa  Ethiopia 156
1996 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 428
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb Africa  Algeria
 Tunisia
 Burkina Faso
 Niger 		260
2004 Kivu conflict Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Burundi 		607
2004 War in North-West Pakistan Asia  Pakistan 643
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts Africa  Sudan 459
2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus Europe  Russia 202
2012 Central African Republic conflict Africa  Central African Republic 623
2012 Northern Mali conflict Africa  Mali 303
2013 Insurgency in Egypt Africa  Egypt 129
2013 RENAMO insurgency Africa  Mozambique 108
2013 Batwa-Luba clashes Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 108
2014 War in Donbass Europe  Ukraine 902
2015 Burundian unrest Africa  Burundi 461
2015 Turkey–ISIL conflict Asia  Turkey 160
2016 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 160
2016 2016 Kasese clashes Africa  Uganda 162

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2016

Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2016.

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Fatalities in 2016
1922 Arab separatism in Khuzestan Asia  Iran 4
1999 Internal conflicit in Bangladesh Asia  Bangladesh 39
2005 Insurgency in Paraguay South America  Paraguay 11
1990 DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey Asia  Turkey 4
1946 Kurdish separatism in Iran Asia  Iran 74-149+
1963 West Papua conflict Asia  Indonesia 4
1969 Communist rebellion in the Philippines Asia  Philippines 99
1975 Cabinda War Africa  Angola 84
1980 Internal conflict in Peru South America  Peru 10
1982 Casamance conflict Africa  Senegal 10
1987 LRA insurgency Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Central African Republic
 South Sudan
 Sudan 		39
1989 Xinjiang conflict Asia  China 10
1995 Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Africa  Ethiopia
 Eritrea 		90
1999 Ituri conflict Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 83
2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta Africa  Nigeria 34
2011 Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Asia  Lebanon 24
2015 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia Africa  Tunisia 82
2016 Pool War Africa  Republic of the Congo 82

See also

References

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  1. 1,853 in Turkey and 52 in Iraq during the whole of 2016
  2. 5,575 in Somalia and 126 in Kenya
  3. 2,805 in Nigeria, 392 in Cameroon, 306 in Niger, 20 in Chad
  4. 1,375 in Yemen and 125 in Saudi Arabia
  5. 3,544 in South Sudan and 493 in Ethiopia
  6. 128 in Algeria, 59 in Burkina Faso, 37 in Tunisia, 36 in Niger
  7. 19 in CAR, 13 in DRC, 7 in Sudan
  8. 72 in Ethiopia, 18 in Eritrea

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