The following is a list of ongoing military conflicts that are taking place around the world and which continue to result in violent deaths. This list is for the sole purpose of identifying present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict.

Fatality figures include both civilian and military deaths. Military conflicts which no longer produce violent deaths are not listed here, but can be found in the historical list of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

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[edit] 1,000+ deaths per year

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Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1,000 violent deaths per year, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program[1] and recognised by the United Nations.[2][3] The UN also use the term "low intensity conflict," which can overlap with the 1,000 violent deaths per year categorisation.[4]

Start of conflict↓ War/conflict↓ Location↓ Cumulative fatalities↓ Fatalities in 2010↓
1964 Colombian Armed Conflict  Colombia 50,000–200,000 1,000+[5]
1967 Naxalite-Maoist insurgency  India ~11,200 1,174+[6]
1978 Afghan civil war  Afghanistan 600,000–2,000,000 10,461+ [7]
1991 Somali Civil War  Somalia 300,000[8] –400,000[9] 3,000+
2003 War in Iraq  Iraq 101,366-1,455,590[10] [11] 4,000+
2004 War in North-West Pakistan  Pakistan 30,452[12] 5,000+
2004 Shi’ite Insurgency in Yemen  Yemen 12,833–16,439[13][14][15] 8,000
2006 Mexican Drug War  Mexico 39,392+[16] 15,273[17]
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts  Sudan 2,000–2,500[18] 708
2011 Libyan civil war  Libya 13,000-20,000[19] N/A
2011 South Kordofan conflict  Sudan 1,500+ N/A
2011 2011 Syrian uprising  Syria 1,678-1,800[20] N/A

[edit] Other conflicts

There are many other smaller-scale armed conflicts that are currently causing a smaller number of violent fatalities each year. Several short-lived violent conflicts have arisen as part of the Arab Spring in 2011, though the phenomenon has included many peaceful protests.

Start of conflict↓ War/conflict↓ Location↓ Cumulative fatalities↓
1948[21][22] Korean Conflict  North Korea and  South Korea 2,000,000-4,000,000
1948 Internal conflict in Burma  Burma 100,000-121,000
1948 Israeli–Palestinian conflict  Israel and  Palestinian territories 14,500+[23]
1964 Insurgency in Northeast India  India ~25,000[24]
1969[25] Insurgency in the Philippines[26]  Philippines ~120,000[27]
1978 Turkey–Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict  Turkey and  Iraq 45,000–[28] 100,000[29][30][31]
1987 Lord's Resistance Army insurgency  Uganda,  Southern Sudan,  DR Congo and  Central African Republic ~12,000
1989 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir  India ~68,000[32]
1990 Casamance Conflict  Senegal ~1,000
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb  Algeria,  Mali,  Mauritania and  Morocco 6,000+
2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta  Nigeria 4,000–10,000[33]
2004 Balochistan conflict  Iran and  Pakistan 2,500+
2004 Iran–Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan conflict  Iran 170-330
2004 South Thailand insurgency  Thailand ~4,100
2008 Cambodian–Thai border stand-off  Cambodia and  Thailand 40–200+
2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus  Russia 1,110+
2009 South Yemen insurgency  Yemen 125+
2010 Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown  Yemen 1,127+