State-based armed conflicts Countries
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep. 52
Non-state armed conflicts
Number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Use of child soldiers (under 18s) in active combat *
Years of existence as state
Number of international armed conflicts
Number of years in conflict
Number of battle-deaths on home soil
Number of conflicts
Number of years in conflict
1946–2005
1946–2005
1946–2005
1946–2005
2005
2002–2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2001–2004
2005
562,628 38 343,113 233,799 4,215 0 0 0 20,372 0 53,500 0 0 0 0 1,682 55,000 0 0 0 150 8,605 342,949 4,820 0 219 43,921 2,095 1,309,146 28,681 83 181,345 9,791 2,000 1,200 10,000 5,307 6,311 0** 0 3,276 39 22,774
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 2.5 4 3.5 2 2 1.5 1.5 3 1.5 4 2.5 1.5 3 1 2.5 2 2 4 2.5 2 4.5 3 3.5 1 3.5 3 1 4 4.5 1 4.5 2.5 1 4 2 2.5 2.5 2 1 3 3 3.5
1,908,052 12,702 12,006 215,777 856 13,965 44 66 233,675 41 7,294 8,857 95 411 106,537 269 109,930 4 370 4,254 607 438,663 17,806 9,016 122 42,890 48,400 938 144,228 60,415 61 430,625 24,413 178 18,303 119,148 19,000 5 3,589 12 67 770 6,291
176,596 0 or no data 500,000 61,700 0 or no data 8,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 558,387 0 or no data 500,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 183,400 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 117,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 212,000 200,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 2,684,650 0 or no data 1,664,000 123,500 0 or no data 500,000 4,900 0 or no data 265,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data
Yes No Inconclusive Yes No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive No No Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive No Inconclusive Yes No Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes Yes Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive No Yes No Inconclusive Inconclusive No No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive
Anocracy Democracy Anocracy Anocracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Autocracy Autocracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Anocracy Anocracy Democracy Anocracy Anocracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Anocracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy
60 60 44 31 60 15 60 51 15 35 34 15 60 46 57 60 14 40 60 60 46 44 52 46 60 46 46 60 60 60 31 46 46 60 46 15 60 46 13** 60 60 60 60
2 2 2 3 2 2 8 0 2 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 5 1 7 0 6 1 0 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 4** 5 1 1 6
28 3 16 29 9 3 27 0 6 1 19 0 7 0 0 3 5 1 0 2 2 15 33 2 10 2 39 1 24 43 2 16 6 1 3 4 19 1 3** 6 2 1 22
Campaigns Number of of one-sided conflicts violence
Number Score on of Political refugees Terror by country Scale of origin
Regime type
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State-based armed conflicts Countries
El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, Dem. Rep. Korea, Rep. Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao P.D.R. Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya 54
Non-state armed conflicts
Number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Use of child soldiers (under 18s) in active combat *
Years of existence as state
Number of international armed conflicts
Number of years in conflict
Number of battle-deaths on home soil
Number of conflicts
Number of years in conflict
1946–2005
1946–2005
1946–2005
1946–2005
2005
2002–2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2001–2004
2005
56,353 185 225,391 667 83,592 0 0 1,180 30 650 3,717 0*** 103 154,000 46,388 1,400 9,005 0 419 1,072 3,171 83,130 63,585 340,127 462,133 0 27,983 0 0 0 4,222 0 13,273 627,418 658,670 14,586 0 24,005 735 149,622 114 12,684 4,250
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2.5 3 3 1.5 4 1.5 1 2 3 2 3 1.5 2 2 3.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 4 3 2 3.5 3.5 3.5 5 1 4 2 3 1 2.5 2.5 3.5 4 1.5 2 2.5 3 2 3 2 3 3
4,281 477 143,594 743 65,293 1,379 5 286 81 1,678 7,301 78 18,432 331 3,379 5,820 1,050 406 13,542 535 3,519 16,275 34,384 98,772 262,142 21 632 217 450 13 1,789 4,316 4,620 288 268 381 3,122 24,442 2,430 18,323 6 231,114 1,535
0 or no data 0 or no data 50,509 0 or no data 207,500 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 240,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 242,000 82,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 600,000 471,000 0 or no data 1,300,000 0 or no data 225,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 160,000 0 or no data 381,924 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 325,000 0 or no data 48,000 0 or no data
Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive No Inconclusive No No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive
Democracy Anocracy Autocracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Autocracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Autocracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Autocracy Anocracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Autocracy
60 38 13 15 60 36 60 60 46 41 15 57 49 60 60 48 32 40 60 60 60 59 60 60 60 60 58 60 44 60 60 15 43 58 58 45 15 52 15 60 40 60 55
2 0 1 3 4 0 0 19 1 1 1 3*** 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 4 2 4 5 0 6 5 0 3 5 1 0 2 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 4
17 1 5 2 44 0 0 24 1 1 5 5*** 3 11 33 5 2 0 3 4 2 48 41 28 41 0 58 7 0 3 9 2 1 16 19 2 2 19 2 19 1 12 25
Campaigns Number of of one-sided conflicts violence
Number Score on of Political refugees Terror by country Scale of origin
Regime type
55
State-based armed conflicts Countries
Lithuania Macedonia, F.Y.R. Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands 56
Non-state armed conflicts
Number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Use of child soldiers (under 18s) in active combat *
Years of existence as state
Number of international armed conflicts
Number of years in conflict
Number of battle-deaths on home soil
Number of conflicts
Number of years in conflict
1946–2005
1946–2005
1946–2005
1946–2005
2005
2002–2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2001–2004
2005
8,620 145 7,080 0 11,744 350 392 0 144 650 0 16,514 139,749 72,573 25,000 11,021 0 0 40,017 489 75,812 0 2,032 23,506 426 323 4,250 31,046 77,295 0 0 0 909 98,251†† 9,759 358 1,644 4,500‡ 12,997 0 0** 63 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 2 3 2.5 2 3 — 3 2.5 2.5 3 3 4 2 5 1 1 2.5 2 4 1 1.5 4 1 3 2.5 2.5 4 1.5 2 1.5 2.5 4 2.5 3 2 2.5 2.5 2 1 1 1.5
1,448 8,599 203 101 394 520 31,651 27 2,313 12,063 654 93,572† 104 164,864 1,226 2,065 159 4 1,463 655 22,098 15 12 29,698 42 23 44 4,865 465 19,641 74 11 11,492 102,965 100,244 151 8,671 189,850 40,447 39 791 155 27
0 or no data 770 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 11,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 540,000 0 or no data 150,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 200,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 20,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 60,000 60,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 265,000 Yes††† 0 or no data 64,000 247,500 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data
No No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive No Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive No No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive No No Inconclusive Yes Yes No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive
Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Autocracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy
15 15 46 42 49 46 46 38 60 15 60 50 31 58 16 60 60 60 60 46 46 60 60 59 60 31 60 60 60 60 60 35 60 60†† 44 60 46 60‡ 45 41 13** 15 28
2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 0 8 5 2 2 2 5 3 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 8 1 3 7†† 2 2 3 3‡ 1 0 3** 0 0
3 3 1 0 10 4 5 0 2 3 2 18 16 57 5 13 15 23 13 6 8 6 6 25 1 7 3 21 50 6 18 1 5 33†† 12 3 12 5‡ 10 0 2** 0 0
Campaigns Number of of one-sided conflicts violence
Number Score on of Political refugees Terror by country Scale of origin
Regime type
57
Non-state armed conflicts
State-based armed conflicts Countries
Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Rep. Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela, R. B. Vietnam West Bank & Gaza Yemen, Rep. Zambia Zimbabwe
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Number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Use of child soldiers (under 18s) in active combat *
Years of existence as state
Number of international armed conflicts
Number of years in conflict
Number of battle-deaths on home soil
Number of conflicts
Number of years in conflict
1946–2005
1946–2005
1946–2005
1946–2005
2005
2002–2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2001–2004
2005
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 see Israel 0 0 0
4 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 see Israel 0 0 0
6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 see Israel 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 see Israel 0 0 0
4 3 2 4.5 5 2.5 1 1.5 3 3 3 4 2 4.5 3 2.5 3.5 3 4.5 2.5 2 2.5 3 1 4 3 3 4 4 3 4
394,760 268 49 108,059 693,267 13 75 16 16,281 54,753 1,544 424 251 51,107 63 3,129 170,131 820 34,170 84,213 30 135 683 111 8,323 2,590 358,248 349,673 1,325 151 10,793
385,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 341,175 5,355,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 305,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 3,000 0 or no data 0 or no data 677,904 Yes††† 1,740,498 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 0 or no data 3,400 0 or no data 0 or no data 35,571 0 or no data 0 or no data 569,685
Yes No Inconclusive Yes Yes No No Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive No No Inconclusive No Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes No No Inconclusive Inconclusive Yes Inconclusive Inconclusive Inconclusive
Anocracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Anocracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Autocracy Anocracy Anocracy Democracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Anocracy Democracy Autocracy Anocracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Democracy Democracy Autocracy Democracy Autocracy — Anocracy Anocracy Anocracy
46 60 60 58 50 38 60 60 60 15 45 60 4 46 44 50 60 15 44 15 35 60 60 60 15 60 52‡‡ — 60‡‡‡ 42 41
1 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 6 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 1 1 22 17 0 2 0 5‡‡ see Israel 2‡‡‡ 0 2
22 28 11 22 34 0 0 0 22 6 2 31 0 2 1 2 27 0 28 2 1 49 32 1 4 2 27‡‡ see Israel 17‡‡‡ 0 18
68,435 3,775 245 62,044 81,866 0 0 0 19,972 41,400 1,923 6,200 33,525 55 30 3,435 36,299 0 120,484 17,619 0 3,407 189 53 107 583 2,488,532‡‡ see Israel 72,421‡‡‡ 0 27,000
Countries with a population under 500,000 are not included in this atlas, and neither are non-sovereign territories/ dependencies, with the exception of the West Bank and Gaza. *
Number of Score on Political refugees Terror by country of origin Scale
“Yes” means that the government and/or non-state groups used children in active combat. “Inconclusive” means unverified reports of children in active combat, or an unclear or under-18 recruitment age. “No” means that neither the government nor any non-state groups is suspected of using child soldiers.
**
These data start in 1993, when the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic were created. From 1946 to 1992, Czechoslovakia had one international conflict, one year in conflict, but no home-soil battle-deaths.
***
Pre-1990 data cover the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), created 1949, but not the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), a separate state from 1949 until it joined the Federal Republic in 1990. East Germany (1949–90) had no international conflicts, years in conflict or home-soil battle-deaths.
†
This number includes 90,652 refugees from the Western Sahara.
††
As the Russian Federation is the successor state to the Soviet Union, pre-1991 data are for the Soviet Union as a whole. From 1991 to 2005, data cover Russia only.
Campaigns Number of of one-sided violence conflicts
Regime type
†††
Rwanda and Turkmenistan are known to have had IDPs in 2005, but there are no reliable numbers.
‡
As Serbia is the successor state to Yugoslavia, pre-1992 data are for Yugoslavia as a whole. From 1992 to 2005, data cover Serbia & Montenegro. In 2006, Serbia and Montenegro became separate states.
‡‡
From 1954 to 1975, Vietnam was two separate entities: Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). In 1976, North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam, forming the reunified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Data for 1954–75 include both North and South Vietnam; in that period, South Vietnam had four international conflicts, 21 years in conflict and 1,130,298 home-soil battle-deaths.
‡‡‡
In 1967, the former British-controlled territory of Aden became independent as the People’s Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). In 1990, South Yemen merged with the Arab Republic of Yemen (North Yemen) to form today’s Republic of Yemen. Data for 1946–67 cover only North Yemen. Data for 1967–90 include both North and South Yemen; in that period, South Yemen had two international conflicts, seven years in conflict and 12,296 home-soil battle-deaths.
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