Ongoing Wars & Armed Conflicts in 2026

The world's conflicts at a glance

Sums of the per-conflict estimates where they exist

Conflicts tracked

49

33 with active fighting

Deaths in the last 12 months

182,593–278,261

43 conflicts with estimates

Internally displaced

50.6M–58.7M

33 conflicts with estimates

Refugees abroad

19.5M–22.9M

16 conflicts with estimates

Deadliest in the last year

Russia–Ukraine war

94,700+ deaths

These are not live counts. Glostats shows live, extrapolated figures for population because birth and death rates are stable and well measured. Conflict deaths are nothing like that: they are counted by different organisations with different methods, often months late and with wide uncertainty. We therefore publish ranges with their dates and sources, and update them only when the page is reviewed. Treat every number here as an estimate. Entries marked "gang / criminal violence" (Mexico, Ecuador, Haiti) use homicide statistics rather than battle-death counts, which inflates their share of the totals above.

All tracked conflicts

Sorted by intensity · click a conflict for the full briefing

49 conflicts

Conflict	Since	Status	Deaths, last 12 months	Total killed	Displaced
Russia–Ukraine war Ukraine, Russia · interstate war	February 2022	Active fighting Major war	94,700+	331,000–870,000	3.7M–3.9M
Sudan civil war (SAF vs RSF) Sudan · civil war	April 2023	Active fighting Major war	19,000–90,000	52,904–400,000	6.4M–8.6M
Mexico — cartel and organized-crime violence Mexico · gang / criminal violence	December 2006	Active fighting Major war	15,000–27,989	350,000–400,000	–
Myanmar civil war (military government vs NUG/PDF and ethnic armed organizations) Myanmar · civil war	February 2021	Active fighting Major war	13,700	100,114	3.6M–3.8M
Ecuador — 'internal armed conflict' against criminal gangs Ecuador · gang / criminal violence	January 2024	Active fighting Major war	8,000–9,216	6,150–23,000	–
Iran war (United States and Israel vs Iran and allied groups) Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, … · interstate war	February 2026	Active fighting War	8,000–10,600	8,000–10,600	up to 3.2M
Israel–Hamas war (Gaza) and West Bank violence Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank), Israel · territorial conflict	October 2023	Ceasefire / truce War	1,600–6,300	77,735–129,000	1.9M–2M
Haiti gang war (Viv Ansanm and other gangs vs police, Gang Suppression Force and self-defence groups) Haiti · gang / criminal violence	February 2024	Active fighting War	5,696–5,900	16,000	1.4M–1.5M
Israel–Hezbollah conflict (Lebanon) Lebanon, Israel · territorial conflict	October 2023	Ceasefire / truce War	4,430+	8,610–9,600	500,000–1.2M
Afghanistan–Pakistan war (Taliban government vs Pakistan) Afghanistan, Pakistan · interstate war	February 2026	Active fighting War	522–2,279	413–1,934	100,900–118,000
Pakistan — TTP insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan · insurgency	November 2022	Active fighting War	1,342–2,165	48,863–66,650	–
Balochistan insurgency (Baloch separatists vs Pakistan) Pakistan · insurgency	January 2003	Active fighting War	1,537	10,767	–
Eastern DR Congo war (M23/AFC–FRN, backed by Rwanda, vs DRC government) Democratic Republic of the Congo · civil war	November 2021	Active fighting War	1,500+	4,400+	5.3M–6.5M
Syria post-Assad conflicts (transitional government vs Druze militias and ISIS remnants; Israeli strikes) Syria · civil war	December 2024	Low intensity War	1,329+	306,887–656,493	5.5M
Yemen civil war (Houthis vs government and Saudi-led coalition) Yemen, Saudi Arabia · civil war	September 2014	Active fighting War	1,282+	150,000–377,000	5.2M–5.4M
Mali war (JNIM, Islamic State Sahel and Azawad rebels vs the junta and Russia's Africa Corps) Mali · civil war	January 2012	Active fighting War	1,000+	20,000+	230,000+
Nigeria: north-west banditry, Lakurawa and Middle Belt farmer–herder violence Nigeria · gang / criminal violence	June 2011	Active fighting War	900+	12,000+	247,000–450,000
South Sudan conflict (government vs SPLM/A-IO and allied militias) South Sudan · civil war	March 2025	Active fighting War	540+	1,854+	1.9M–2M
Niger jihadist insurgency (Islamic State Sahel, JNIM and Boko Haram vs the junta) Niger · insurgency	February 2015	Active fighting War	400+	7,000+	–
Northern Ethiopia war (federal government vs TPLF-led EPFAS coalition; Eritrea involvement) Ethiopia · civil war	September 2026	Active fighting War	338+	338+	–
ADF / Islamic State Central Africa Province insurgency (DR Congo and Uganda) Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda · insurgency	November 2021	Active fighting War	298+	8,000+	150,000+
Boko Haram / ISWAP insurgency (Lake Chad Basin: Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger) Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, … · insurgency	July 2009	Active fighting War	250+	35,000–350,000	2.4M–2.8M
Amhara (Fano) insurgency, Ethiopia Ethiopia · insurgency	April 2023	Active fighting War	–	15,000+	100,000+
Somalia: al-Shabaab insurgency (with ISIS-Somalia in Puntland) Somalia, Kenya · insurgency	January 2009	Active fighting War	–	76,040+	3.4M–3.8M
Burkina Faso jihadist insurgency (JNIM and Islamic State Sahel vs the junta) Burkina Faso · insurgency	August 2015	Active fighting War	–	20,000–25,000	2.1M+
Iraq: ISIS remnants and Iran-aligned militia conflict Iraq · insurgency	December 2017	Low intensity Minor conflict	92–200	200,065–300,000	–
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency (India) India · insurgency	September 2004	Low intensity Minor conflict	83–200	11,942	–
United States campaign against alleged drug traffickers and intervention in Venezuela (Operation Southern Spear) Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, … · interstate war	September 2025	Active fighting Minor conflict	190–200	316–322	–
Cabo Delgado insurgency, Mozambique (Islamic State Mozambique) Mozambique · insurgency	October 2017	Active fighting Minor conflict	150+	6,000–6,570	100,000–1.5M
Thailand–Cambodia border conflict Thailand, Cambodia · territorial conflict	July 2025	Ceasefire / truce Minor conflict	101	150–300	20,000–80,000
Manipur ethnic violence (Meitei, Kuki-Zo and Naga communities) India · intercommunal violence	May 2023	Active fighting Minor conflict	34–100	260–300	60,000
West Papua insurgency (Indonesia vs TPNPB-OPM) Indonesia · insurgency	December 2018	Active fighting Minor conflict	59–100	199+	122,000–127,031
Colombian armed conflict (ELN, FARC dissidents, Clan del Golfo vs state; Catatumbo war) Colombia, Venezuela · civil war	January 2025	Active fighting Minor conflict	100+	185+	23,931–101,587
Ituri militia conflict (CODECO and Zaire/CRP militias, DR Congo) Democratic Republic of the Congo · intercommunal violence	December 2017	Active fighting Minor conflict	96+	–	–
Northern Benin jihadist insurgency (JNIM spillover into coastal West Africa) Benin · insurgency	November 2021	Active fighting Minor conflict	85+	350+	32,041–35,000
Cameroon Anglophone crisis (Ambazonian separatist insurgency) Cameroon · insurgency	September 2017	Active fighting Minor conflict	77+	6,500+	600,000–700,000
Philippines — Islamist militancy in Mindanao (Dawlah Islamiya, BIFF remnants) Philippines · insurgency	March 2019	Low intensity Minor conflict	51–70	107	1,346+
Central African Republic conflict (government and Russian forces vs armed groups) Central African Republic · civil war	December 2012	Active fighting Minor conflict	41+	13,594+	500,000+
Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (India) India · insurgency	July 1989	Low intensity Minor conflict	22–40	37,076–47,000	–
Philippines — communist insurgency (CPP–NPA) Philippines · insurgency	March 1969	Low intensity Minor conflict	25+	40,000–43,000	653
Papua New Guinea — Highlands tribal violence Papua New Guinea · intercommunal violence	July 2022	Active fighting Minor conflict	20+	–	–
Western Sahara conflict (Morocco vs Polisario Front) Western Sahara · territorial conflict	November 2020	Low intensity Minor conflict	3+	120+	–
Turkey-PKK conflict (Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency) Turkey, Iraq · insurgency	August 1984	Ceasefire / truce Minor conflict	–	40,000	350,000–500,000
Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict (Nagorno-Karabakh) Azerbaijan, Armenia · territorial conflict	September 2020	Frozen Minor conflict	0	32,000–39,000	600,000–1M
Georgia – Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Russian-occupied regions) Georgia · territorial conflict	August 2008	Frozen Minor conflict	0	621–850	290,000–305,000
Kosovo–Serbia dispute (northern Kosovo) Kosovo, Serbia · territorial conflict	July 2022	Frozen Minor conflict	0	13,535–13,625	590,000
Oromia (OLA) insurgency, Ethiopia Ethiopia · insurgency	August 2018	Active fighting Minor conflict	–	5,623+	–
Libya: divided state (Tripoli government vs Haftar's eastern camp) Libya · civil war	May 2014	Low intensity Minor conflict	–	–	–
India–Pakistan conflict (2025 crisis and ceasefire) India, Pakistan · interstate war	May 2025	Ceasefire / truce Minor conflict	0	82–200	–

Intensity follows the Uppsala Conflict Data Program bands: major war ≥ 10,000 deaths in the last 12 months, war 1,000–9,999, minor 25–999. "Total killed" is the cumulative range since the start of the current phase; "Displaced" counts people displaced inside the country. Bars are scaled to the mid-point of the 12-month range.

By region

How this tracker works

Method, sources and limits

What is included. Armed conflicts that are ongoing in 2026 and caused at least 25 battle-related deaths in the last twelve months (the UCDP threshold), plus a few frozen or ceasefire conflicts of major public interest, labelled as such. Criminal violence (gangs, cartels) is included only where it reaches war-like intensity and is marked as a separate type, because its death counts come from homicide statistics rather than battle reports.

Where the figures come from. For each conflict we combine the most recent estimates from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project (ACLED), UN OCHA, OHCHR, UNHCR and IOM, the ICRC, the International Crisis Group, the IISS Military Balance for force sizes, and reporting by Reuters, AP, the BBC and others. Every figure on a conflict page carries a source link and the date it refers to.

Why ranges, and why no live counters. Organisations count differently: some record only documented, named deaths; some estimate total excess mortality including disease and hunger; governments and belligerents publish figures that serve their narrative. Rather than pick one, we show the lowest and highest credible estimates. We deliberately do not extrapolate casualties forward in time the way we extrapolate population — a death toll is not a smooth rate, and inventing a ticking number would be misleading.

Updates. Conflict pages are reviewed and rebuilt periodically (each page shows its review date). Between reviews the figures do not change, even if events do. If you spot an error or a better source, write to emrearthmlk@gmail.com.

Neutrality. Pages describe parties, claims and events using the terms used by the main international sources and do not take sides. Mentions of external support marked "(reported)" are allegations that the named state disputes or has not confirmed.

Frequently asked questions

How many wars are going on in the world right now?

As of October 2026 this tracker lists 49 armed conflicts: 5 major wars (10,000 or more deaths in the last year), 20 wars (1,000–9,999) and 24 minor or frozen conflicts, touching 54 countries. Other trackers count differently — ACLED, for instance, records political violence in well over 50 countries — so the number depends on the threshold used.

Which is the deadliest conflict in the world today?

Measured by estimated deaths in the last twelve months, Russia–Ukraine war (94,700+). By cumulative deaths since it began, Russia–Ukraine war (331,000–870,000).

Why do casualty numbers differ so much between sources?

Because they measure different things. A health ministry counts bodies brought to hospitals; UCDP counts deaths it can document event by event; epidemiological studies estimate total excess deaths including hunger and disease; belligerents report what suits them. We show the spread rather than a single number, and name the source of each figure.

How often is this page updated?

Each conflict page shows the date it was last reviewed. Figures are not live and do not change between reviews.

The world's conflicts at a glance

All tracked conflicts

By region

Middle East · 7

Europe · 4

Africa · 20

Asia · 11

Americas · 5