LIST OF WARS
Wars since 1900
A list of all wars in the 20th and 21st centuries, based on data by COW, Prio and UCDP. See the source page or the FAQ for more information. See the new stats page for a summary of casualty data and nation-based stats. And get a preview of the experimental timeline of all wars since 1900. What's new? Check the update logs for 2018, 2017 and 2016 .
Name of War
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Years
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Fatalities |
Type |
Mem. |
Note |
Second Boer war |
1899 - 1902 |
30,800 |
1 |
|
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The Dervish State vs Ethiopia, Britain and Italy |
1899 - 1920 |
6,000 |
1 |
|
|
The Boxer Rebellion |
1900 - 1900 |
3,003 |
1 |
|
|
Uprisings in Colonial Angola |
1902 - 1904 |
2,000 |
1 |
|
|
Southwest African Revolt |
1904 - 1905 |
12,800 |
1 |
[1] |
|
Dutch-Achinese War |
1904 - 1907 |
24,200 |
1 |
|
|
Maji Maji revolt |
1905 - 1906 |
8,840 |
1 |
|
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Zulu Rebellion |
1906 - 1906 |
2,356 |
1 |
|
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Morocco unrest |
1907 - 1908 |
1,400 |
1 |
|
|
Portugese war against Dembos |
1907 - 1910 |
5,100 |
1 |
|
|
Ma al-’Aynayn’s Anti-Colonial Insurgency |
1907 - 1910 |
3,150 |
1 |
|
|
The second Rif War |
1909 - 1910 |
10,000 |
1 |
|
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French Conquest of Wadai Sultanate |
1909 - 1911 |
12,000 |
1 |
|
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Druze revolt |
1925 - 1927 |
6,000 |
1 |
|
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Italo-Ethiopian War |
1935 - 1936 |
20,000 |
1 |
|
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Second British-Waziristan |
1936 - 1939 |
10,200 |
1 |
|
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Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine |
1936 - 1939 |
2,576 |
1 |
|
|
Indonesian Independence |
1945 - 1946 |
5,400 |
1 |
|
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First Indochina War Comm. vs France |
1946 - 1954 |
377,523 |
1 |
[2] |
|
Madagascar Rebellion |
1947 - 1947 |
6,952 |
1 |
[1] |
|
Tunisian war of Independence |
1953 - 1956 |
2,000 |
1 |
|
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Moroccan War of Independence |
1953 - 1956 |
1,000 |
1 |
|
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Kenya, Mau-Mau vs UK |
1954 - 1956 |
12,955 |
1 |
[3] |
|
Algerian War of Independece |
1954 - 1962 |
184,886 |
1 |
[2] |
|
Cameroon War of Independence |
1957 - 1959 |
11,700 |
1 |
|
|
Rwandan Social Revolution |
1959 - 1962 |
10,000 |
3 |
|
U |
Congo Crisis |
1960 - 1965 |
7,175 |
1 |
[2] |
|
Angolan War of Independence |
1961 - 1975 |
79,000 |
1 |
[1] |
|
First Rwanda Civil War |
1963 - 1964 |
21,000 |
1 |
|
U |
Guinea Bissau War of Independence |
1963 - 1973 |
15,000 |
1 |
[1] |
|
Mozambique War of Independence |
1964 - 1974 |
13,500 |
1 |
[2] |
|
Rebellion and killings in Burundi |
1972 - 1972 |
152,000 |
1 |
|
U |
Western Sahara War |
1975 - 1989 |
12,687 |
1 |
[1] |
|
Rwanda Civil War and Genocide |
1990 - 1994 |
507,754 |
1 |
[4] |
U |
Burundi Civil War |
1991 - 2008 |
19,552 |
1 |
[2] |
U |
Hunde and allies vs Hutu, Banyarwanda |
1993 - 1996 |
4,303 |
2 |
|
U |
First and Second Congo Wars |
1996 - 2002 |
80,018 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
Kivu Conflict |
2004 - 2017 |
13,192 |
1 |
|
U |
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