A stacked bar chart showing deaths in state-based conflicts by region from 1946 to 2024, indicating peak deaths in the late 1940s and periods of increased conflict in the 1970s, 1980s, and 2020s.

A bar chart illustrating deaths from state-based conflicts across different global regions over time, with a prominent spike in the post-WWII era and recent increases in Africa.

Deaths in state-based conflicts by region Included are deaths of combatants and civilians due to fighting in interstate, intrastate, and extrasystemic conflicts that were ongoing that year. 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 1946 1951 1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2024 Our World in Data Asia and Oceania Middle East Europe Americas Africa Data source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2025); geoBoundaries (2023); Peace Research Institute Oslo (2017) OurWorldInData.org/war-and-peace | CC BY