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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005

Figures for 2005, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many civilians were killed inside each country's borders in armed conflict and organised violence — in fighting that involved a government, in fighting between armed groups, and in deliberate attacks on civilians. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program has coded it, event by event, every year since 1989.

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005 covers 193 countries on 3 measures. Colombia is highest, at 1,218; 149 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2004, 53 values changed (22 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2005

HighestColombia

1,218

Lowest149 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 193 countries · select a heading to sort

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
ColombiaCOLSouth America1,2181,563140
IraqIRQWestern Asia1,0771,623835
SudanSDNNorthern Africa655182668
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5941,37645
TogoTGOWestern Africa43600
NepalNPLSouthern Asia32598094
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia29512970
UgandaUGAEastern Africa27959053
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa271340
BurundiBDIEastern Africa21026015
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia20414798
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia2001,47140
ChadTCDMiddle Africa1671486
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa88036
IsraelISRWestern Asia8010232
JordanJORWestern Asia5900
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5879153
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5300
RussiaRUSEastern Europe506326
SenegalSENWestern Africa4510
BrazilBRASouth America39120
HaitiHTICaribbean3901
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3274136
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia3042829
VenezuelaVENSouth America3000

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Colombia1,218
  2. Iraq1,077
  3. Sudan655
  4. India594
  5. Togo436

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0
  2. Zambiashared0
  3. South Africashared0
  4. Yemenshared0
  5. Samoashared0

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Combatants killed (the warring sides)

    HighestIraq1,623

    Lowest157 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Killed, status unknown

    HighestIraq835

    Lowest160 share it

    Middle country: 0

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 53values changed, of 193 in both
  • 22 · 31rose · fell
  • 140unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 36 distinct values among 193

    Values are stored exactly as published. 149 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 193 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2005). Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/civilian-deaths/2005

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