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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1990

Figures for 1990, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many people were killed inside each country's borders in armed conflict where at least one side is a government — civil wars, insurgencies and wars between states. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program counts it event by event, every year since 1989.

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1990 covers 170 countries on 5 measures. Ethiopia is highest, at 49,698; 125 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 1989, 53 values changed (34 up, 19 down), 1 country joined.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict · Data for 1990

HighestEthiopia

49,698

Lowest125 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 Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1990: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa49,69849,698049,69852,661
SudanSDNNorthern Africa5,0305,03005,0305,793
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia3,6303,63003,6224,669
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa2,6502,65001,5812,902
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa2,5582,55802,5574,452
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,4002,375252,3522,672
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa1,5771,57703271,577
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia1,4781,47801,3232,275
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,3161,31601,3121,334
RwandaRWAEastern Africa1,1261,12601,0982,338
PeruPERSouth America1,0991,09901,0991,099
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1,05801,0581,0581,058
El SalvadorSLVCentral America8498490849999
LebanonLBNWestern Asia7657650462891
ChadTCDMiddle Africa65265206527,469
UgandaUGAEastern Africa6266260626638
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia5445440532544
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia5365360536560
ColombiaCOLSouth America5015010501568
MaliMLIWestern Africa4574570457467
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa3393390339423
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia2742740268657
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia249249045249
RussiaRUSEastern Europe192192078402
IraqIRQWestern Asia949409494

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Ethiopia49,698
  2. Sudan5,030
  3. Sri Lanka3,630
  4. Somalia2,650
  5. Angola2,558

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

  • Within the state (intrastate)

    HighestEthiopia49,698

    Lowest126 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Between states (interstate)

    HighestKuwait1,058

    Lowest167 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Low estimate

    HighestEthiopia49,698

    Lowest125 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • High estimate

    HighestEthiopia52,661

    Lowest125 share it

    Middle country: 0

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 53values changed, of 169 in both
  • 34 · 19rose · fell
  • 116unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Namibia

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 43 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published. 125 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (1990). Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-based-conflict-deaths/1990

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