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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1991

Figures for 1991, 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, 1991 covers 185 countries on 5 measures. Iraq is highest, at 22,760; 142 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 1990, 50 values changed (22 up, 28 down), 15 countries joined.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict · Data for 1991

HighestIraq

22,760

Lowest142 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, 1991, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 185 countries · select a heading to sort

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1991: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
IraqIRQWestern Asia22,7601,50821,25222,76029,332
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa12,22512,225012,22213,905
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa8,0058,00507,2309,005
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia6,4326,43206,4326,787
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3,3023,30203,1563,802
IndiaINDSouthern Asia3,1553,083723,1553,538
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe3,0223,02202,9494,465
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,5151,51411,5151,934
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa1,3261,32603652,359
SudanSDNNorthern Africa1,3131,31301,3134,313
PeruPERSouth America1,1381,13801,1381,139
UgandaUGAEastern Africa8578570857857
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia7777770722897
ColombiaCOLSouth America7317310731760
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa55255205511,263
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa5165160497688
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia4460446403667
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia3973970397402
BurundiBDIEastern Africa2722720272551
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia2202200220451
RussiaRUSEastern Europe2202200220501
HaitiHTICaribbean160160055359
RwandaRWAEastern Africa15315301501,977
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia910919191
El SalvadorSLVCentral America888808893

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Iraq22,760
  2. Ethiopia12,225
  3. Somalia8,005
  4. Sri Lanka6,432
  5. Afghanistan3,302

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)

    HighestEthiopia12,225

    Lowest145 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Between states (interstate)

    HighestIraq21,252

    Lowest179 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Low estimate

    HighestIraq22,760

    Lowest142 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • High estimate

    HighestIraq29,332

    Lowest142 share it

    Middle country: 0

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

  • +15 / −0countries joined / left
  • 50values changed, of 170 in both
  • 22 · 28rose · fell
  • 120unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Armenia+ Azerbaijan+ Belarus+ Estonia+ Georgia+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Lithuania+ Latvia+ Moldova+ North Macedonia+ Tajikistan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 41 distinct values among 185

    Values are stored exactly as published. 142 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 185 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (1991). Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-based-conflict-deaths/1991

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