Data behind: Deaths in state-based conflicts as % of world population, by type

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Deaths in state-based conflicts as % of world population, by type

How it's computed: State-based conflicts only (a government is a party): PRIO Battle Deaths best estimates for 1946–1988, UCDP for 1989 onward. The two projects use similar but not identical rules, so the join at 1989 is a source break. Computed by this site as the OWID rate per 100,000 ÷ 1,000. Some values are computed by this site from the sourced series (see note). Source breaks: 1989: PRIO (1946–88) → UCDP (1989+).
Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2026) and other sources – with minor processing by Our World in Data · link [2] [3]
As of: 2025 · fetched 30 Oct 2026

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Year / date	Extrasystemic (% of world population)	Intrastate (% of world population)	Interstate (% of world population)
1946	0.001787	0.010597	0.000006
1947	0.002033	0.014755	0
1948	0.001768	0.016571	0.001219
1949	0.001763	0.015991	0.000421
1950	0.001758	0.000379	0.020011
1951	0.001744	0.000147	0.013769
1952	0.001799	0.000122	0.003865
1953	0.001749	0.000123	0.001894
1954	0.002492	0.000066	0.000037
1955	0.000876	0.000265	0
1956	0.000852	0.000413	0.000191
1957	0.000864	0.000266	0.000001
1958	0.00084	0.000763	0.000052
1959	0.00082	0.000954	0
1960	0.000674	0.001482	0.000001
1961	0.000848	0.001652	0.000046
1962	0.000834	0.000891	0.000071
1963	0.00022	0.00195	0.000022
1964	0.000231	0.001702	0.000013
1965	0.000229	0.000462	0.002274
1966	0.000241	0.000307	0.002303
1967	0.00024	0.000736	0.002683
1968	0.000228	0.00115	0.005222
1969	0.000222	0.001178	0.004104
1970	0.000217	0.001408	0.004041
1971	0.000213	0.00264	0.004012
1972	0.000255	0.001269	0.006278
1973	0.00025	0.001216	0.004236
1974	0.000167	0.001552	0.004847
1975	0	0.002611	0.000732
1976	0	0.002574	0.000008
1977	0	0.001074	0.000009
1978	0	0.002393	0.000004
1979	0	0.002574	0.001037
1980	0	0.002022	0.000807
1981	0	0.002248	0.002121
1982	0	0.003	0.002098
1983	0	0.00281	0.002063
1984	0	0.003865	0.001363
1985	0	0.003377	0.001329
1986	0	0.003457	0.001305
1987	0	0.002389	0.001477
1988	0	0.00171	0.001265
1989	0	0.00105	0.000017
1990	0	0.001491	0.00002
1991	0	0.000897	0.000405
1992	0	0.000972	0
1993	0	0.000806	0
1994	0	0.00068	0.000001
1995	0	0.000638	0.000002
1996	0	0.000495	0.000002
1997	0	0.000682	0.000002
1998	0	0.000653	0.000019
1999	0	0.000549	0.000793
2000	0	0.000462	0.000816
2001	0	0.000356	0.000023
2002	0	0.000331	0.000003
2003	0	0.000236	0.000128
2004	0	0.000304	0
2005	0	0.000189	0
2006	0	0.000305	0
2007	0	0.000288	0
2008	0	0.000422	0.000001
2009	0	0.000521	0
2010	0	0.000309	0
2011	0	0.000361	0
2012	0	0.001028	0.000005
2013	0	0.001285	0
2014	0	0.001575	0.000001
2015	0	0.001402	0.000001
2016	0	0.001203	0.000002
2017	0	0.000944	0.000002
2018	0	0.000713	0.000003
2019	0	0.000672	0.000004
2020	0	0.000922	0.000008
2021	0	0.002516	0.000003
2022	0	0.002317	0.001246
2023	0	0.000775	0.000947
2024	0	0.000641	0.001264
2025	0	0.000685	0.001187