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SOURCE
Uppsala Conflict Data Program, http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/.
DEFINITION
Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Cambodia :
37,420
1972
Cambodian Military
# 2
Burma :
11,918.25
1972
Burmese Military
# 3
Ethiopia :
8,160.32
1972
Ethiopian Military
# 4
Angola :
5,643
1972
Angolan Military
# 5
Philippines :
4,734.94
1972
Philippine Military
# 6
Sudan :
3,663.1
1972
Sudanese Military
# 7
Mozambique :
2,783.4
1972
Mozambican Military
# 8
Laos :
1,992.68
1972
Lao Military
# 9
Guatemala :
1,600
1972
Guatemalan Military
# 10
Chad :
1,511
1972
Chadian Military
# 11
Guinea-Bissau :
1,364
1972
Guinean Military
# 12
South Africa :
715.11
1972
South African Military
# 13
United Kingdom :
479
1972
British Military
# 14
El Salvador :
300
1972
Salvadoran Military
# 15
Israel :
257
1972
Israeli Military
# 16
Oman :
239
1972
Omani Military
# 17
Uganda :
200
1972
Ugandan Military
# 18
Uruguay :
111
1972
Uruguayan Military
# 19
Colombia :
50
1972
Colombian Military
# 20
Burkina Faso :
0
1972
Burkinabe Military
# 21
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0
1972
Herzegovinian Military
# 22
New Caledonia :
0
1972
New Caledonian Military
# 23
Belarus :
0
1972
Belarusian Military
# 24
Sri Lanka :
0
1972
Sri Lankan Military
# 25
Belize :
0
1972
Belizean Military
# 26
Portugal :
0
1972
Portuguese Military
# 27
Bermuda :
0
1972
Bermudian Military
# 28
Bulgaria :
0
1972
Bulgarian Military
# 29
Bolivia :
0
1972
Bolivian Military
# 30
Bahamas, The :
0
1972
Bahamian Military
# 31
Brazil :
0
1972
Brazilian Military
# 32
Bahrain :
0
1972
Bahraini Military
# 33
Barbados :
0
1972
Barbadian Military
# 34
Netherlands Antilles :
0
1972
Dutch Antillean Military
# 35
Brunei :
0
1972
Bruneian Military
# 36
Tajikistan :
0
1972
Tajikistani Military
# 37
Bhutan :
0
1972
Bhutanese Military
# 38
Azerbaijan :
0
1972
Azerbaijani Military
# 39
Botswana :
0
1972
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 40
Latvia :
0
1972
Latvian Military
# 41
Central African Republic :
0
1972
Central African Military
# 42
Malawi :
0
1972
Malawian Military
# 43
Canada :
0
1972
Canadian Military
# 44
Netherlands :
0
1972
Dutch Military
# 45
Switzerland :
0
1972
Swiss Military
# 46
Palau :
0
1972
Palauan Military
# 47
Chile :
0
1972
Chilean Military
# 48
Romania :
0
1972
Romanian Military
# 49
China :
0
1972
Chinese Military
# 50
Sierra Leone :
0
1972
Sierra Leonean Military
# 51
Côte d'Ivoire :
0
1972
Ivoirian Military
# 52
Syria :
0
1972
Syrian Military
# 53
Cameroon :
0
1972
Cameroonian Military
# 54
Trinidad and Tobago :
0
1972
Tobagonian Military
# 55
Congo, Republic of the :
0
1972
Congolese Military
# 56
Bangladesh :
0
1972
Bangladeshi Military
# 57
Maldives :
0
1972
Maldivian Military
# 58
Saint Lucia :
0
1972
Saint Lucian Military
# 59
Mali :
0
1972
Malian Military
# 60
Lithuania :
0
1972
Lithuanian Military
# 61
Northern Mariana Islands :
0
1972
NA Military
# 62
Moldova :
0
1972
Moldovan Military
# 63
Comoros :
0
1972
Comoran Military
# 64
Marshall Islands :
0
1972
Marshallese Military
# 65
Cape Verde :
0
1972
Cape Verdean Military
# 66
Armenia :
0
1972
Armenian Military
# 67
Costa Rica :
0
1972
Costa Rican Military
# 68
Mauritania :
0
1972
Mauritanian Military
# 69
Cuba :
0
1972
Cuban Military
# 70
Mayotte :
0
1972
Mahoran Military
# 71
Cayman Islands :
0
1972
Caymanian Military
# 72
Nigeria :
0
1972
Nigerian Military
# 73
Pakistan :
0
1972
Pakistani Military
# 74
Nepal :
0
1972
Nepalese Military
# 75
Cyprus :
0
1972
Cypriot Military
# 76
Czech Republic :
0
1972
Czech Military
# 77
Peru :
0
1972
Peruvian Military
# 78
Germany :
0
1972
German Military
# 79
Poland :
0
1972
Polish Military
# 80
Djibouti :
0
1972
Djiboutian Military
# 81
French Polynesia :
0
1972
French Polynesian Military
# 82
Dominica :
0
1972
Dominican Military
# 83
Rwanda :
0
1972
Rwandan Military
# 84
Denmark :
0
1972
Danish Military
# 85
Singapore :
0
1972
Singapore Military
# 86
Dominican Republic :
0
1972
Dominican Military
# 87
San Marino :
0
1972
Sammarinese Military
# 88
Algeria :
0
1972
Algerian Military
# 89
Swaziland :
0
1972
Swazi Military
# 90
Ecuador :
0
1972
Ecuadorian Military
# 91
Togo :
0
1972
Togolese Military
# 92
Eritrea :
0
1972
Eritrean Military
# 93
East Timor :
0
1972
Timorese Military
# 94
Spain :
0
1972
Spanish Military
# 95
Turkey :
0
1972
Turkish Military
# 96
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0
1972
Saint Vincentian Military
# 97
Estonia :
0
1972
Estonian Military
# 98
Austria :
0
1972
Austrian Military
# 99
Virgin Islands :
0
1972
Virgin Islander Military
# 100
Benin :
0
1972
Beninese Military
# 101
Libya :
0
1972
Libyan Military
# 102
Finland :
0
1972
Finnish Military
# 103
Liechtenstein :
0
1972
Liechtenstein Military
# 104
Fiji :
0
1972
Fijian Military
# 105
Lesotho :
0
1972
Basotho Military
# 106
France :
0
1972
French Military
# 107
Luxembourg :
0
1972
Luxembourg Military
# 108
Faroe Islands :
0
1972
Faroese Military
# 109
Monaco :
0
1972
Monegasque Military
# 110
Gabon :
0
1972
Gabonese Military
# 111
Madagascar :
0
1972
Malagasy Military
# 112
Belgium :
0
1972
Belgian Military
# 113
Mexico :
0
1972
Mexican Military
# 114
Georgia :
0
1972
Georgian Military
# 115
Macedonia, Republic of :
0
1972
Macedonian Military
# 116
Ghana :
0
1972
Ghanaian Military
# 117
Malta :
0
1972
Maltese Military
# 118
Guinea :
0
1972
Guinean Military
# 119
Mongolia :
0
1972
Mongolian Military
# 120
Gambia, The :
0
1972
Gambian Military
# 121
Argentina :
0
1972
Argentine Military
# 122
Australia :
0
1972
Australian Military
# 123
Mauritius :
0
1972
Mauritian Military
# 124
Equatorial Guinea :
0
1972
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 125
Malaysia :
0
1972
Malaysian Military
# 126
Greece :
0
1972
Greek Military
# 127
Namibia :
0
1972
Namibian Military
# 128
Grenada :
0
1972
Grenadian Military
# 129
Niger :
0
1972
Nigerien Military
# 130
Greenland :
0
1972
Greenlandic Military
# 131
Nicaragua :
0
1972
Nicaraguan Military
# 132
Antigua and Barbuda :
0
1972
Barbudan Military
# 133
Norway :
0
1972
Norwegian Military
# 134
Guam :
0
1972
Guamanian Military
# 135
New Zealand :
0
1972
New Zealand Military
# 136
Guyana :
0
1972
Guyanese Military
# 137
Honduras :
0
1972
Honduran Military
# 138
Panama :
0
1972
Panamanian Military
# 139
Croatia :
0
1972
Croatian Military
# 140
United Arab Emirates :
0
1972
Emirati Military
# 141
Haiti :
0
1972
Haitian Military
# 142
Papua New Guinea :
0
1972
Papua New Guinean Military
# 143
Hungary :
0
1972
Hungarian Military
# 144
Puerto Rico :
0
1972
Puerto Rican Military
# 145
Indonesia :
0
1972
Indonesian Military
# 146
Paraguay :
0
1972
Paraguayan Military
# 147
Man, Isle of :
0
1972
Manx Military
# 148
Qatar :
0
1972
Qatari Military
# 149
Ireland :
0
1972
Irish Military
# 150
Russia :
0
1972
Russian Military
# 151
Iraq :
0
1972
Iraqi Military
# 152
Saudi Arabia :
0
1972
Saudi Military
# 153
Iceland :
0
1972
Icelandic Military
# 154
Senegal :
0
1972
Senegalese Military
# 155
Serbia and Montenegro :
0
1972
Serbian Military
# 156
Solomon Islands :
0
1972
Solomon Islander Military
# 157
Suriname :
0
1972
Surinamese Military
# 158
Burundi :
0
1972
Burundian Military
# 159
Slovenia :
0
1972
Slovenian Military
# 160
Somalia :
0
1972
Somali Military
# 161
Italy :
0
1972
Italian Military
# 162
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0
1972
Sao Tomean Military
# 163
Jamaica :
0
1972
Jamaican Military
# 164
Slovakia :
0
1972
Slovak Military
# 165
Jordan :
0
1972
Jordanian Military
# 166
Sweden :
0
1972
Swedish Military
# 167
Japan :
0
1972
Japanese Military
# 168
Seychelles :
0
1972
Seychellois Military
# 169
Kazakhstan :
0
1972
Kazakhstani Military
# 170
Albania :
0
1972
Albanian Military
# 171
Kenya :
0
1972
Kenyan Military
# 172
Thailand :
0
1972
Thai Military
# 173
Kyrgyzstan :
0
1972
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 174
Turkmenistan :
0
1972
Turkmen Military
# 175
Vanuatu :
0
1972
- Military
# 176
Tonga :
0
1972
Tongan Military
# 177
Afghanistan :
0
1972
Afghan Military
# 178
Tunisia :
0
1972
Tunisian Military
# 179
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0
1972
Congolese Military
# 180
Tanzania :
0
1972
Tanzanian Military
# 181
United States :
0
1972
American Military
# 182
Ukraine :
0
1972
Ukrainian Military
# 183
Aruba :
0
1972
Aruban Military
# 184
American Samoa :
0
1972
American Samoan Military
# 185
Uzbekistan :
0
1972
Uzbekistani Military
# 186
Lebanon :
0
1972
Lebanese Military
# 187
Venezuela :
0
1972
Venezuelan Military
# 188
Liberia :
0
1972
Liberian Military
# 189
Vietnam :
0
1972
Vietnamese Military
# 190
Kiribati :
0
1972
- Military
# 191
Samoa :
0
1972
Samoan Military
# 192
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0
1972
Nevisian Military
# 193
Kuwait :
0
1972
Kuwaiti Military
# 194
Zambia :
0
1972
Zambian Military
Weighted average:
426.4
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
479
DEFINITION: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
SOURCE: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/.
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"War deaths (1972) by country", Uppsala Conflict Data Program, http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_war_dea-military-war-deaths&date=1972
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