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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
India :
3,842
2003
Indian Military
# 2
Colombia :
2,576
2003
Colombian Military
# 3
Sudan :
2,375
2003
Sudanese Military
# 4
Nepal :
2,105
2003
Nepalese Military
# 5
Russia :
2,000
2003
Russian Military
# 6
Liberia :
1,661
2003
Liberian Military
# 7
Afghanistan :
1,200
2003
Afghan Military
# 8
Philippines :
1,091
2003
Philippine Military
# 9
Burundi :
938
2003
Burundian Military
# 10
Israel :
767
2003
Israeli Military
# 11
Uganda :
624
2003
Ugandan Military
# 12
Côte d'Ivoire :
600
2003
Ivoirian Military
# 13
Indonesia :
478
2003
Indonesian Military
# 14
Algeria :
198
2003
Algerian Military
# 15
Turkey :
83
2003
Turkish Military
# 16
Sri Lanka :
59
2003
Sri Lankan Military
# 17
Eritrea :
57
2003
Eritrean Military
# 18
Senegal :
40
2003
Senegalese Military
# 19
Burma :
31
2003
Burmese Military
# 20
Thailand :
27
2003
Thai Military
# 21
Ethiopia :
25
2003
Ethiopian Military
# 22
Paraguay :
0
2003
Paraguayan Military
# 23
Marshall Islands :
0
2003
Marshallese Military
# 24
Belarus :
0
2003
Belarusian Military
# 25
Laos :
0
2003
Lao Military
# 26
Belize :
0
2003
Belizean Military
# 27
Nigeria :
0
2003
Nigerian Military
# 28
Bermuda :
0
2003
Bermudian Military
# 29
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0
2003
Sao Tomean Military
# 30
Bolivia :
0
2003
Bolivian Military
# 31
Lithuania :
0
2003
Lithuanian Military
# 32
Brazil :
0
2003
Brazilian Military
# 33
Mauritania :
0
2003
Mauritanian Military
# 34
Barbados :
0
2003
Barbadian Military
# 35
Panama :
0
2003
Panamanian Military
# 36
Brunei :
0
2003
Bruneian Military
# 37
Burkina Faso :
0
2003
Burkinabe Military
# 38
Bhutan :
0
2003
Bhutanese Military
# 39
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0
2003
Herzegovinian Military
# 40
Botswana :
0
2003
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 41
Saint Lucia :
0
2003
Saint Lucian Military
# 42
Central African Republic :
0
2003
Central African Military
# 43
Moldova :
0
2003
Moldovan Military
# 44
Canada :
0
2003
Canadian Military
# 45
Bangladesh :
0
2003
Bangladeshi Military
# 46
Switzerland :
0
2003
Swiss Military
# 47
Mayotte :
0
2003
Mahoran Military
# 48
Chile :
0
2003
Chilean Military
# 49
United Arab Emirates :
0
2003
Emirati Military
# 50
China :
0
2003
Chinese Military
# 51
Papua New Guinea :
0
2003
Papua New Guinean Military
# 52
Belgium :
0
2003
Belgian Military
# 53
Albania :
0
2003
Albanian Military
# 54
Cameroon :
0
2003
Cameroonian Military
# 55
El Salvador :
0
2003
Salvadoran Military
# 56
Congo, Republic of the :
0
2003
Congolese Military
# 57
Sweden :
0
2003
Swedish Military
# 58
American Samoa :
0
2003
American Samoan Military
# 59
Zambia :
0
2003
Zambian Military
# 60
Comoros :
0
2003
Comoran Military
# 61
Argentina :
0
2003
Argentine Military
# 62
Cape Verde :
0
2003
Cape Verdean Military
# 63
Bulgaria :
0
2003
Bulgarian Military
# 64
Costa Rica :
0
2003
Costa Rican Military
# 65
Latvia :
0
2003
Latvian Military
# 66
Cuba :
0
2003
Cuban Military
# 67
Maldives :
0
2003
Maldivian Military
# 68
Cayman Islands :
0
2003
Caymanian Military
# 69
Mali :
0
2003
Malian Military
# 70
Cyprus :
0
2003
Cypriot Military
# 71
Northern Mariana Islands :
0
2003
NA Military
# 72
Czech Republic :
0
2003
Czech Military
# 73
Malawi :
0
2003
Malawian Military
# 74
Germany :
0
2003
German Military
# 75
New Caledonia :
0
2003
New Caledonian Military
# 76
Djibouti :
0
2003
Djiboutian Military
# 77
Netherlands :
0
2003
Dutch Military
# 78
Dominica :
0
2003
Dominican Military
# 79
Oman :
0
2003
Omani Military
# 80
Denmark :
0
2003
Danish Military
# 81
Netherlands Antilles :
0
2003
Dutch Antillean Military
# 82
Dominican Republic :
0
2003
Dominican Military
# 83
Puerto Rico :
0
2003
Puerto Rican Military
# 84
Antigua and Barbuda :
0
2003
Barbudan Military
# 85
Qatar :
0
2003
Qatari Military
# 86
Ecuador :
0
2003
Ecuadorian Military
# 87
Saudi Arabia :
0
2003
Saudi Military
# 88
Bahrain :
0
2003
Bahraini Military
# 89
Solomon Islands :
0
2003
Solomon Islander Military
# 90
Spain :
0
2003
Spanish Military
# 91
Somalia :
0
2003
Somali Military
# 92
Estonia :
0
2003
Estonian Military
# 93
Slovakia :
0
2003
Slovak Military
# 94
Vanuatu :
0
2003
- Military
# 95
Bahamas, The :
0
2003
Bahamian Military
# 96
South Africa :
0
2003
South African Military
# 97
Finland :
0
2003
Finnish Military
# 98
Aruba :
0
2003
Aruban Military
# 99
Fiji :
0
2003
Fijian Military
# 100
Lebanon :
0
2003
Lebanese Military
# 101
France :
0
2003
French Military
# 102
Libya :
0
2003
Libyan Military
# 103
Faroe Islands :
0
2003
Faroese Military
# 104
Liechtenstein :
0
2003
Liechtenstein Military
# 105
Gabon :
0
2003
Gabonese Military
# 106
Lesotho :
0
2003
Basotho Military
# 107
United Kingdom :
0
2003
British Military
# 108
Luxembourg :
0
2003
Luxembourg Military
# 109
Georgia :
0
2003
Georgian Military
# 110
Monaco :
0
2003
Monegasque Military
# 111
Ghana :
0
2003
Ghanaian Military
# 112
Madagascar :
0
2003
Malagasy Military
# 113
Guinea :
0
2003
Guinean Military
# 114
Mexico :
0
2003
Mexican Military
# 115
Gambia, The :
0
2003
Gambian Military
# 116
Macedonia, Republic of :
0
2003
Macedonian Military
# 117
Guinea-Bissau :
0
2003
Guinean Military
# 118
Malta :
0
2003
Maltese Military
# 119
Equatorial Guinea :
0
2003
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 120
Mongolia :
0
2003
Mongolian Military
# 121
Greece :
0
2003
Greek Military
# 122
Mozambique :
0
2003
Mozambican Military
# 123
Grenada :
0
2003
Grenadian Military
# 124
Mauritius :
0
2003
Mauritian Military
# 125
Greenland :
0
2003
Greenlandic Military
# 126
Malaysia :
0
2003
Malaysian Military
# 127
Guatemala :
0
2003
Guatemalan Military
# 128
Namibia :
0
2003
Namibian Military
# 129
Guam :
0
2003
Guamanian Military
# 130
Niger :
0
2003
Nigerien Military
# 131
Guyana :
0
2003
Guyanese Military
# 132
Nicaragua :
0
2003
Nicaraguan Military
# 133
Honduras :
0
2003
Honduran Military
# 134
Norway :
0
2003
Norwegian Military
# 135
Croatia :
0
2003
Croatian Military
# 136
New Zealand :
0
2003
New Zealand Military
# 137
Haiti :
0
2003
Haitian Military
# 138
Pakistan :
0
2003
Pakistani Military
# 139
Hungary :
0
2003
Hungarian Military
# 140
Peru :
0
2003
Peruvian Military
# 141
Azerbaijan :
0
2003
Azerbaijani Military
# 142
Palau :
0
2003
Palauan Military
# 143
Man, Isle of :
0
2003
Manx Military
# 144
Poland :
0
2003
Polish Military
# 145
Armenia :
0
2003
Armenian Military
# 146
Portugal :
0
2003
Portuguese Military
# 147
Ireland :
0
2003
Irish Military
# 148
French Polynesia :
0
2003
French Polynesian Military
# 149
Iraq :
0
2003
Iraqi Military
# 150
Romania :
0
2003
Romanian Military
# 151
Iceland :
0
2003
Icelandic Military
# 152
Rwanda :
0
2003
Rwandan Military
# 153
East Timor :
0
2003
Timorese Military
# 154
Angola :
0
2003
Angolan Military
# 155
Trinidad and Tobago :
0
2003
Tobagonian Military
# 156
Singapore :
0
2003
Singapore Military
# 157
Seychelles :
0
2003
Seychellois Military
# 158
Sierra Leone :
0
2003
Sierra Leonean Military
# 159
Austria :
0
2003
Austrian Military
# 160
San Marino :
0
2003
Sammarinese Military
# 161
Benin :
0
2003
Beninese Military
# 162
Serbia and Montenegro :
0
2003
Serbian Military
# 163
Australia :
0
2003
Australian Military
# 164
Suriname :
0
2003
Surinamese Military
# 165
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0
2003
Saint Vincentian Military
# 166
Slovenia :
0
2003
Slovenian Military
# 167
Virgin Islands :
0
2003
Virgin Islander Military
# 168
Swaziland :
0
2003
Swazi Military
# 169
Chad :
0
2003
Chadian Military
# 170
Syria :
0
2003
Syrian Military
# 171
Tajikistan :
0
2003
Tajikistani Military
# 172
Togo :
0
2003
Togolese Military
# 173
Ukraine :
0
2003
Ukrainian Military
# 174
United States :
0
2003
American Military
# 175
Turkmenistan :
0
2003
Turkmen Military
# 176
Italy :
0
2003
Italian Military
# 177
Tonga :
0
2003
Tongan Military
# 178
Jamaica :
0
2003
Jamaican Military
# 179
Tunisia :
0
2003
Tunisian Military
# 180
Jordan :
0
2003
Jordanian Military
# 181
Tanzania :
0
2003
Tanzanian Military
# 182
Japan :
0
2003
Japanese Military
# 183
Kazakhstan :
0
2003
Kazakhstani Military
# 184
Uruguay :
0
2003
Uruguayan Military
# 185
Kenya :
0
2003
Kenyan Military
# 186
Uzbekistan :
0
2003
Uzbekistani Military
# 187
Kyrgyzstan :
0
2003
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 188
Venezuela :
0
2003
Venezuelan Military
# 189
Cambodia :
0
2003
Cambodian Military
# 190
Vietnam :
0
2003
Vietnamese Military
# 191
Kiribati :
0
2003
- Military
# 192
Samoa :
0
2003
Samoan Military
# 193
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0
2003
Nevisian Military
# 194
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0
2003
Congolese Military
# 195
Kuwait :
0
2003
Kuwaiti Military
# 196
Zimbabwe :
0
2003
Zimbabwean Military
Weighted average:
105.5
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
0
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 (2003) 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=2003
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