Interstate Wars since 1945

Every interstate war since 1945 — the wars fought between sovereign states, with belligerents linked to their country pages, dates, and combat-death estimates. Sourced from Wikipedia and refreshed monthly.

75 wars · 4 ongoing · 25 with 10,000+ combat deaths

Conflict	Years ↓	Belligerents	Combat deaths
Iran War	2026–present	Israel,United StatesvsIran	3,411–9,114
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war	2026–present	PakistanvsAfghanistan	100–457
Twelve-Day War	2025	Israel,United StatesvsIran,Houthis	1,091–1,226
2025 India–Pakistan conflict	2025	IndiavsPakistan	83–210
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict (2022–present)	2022–2025	Democratic Republic of the CongovsRwanda,March 23 Movement	7,000+
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War	2020	AzerbaijanvsArmenia,Artsakh	7,726+
Russo-Ukrainian War●	2014–present	UkrainevsRussia,DPR,LPR,North Korea	400,000–650,000
Heglig Crisis	2012	SudanvsSouth Sudan	316–1,485
2011 military intervention in Libya	2011	NATO,Qatar,Sweden,United Arab EmiratesvsLibya	72–403
Russo-Georgian War	2008	Russia,South Ossetia,AbkhaziavsGeorgia	730–737
Gaza–Israel conflict●	2006–present	IsraelvsGaza Strip	42,783+
2003 invasion of Iraq●	2003	United States,United Kingdom,Australia,PolandvsIraq	10,996–53,016
United States invasion of Afghanistan	2001	United States,United Kingdom,Canada,Australia,Afghanistan,Northern AlliancevsIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan	9,550–14,388
African Six-Day War	2000	RwandavsUganda	4,051+
Second Chechen War●	1999–2000	RussiavsIchkeria	20,000+
Kargil War	1999	IndiavsPakistan	884–5,600
Eritrean–Ethiopian War●	1998–2000	EthiopiavsEritrea	53,000–300,000
Kosovo War●	1998–1999	Kosova,NATOvsYugoslavia	16,056–16,879
First Congo War●	1996–1997	AFDL,Rwanda,Uganda,Burundi,Angola,SPLA,EritreavsZaire,Sudan,Chad,Ex-FAR/ALiR,Interahamwe,CNDD-FDD,UNITA,ADF,FLNC	235,000–250,000
Cenepa War	1995	PeruvsEcuador	84–410
War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)●	1992–1993	Abkhazia,RussiavsGeorgia	10,000–30,000
Bosnian War●	1992	Bosnia and HerzegovinavsYugoslavia,Serbia and Montenegro,Republika Srpska	25,000–329,000
Croatian War of Independence	1991–1992	CroatiavsYugoslavia	5,040–7,279
South Ossetia war (1991–1992)	1991–1992	GeorgiavsSouth Ossetia,Russia	1,000+
Transnistria War	1990–1992	MoldovavsTransnistria,Russia	316–637
Persian Gulf War●	1990–1991	Kuwait,United States,United Kingdom,Saudi Arabia,France,Italy,Canada,Australia,Egypt,Syria,QatarvsIraq	29,231–59,231
United States invasion of Panama	1989–1990	United StatesvsPanama	540–3,338
Mauritania–Senegal Border War	1989–1991	MauritaniavsSenegal	200+
First Nagorno-Karabakh War●	1988–1994	Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,ArmeniavsAzerbaijan	37,413–56,000
Agacher Strip War	1985	MalivsBurkina Faso	142+
Invasion of Grenada	1983	United States,Antigua and Barbuda,Barbados,Dominica,Jamaica,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesvsGrenada,Cuba	102+
Chadian–Nigerian War	1983	NigeriavsChad	100+
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	1982	SomaliavsEthiopia	—
Falklands War	1982	United KingdomvsArgentina	907+
Iran–Iraq War●	1980–1988	IranvsIraq,United States	405,000–1,200,000
Soviet–Afghan War●	1979–1989	Soviet Union,AfghanistanvsAfghan Mujahideen,Afghan Interim Government,Pakistan	600,000–2,000,000
Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)	1979–1991	VietnamvsChina	6,000+
Yemenite War of 1979	1979	North YemenvsSouth Yemen	1,084+
Sino-Vietnamese War●	1979	VietnamvsChina	36,945–175,000
Cambodian–Vietnamese War●	1978–1989	Vietnam,People's Republic of KampucheavsDemocratic Kampuchea,Thailand	270,000–297,000
Uganda–Tanzania War	1978–1979	Tanzania,MozambiquevsUganda,Libya	4,135–4,323
Chadian–Libyan War	1978–1987	Chad,FrancevsLibya	8,500+
Egyptian–Libyan War	1977	EgyptvsLibya	500+
Ogaden War●	1977–1978	Ethiopia,Cuba,South Yemen,Soviet UnionvsSomalia	39,836+
Indonesian invasion of East Timor●	1975–1976	IndonesiavsEast Timor	51,000+
Western Sahara War●	1975–1991	Morocco,Mauritania,FrancevsSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic,Algeria	10,000–20,000
Turkish invasion of Cyprus	1974	TurkeyvsCyprus,Greece	6,009–9,509
1974–75 Shatt al-Arab conflict	1974–1975	IranvsIraq	1,000+
Yom Kippur War●	1973	IsraelvsEgypt,Syria,Iraq,Jordan,Algeria,Cuba,Morocco	10,521–21,300
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971●	1971	IndiavsPakistan	11,500–12,843
Football War	1969	El SalvadorvsHonduras	3,000+
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia	1968	Soviet Union,Bulgaria,East Germany,Hungary,PolandvsCzechoslovakia	254+
War of Attrition	1967–1970	IsraelvsEgypt,Soviet Union,Cuba,Jordan,Syria	6,442–14,290
Six-Day War●	1967	IsraelvsEgypt,Syria,Jordan,Iraq,Saudi Arabia,Morocco,Algeria,Libya,Kuwait,Tunisia,Sudan	12,336–19,264
Korean DMZ Conflict	1966–1969	South Korea,United StatesvsNorth Korea	739+
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965	1965	IndiavsPakistan	6,800–13,459
Vietnam War●	1965–1973	North Vietnam,FNL,Khmer Rouge,Khmer Issarak,Pathet Lao,China,North Korea,Soviet UnionvsSouth Vietnam,United States,South Korea,Thailand,Australia,New Zealand,Laos,Khmer Republic,Philippines	1,326,494–3,447,494
1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	1964	EthiopiavsSomalia	1,000–2,000
Sand War	1963–1964	MoroccovsAlgeria	69–500
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation	1963–1966	Malaysia,Singapore,United Kingdom,Australia,New ZealandvsIndonesia	874+
Sino-Indian War	1962	ChinavsIndia	2,105–6,197
Operation Trikora	1961–1962	IndonesiavsNetherlands	223+
Bizerte crisis	1961	FrancevsTunisia	654–657
Bay of Pigs Invasion	1961	CubavsUnited States,DRF	2,298+
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis	1958	Republic of China,United StatesvsChina	1,054+
Ifni War	1957–1958	Spain,FrancevsMorocco	1,197+
Soviet invasion of Hungary	1956	Soviet UnionvsHungary	3,222+
Suez Crisis	1956	Israel,United Kingdom,FrancevsEgypt	2,848–4,198
First Taiwan Strait Crisis	1954–1955	ChinavsRepublic of China,United States	914–1,054
Chinese invasion of Tibet	1950	ChinavsTibet	294–5,814
Korean War●	1950–1953	UN Command,South Korea,United States,United Kingdom,Australia,Belgium,Canada,France,Philippines,Colombia,Ethiopia,Greece,Luxembourg,Netherlands,New Zealand,South Africa,Thailand,TurkeyvsNorth Korea,China,Soviet Union	2,568,927–4,096,927
Operation Polo●	1948	IndiavsHyderabad	32,190–202,190
1948 Arab–Israeli War●	1948–1949	IsraelvsEgypt,Iraq,Transjordan,Syria,Lebanon,Saudi Arabia,Yemen	13,073–26,373
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947	1947–1949	IndiavsPakistan	2,604–7,500
Iran crisis of 1946	1945–1946	IranvsAzerbaijan People's Government,Republic of Mahabad	2,000+

75 of 75 wars · bold = principal belligerent · red ● = 10,000+ combat deaths