Human conflicts from past to present

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• Countries where armed conflicts took place
• Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place
• Death rate from conflict and terrorism IHME, age-standardized
• Death rate from conflict and terrorism IHME, crude
• Death rate in armed conflicts Regional data
• Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred
• Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred Country-level data
• Death rate in state-based conflicts
• Death rate in wars Project Mars
• Death rate in wars Correlates of War
• Death rates from violence in non-state societies
• Death rates from violence in state societies
• Death rates in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, 1989-2022
• Deaths from conflict and terrorism IHME, GBD
• Deaths from one-sided violence based on where they occurred
• Deaths in armed conflicts Regional data, stacked bars
• Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred Country-level data
• Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred Country-level data, stacked bars
• Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, 1989-2022
• Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, by type, 1989-2022 Bar chart
• Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, by type, 1989-2022 Stacked bar chart
• Deaths in armed conflicts by region
• Deaths in interstate conflicts
• Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred
• Deaths in interstate conflicts by region
• Deaths in intrastate conflicts based on where they occurred
• Deaths in non-state conflicts based on where they occurred
• Deaths in state-based conflicts
• Deaths in state-based conflicts by region
• Deaths in state-based conflicts by type
• Deaths in wars Project Mars
• Deaths in wars
• Deaths in wars Correlates of War
• Deaths in wars by region Project Mars
• Global death rate in violent political conflicts over the long run
• Global deaths in violent political conflicts over the long run
• Number of active United Nations peacekeeping missions
• Number of armed conflicts
• Number of countries where armed conflicts took place
• Number of interstate conflicts
• Number of new armed conflicts
• Number of new state-based conflicts
• Number of new wars
• Number of state-based conflicts
• Number of states involved in state-based conflicts
• Number of wars Project Mars
• Number of wars Correlates of War
• Peaceful and hostile relationships between states
• Peaceful and hostile relationships between states country-pairs without relationships included
• Rate of armed conflicts
• Rate of interstate conflicts
• Rate of state-based conflicts
• Rate of wars Correlates of War
• Rate of wars Project Mars
• Share of deaths from violence at prehistoric archaeological sites
• Share of deaths from violence in non-state societies
• Share of deaths from violence in state societies
• Share of member states in international organizations
• Share of small arms and light weapons with illicit origin
• Share of voting rights in international organizations
• States involved in interstate conflicts
• States involved in state-based conflicts Map
• States involved in wars
• United Nations peacekeepers on active missions
• United Nations peacekeepers on active missions by type
• Wars ranked by death toll, 1800-2011 Bar chart

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