Red dot = active war (UCDP). Tap a dot or a country.
Sources and licences
Wars and deaths: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), ucdp.uu.se/downloads, licensed CC BY 4.0. Datasets: GED, Candidate Events, Battle-Related Deaths, Non-State, ACD. A red dot is a state-based or non-state conflict listed as active (at least 25 battle-related deaths) in the UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict or Non-State datasets for 2025, or with at least 25 deaths in 2026 UCDP Candidate data; one-sided violence against civilians is not shown as a dot; each dot sits at the median coordinates of the conflict's recent UCDP events (2026 Candidate events where available, else the latest GED year). Current-year figures are UCDP Candidate data: preliminary, may change. Citations: Davies, Pettersson & Öberg (2026), Journal of Peace Research; Sundberg & Melander (2013), JPR 50(4); Hegre et al. (2020), Research & Politics.
Military personnel: World Bank, World Development Indicators, Armed forces personnel, total (MS.MIL.TOTL.P1); original source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (as stated in the indicator's metadata). Active duty plus paramilitary forces; excludes reservists. Latest year available per country (the series currently ends in 2020).
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