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Iraq: Deaths in one-sided violence against civilians

5deaths · 2025-99.6% since 2015

Civilians killed deliberately by a government or organised group. Summed from UCDP's events by country and year (best estimate). Events in Gaza and the West Bank, which UCDP files under Israel, are counted under West Bank and Gaza. From a country's first recorded event onward, a year with no events is zero. Annual figures for Iraq from 1989 to 2025.

19892025

Every year

YearValue (deaths)Note
20255
20249
202329
202214
2021153
202056
2019173
2018174
20171,189
20162,403
20151,139
20143,205
20132,130
2012769
2011322
2010738
2009671
2008526
20072,124
2006668
2005903
2004135
200326
20020
20010
200038
199937
199843
19970
1996120
1995109
199453
1993133
1992158
19911,743
199023
19890

Source

Published by UCDP, produced by Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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UCDP (2026). Deaths in one-sided violence against civilians. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ucdp-deaths-one-sided (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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