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The Uppsala Conflict Data Programme defines a ‘major armed conflict’ as the use of armed force between the military forces of two or more governments, or of one government and at least one organized armed group, resulting in the battle-related deaths of at least 1000 people in any single calendar year and in which the incompatibility concerns control of government and/or territory.

The table and figure below come from 'Patterns of major armed conflicts 1990-2003' by Mikael Eriksson and Peter Wallensteen, published in the SIPRI Yearbook 2004. They summarize the incidence of major armed conflicts from 1990 to 2004.

Table 1.1. Regional distribution, number and types of major armed conflicts, 1990-2004

Figure 1.1. Regional distribution and total number of major armed conflicts, 1990-2004

For more details on definitions and methodology, see the Uppsala Conflict Data Programme.

Table 1.1. Regional distribution, number and types of major armed conflicts, 1990-2003


 1990
 1991
 1992
 1993
 1994
 1995
 1996
 1997
 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Africa
 11
 11
 7
 7
 6
 5
 3
 4
 11 11 9 7 6 4
Americas
 4 4
 3
 3
 3
 3
 3
 2
 2 2 2 3 3 3
Asia
 13
 11
 12
 10
 10
 11
 10
 9
 9 9 9 9 9 8
Europe
 -
 1
 3
 5
 4
 3
 1
 -
 1 2 1 1 1 1
Middle East
 4
 6
 5
 6
 6
 6
 6
 4
 4 3 4 4 2 3
Total
 32
 33
 30
 31
 29
 28
 23
 19
 27 27 25 24 21 19

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Project

Figure 1.1. Regional distribution and total number of major armed conflicts, 1990-2003
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