Nigeria vs Cameroon: Lives Lost to Violence 🇳🇬🇨🇲
Nigeria and Cameroon: deaths in all armed violence, year by year from 1989 to 2026.
Nigeria: 0 (1989) · highest 10,287 (2014) · 8,429 (2026)
Cameroon: 0 (1989) · highest 1,263 (2015) · 615 (2026)
What the number means: everyone killed in organised violence that year - in wars, in fighting between armed groups, and civilians who were attacked on purpose.
It is a wider count than war deaths alone: it also includes fighting between militias or cartels, and attacks on civilians.
All conflict deaths = deaths in wars and armed conflicts PLUS deaths in fighting between armed groups (for example militias or cartels) and civilians deliberately killed by a government or an armed group (Uppsala Conflict Data Program, 25+ deaths a year).
Data: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED v26.1, candidate events 2026), processed by Our World in Data; deaths are counted where they took place. 2026: January-September data plus an estimate for October-December.
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