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Documented civilian deaths from violence

187,328 – 210,832

Further analysis of the WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs
may add 10,000 civilian deaths.

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This data is based on 51,609 database entries from the beginning of the war to 28 Feb 2017, and on monthly preliminary data from that date onwards. Preliminary data is shown in grey when applicable, and is based on approximate daily totals in the Recent Events section prior to full analysis. The full analysis extracts details such as the names or demographic details of individuals killed, the weapons that killed them and location amongst other details. The current range contains 36,585–38,427 deaths (20%–18%, a portion which may rise or fall over time) based on single-sourced reports.

Graphs are based on the higher number in our totals. Gaps in recording and reporting suggest that even our highest totals to date may be missing many civilian deaths from violence.

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Monthly civilian deaths from violence, 2003 onwards

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2003 3 2 3962 3473 545 597 646 833 566 515 487 524 12,153
2004 610 663 1004 1303 655 910 834 878 1042 1033 1676 1129 11,737
2005 1222 1297 905 1145 1396 1347 1536 2352 1444 1311 1487 1141 16,583
2006 1546 1579 1957 1805 2279 2594 3298 2865 2567 3041 3095 2900 29,526
2007 3035 2680 2728 2573 2854 2219 2702 2483 1391 1326 1124 997 26,112
2008 861 1093 1669 1317 915 755 640 704 612 594 540 586 10,286
2009 372 409 438 590 428 564 431 653 352 441 226 478 5,382
2010 267 305 336 385 387 385 488 520 254 315 307 218 4,167
2011 389 254 311 289 381 386 308 401 397 366 288 392 4,162
2012 531 356 377 392 304 529 469 422 400 290 253 299 4,622
2013 357 360 403 545 888 659 1145 1013 1306 1180 870 1126 9,852
2014 1097 972 1029 1037 1100 4088 1580 3340 1474 1738 1436 1327 20,218
2015 1490 1625 1105 2013 1295 1355 1845 1991 1445 1297 1021 1096 17,578
2016 1374 1258 1459 1192 1276 1405 1280 1375 935 1970 1738 1131 16,393
2017 1119 982 1918 1816 1871 1858 1498 597 490 397 346 291 13,183
2018 474 410 402 303 229 209 230 201 241 305 160 155 3,319
2019 323 271 123 140 167 130 145 93 151 361 274 215 2,393
2020 114 148 73 52 74 64 49 82 54 70 74 54 908
2021 64 56 49 66 49 46 87 60 41 65 23 63 669
2022 62 46 42 31 82 44 67 80 68 63 65 90 740
2023 56 52 76 86 46 28 30 29 38 34 34 28 537
2024 46 44 29 23 28 40 52 50         312
Incidents Individuals
IBC page Latest incidents analysed Date
a6379 Body of a tribal leader found in Zubair, west of Basrah 28 Feb 2017
a6378 One by bomb in Bayaa, southwest Baghdad 28 Feb 2017
a6377 Fifteen by shelling in west Mosul 28 Feb 2017
a6376 Iraqi Islamic Party official executed in Samarra, south of Salah Al-Din 28 Feb 2017
a6375 Company owner shot dead in Shurta Tunnel, west Baghdad 28 Feb 2017
a6374 Two by bomb in Al-Hafriyat area, Hay Al-Malaeb, south Ramadi 28 Feb 2017
a6373 Two policemen by bomb in Jazeerat Al-Ramadi, north of Anbar 28 Feb 2017
a6372 One by bomb in Madain, south of Baghdad 28 Feb 2017
a6371 One by bomb in Hay Al-Shuhada, south Baghdad 28 Feb 2017
a6382 Ten by shelling in Hay Jawsaq, south Mosul 27 Feb 2017

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a6379-kr3551 al-Seraifat tribe leader 28 Feb
a6376-dh3642 Idham Al-Taif Mahmoud 28 Feb
a6367-ka3500 granddaughter of Najihah Abed 27 Feb
a6367-nf3535 son of Najihah Abed 27 Feb
a6367-ke3670 daughter in law of Najihah Abed 27 Feb
a6367-nw3485 Manar, daughter of Safana Hamad 27 Feb
a6365-vn3511 wife of dead man 27 Feb
a6365-db3634 husband of dead woman 27 Feb
a6363-fn3690 Shukran Ghanim Hussein 26 Feb
a6363-nv3559 uncle of Rahma Ghanim 26 Feb

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