ranked list, present-day borders

The most fought-over countries

Present-day countries by the number of placed engagements within their borders, with the span of years and the war that contributed most.

The most fought-over countries

	Country	Engagements	Span	Largest war	Kinds
1	France	1,495	218 BC to 1986	World War II	911 battles, 425 sieges, 98 naval actions and 61 campaigns
2	United States	1,264	1540 to 1989	American Civil War	1,118 battles, 72 sieges, 38 naval actions and 36 campaigns
3	Spain	1,204	228 BC to 1991	Peninsular War	745 battles, 338 sieges, 106 naval actions and 15 campaigns
4	Italy	1,038	741 BC to 1986	World War II	671 battles, 252 sieges, 79 naval actions and 36 campaigns
5	United Kingdom	753	56 BC to 1990	Norman Invasion of Wales	575 battles, 120 sieges, 46 naval actions and 12 campaigns
6	Turkey	687	1325 BC to 1990	Arab–Byzantine wars	422 battles, 197 sieges, 41 naval actions and 27 campaigns
7	Germany	668	1250 BC to 1945	World War II	515 battles, 118 sieges, 10 naval actions and 25 campaigns
8	Japan	604	AD 534 to 1964	Pacific War	412 battles, 171 sieges, 14 naval actions and 7 campaigns
9	Greece	529	1451 BC to 1949	Greek War of Independence	305 battles, 134 sieges, 80 naval actions and 10 campaigns
10	Poland	502	AD 972 to 1947	World War II	414 battles, 70 sieges, 4 naval actions and 14 campaigns
11	China	448	3001 BC to 1981	Chinese Civil War	330 battles, 21 sieges, 11 naval actions and 86 campaigns
12	Russia	425	65 BC to 1945	World War II	291 battles, 80 sieges, 12 naval actions and 42 campaigns
13	India	376	326 BC to 1990	battles involving the Maratha Empire	221 battles, 125 sieges, 20 naval actions and 10 campaigns
14	Ukraine	321	389 BC to 1960	World War II	245 battles, 59 sieges, 8 naval actions and 9 campaigns
15	Netherlands	277	AD 28 to 1956	Eighty Years' War	112 battles, 142 sieges, 16 naval actions and 7 campaigns
16	Vietnam	269	AD 863 to 1988	Vietnam War	142 battles, 7 sieges, 5 naval actions and 115 campaigns
17	Belgium	267	57 BC to 1945	World War I	178 battles, 71 sieges, 5 naval actions and 13 campaigns
18	Iraq	206	2701 BC to 1991	Muslim conquest of Persia	134 battles, 46 sieges, 1 naval action and 25 campaigns
19	Iran	189	1110 BC to 1988	Iran–Iraq War	126 battles, 40 sieges, 5 naval actions and 18 campaigns
20	Czech Republic	188	AD 872 to 1968	Hussite Wars	155 battles, 27 sieges and 6 campaigns
21	Israel	179	1457 BC to 1991	Crusades	103 battles, 55 sieges, 2 naval actions and 19 campaigns
22	Mexico	164	1473 to 1935	Mexican-American War	135 battles, 24 sieges, 4 naval actions and 1 campaign
23	Morocco	159	201 BC to 1989	Western Sahara War	107 battles, 39 sieges, 8 naval actions and 5 campaigns
24	Algeria	155	203 BC to 1961	French conquest of Algeria	104 battles, 34 sieges, 5 naval actions and 12 campaigns
25	Canada	149	1600 to 1981	War of 1812	103 battles, 17 sieges, 21 naval actions and 8 campaigns
26	Egypt	144	3240 BC to 1974	War of the Second Coalition	97 battles, 24 sieges, 5 naval actions and 18 campaigns
27	Portugal	144	185 BC to 1946	Peninsular War	79 battles, 32 sieges, 32 naval actions and 1 campaign
28	Syria	139	1501 BC to 1981	Crusades	91 battles, 43 sieges and 5 campaigns
29	Romania	135	AD 87 to 1944	World War I	103 battles, 24 sieges, 3 naval actions and 5 campaigns
30	Tunisia	133	309 BC to 1985	World War II	84 battles, 29 sieges, 14 naval actions and 6 campaigns
31	Philippines	130	1521 to 1990	Pacific War	110 battles, 7 sieges, 10 naval actions and 3 campaigns
32	Hungary	128	AD 469 to 1956	Long War	68 battles, 58 sieges and 2 campaigns
33	South Korea	128	AD 409 to 1968	Korean War	89 battles, 16 sieges, 17 naval actions and 6 campaigns
34	Bulgaria	126	335 BC to 1943	Tenth Russo-Turkish War	100 battles, 22 sieges, 3 naval actions and 1 campaign
35	Finland	121	1008 to 1944	Finnish Civil War	109 battles, 3 sieges, 8 naval actions and 1 campaign
36	Argentina	120	1641 to 1990	Argentine Civil Wars	96 battles, 1 siege, 16 naval actions and 7 campaigns
37	Ireland	120	AD 561 to 1922	Irish Rebellion of 1798	95 battles, 23 sieges and 2 campaigns
38	Sweden	117	AD 800 to 1944	Scanian War	84 battles, 23 sieges, 9 naval actions and 1 campaign
39	Belarus	116	AD 447 to 1944	World War II	101 battles, 10 sieges and 5 campaigns
40	Georgia	116	65 BC to 1921	Georgian–Ottoman conflicts	90 battles, 20 sieges, 1 naval action and 5 campaigns
41	Serbia	115	AD 86 to 1944	World War II	74 battles, 33 sieges and 8 campaigns
42	Norway	111	AD 860 to 1945	World War II	63 battles, 8 sieges, 16 naval actions and 24 campaigns
43	Croatia	106	230 BC to 1991	Croatian War of Independence	56 battles, 33 sieges, 13 naval actions and 4 campaigns
44	Indonesia	106	1025 to 1990	Pacific War	72 battles, 4 sieges, 14 naval actions and 16 campaigns
45	Peru	96	1230 to 1991	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire	81 battles, 9 sieges, 5 naval actions and 1 campaign
46	South Africa	95	1510 to 1991	Second Boer War	85 battles, 9 sieges and 1 naval action
47	Saudi Arabia	86	599 BC to 1991	Ottoman–Wahhabi war	67 battles, 11 sieges, 3 naval actions and 5 campaigns
48	Chile	84	1471 to 1978	Chilean War of Independence	65 battles, 6 sieges, 11 naval actions and 2 campaigns
49	Estonia	83	1211 to 1946	World War II	50 battles, 21 sieges, 7 naval actions and 5 campaigns
50	Afghanistan	83	543 BC to 1989	Soviet-Afghan War	43 battles, 34 sieges and 6 campaigns
51	Pakistan	76	327 BC to 1978	Start of Sher Shah suri rule	53 battles, 16 sieges and 7 campaigns
52	Denmark	74	AD 999 to 1982	Torstenson War	36 battles, 13 sieges, 23 naval actions and 2 campaigns
53	Switzerland	73	57 BC to 1944	War of the Second Coalition	56 battles, 12 sieges and 5 campaigns
54	Libya	72	560 BC to 1987	World War II	46 battles, 8 sieges, 10 naval actions and 8 campaigns
55	Papua New Guinea	70	1914 to 1945	Pacific War	54 battles, 1 siege, 1 naval action and 14 campaigns
56	Austria	69	112 BC to 1945	War of the Fifth Coalition	60 battles and 9 sieges
57	Lebanon	69	586 BC to 1991	Crusades	41 battles, 20 sieges, 1 naval action and 7 campaigns
58	Cuba	69	1596 to 1967	Ten Years' War	52 battles, 2 sieges, 12 naval actions and 3 campaigns
59	Azerbaijan	66	65 BC to 1991	World War I	51 battles, 11 sieges and 4 campaigns
60	Ethiopia	62	1270 to 1991	Ethiopian–Adal War	58 battles, 3 sieges and 1 campaign
61	Albania	62	358 BC to 1957	Greco-Italian War	38 battles, 16 sieges, 5 naval actions and 3 campaigns
62	Brazil	61	1558 to 1945	Dutch–Portuguese War	41 battles, 7 sieges, 10 naval actions and 3 campaigns
63	Latvia	58	1205 to 1944	Livonian Crusade	46 battles, 11 sieges and 1 campaign
64	Lithuania	56	1236 to 1949	Guerilla war in the Baltic states	48 battles, 6 sieges and 2 campaigns
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54	AD 854 to 1991	World War II	34 battles, 12 sieges and 8 campaigns
66	Malaysia	53	1511 to 1965	Pacific War	27 battles, 12 sieges, 9 naval actions and 5 campaigns
67	North Korea	53	AD 371 to 1953	Korean War	42 battles, 5 sieges, 2 naval actions and 4 campaigns
68	Armenia	52	2492 BC to 1990	World War I	41 battles and 11 sieges
69	Taiwan	50	1624 to 1950	Tai Chao-chuen incident	41 battles, 3 sieges, 3 naval actions and 3 campaigns
70	Palestine	49	1025 BC to 1967	World War I	38 battles, 6 sieges and 5 campaigns
71	Soviet Union	48	1919 to 1987	World War II	36 battles, 2 sieges, 2 naval actions and 8 campaigns
72	Haiti	48	1654 to 1920	War of the First Coalition	37 battles, 5 sieges and 6 naval actions
73	Slovakia	47	AD 174 to 1947	World War II	40 battles, 6 sieges and 1 campaign
74	Venezuela	46	1669 to 1931	Venezuelan War of Independence	28 battles, 13 sieges, 4 naval actions and 1 campaign
75	Colombia	44	1470 to 1980	Colombian War of Independence	32 battles, 7 sieges and 5 naval actions
76	North Macedonia	42	358 BC to 1944	World War I	37 battles, 2 sieges and 3 campaigns
77	Uzbekistan	41	329 BC to 1924	Basmachi movement	26 battles, 14 sieges and 1 campaign
78	Myanmar	39	1283 to 1945	Pacific War	31 battles, 5 sieges and 3 campaigns
79	United Republic of Tanzania	36	1888 to 1917	World War I	32 battles, 3 naval actions and 1 campaign
80	Solomon Islands	35	1942 to 1943	Pacific War	24 battles, 5 naval actions and 6 campaigns
81	Uruguay	34	1704 to 1904	Cisplatine War	22 battles, 8 sieges, 2 naval actions and 2 campaigns
82	Dominican Republic	33	1495 to 1916	Dominican Restoration War	26 battles, 4 sieges and 3 naval actions
83	Ecuador	32	1529 to 1941	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire	27 battles and 5 naval actions
84	Cyprus	31	1275 BC to 1978	Cyprus problem	23 battles, 3 sieges and 5 naval actions
85	Sri Lanka	30	161 BC to 1991	Sri Lankan Civil War	15 battles, 4 sieges, 6 naval actions and 5 campaigns
86	Montenegro	30	1042 to 1943	World War I	24 battles, 4 sieges, 1 naval action and 1 campaign
87	Paraguay	30	1855 to 1935	Paraguayan War	24 battles, 1 siege, 2 naval actions and 3 campaigns
88	Bolivia	30	1538 to 1934	Bolivian War of Independence	28 battles and 2 sieges
89	Angola	29	1579 to 1988	Angolan Wars	18 battles, 1 siege and 10 campaigns
90	Jordan	28	218 BC to 1971	World War I	22 battles and 6 sieges
91	Sudan	27	1506 BC to 1984	Mahdist War	25 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign
92	Nigeria	27	1255 to 1970	Nigerian Civil War	19 battles, 1 siege and 7 campaigns
93	Eritrea	24	1541 to 1990	Eritrean War of Independence	20 battles, 2 sieges, 1 naval action and 1 campaign
94	Mozambique	24	1607 to 1981	Rhodesian Bush War	7 battles, 2 sieges and 15 campaigns
95	Slovenia	23	AD 388 to 1991	World War II	20 battles and 3 sieges
96	Kazakhstan	20	36 BC to 1919	Mongol invasions and conquests	8 battles, 8 sieges, 1 naval action and 3 campaigns
97	Yemen	20	AD 300 to 1967	Aksumite–Persian Wars	12 battles, 4 sieges, 3 naval actions and 1 campaign
98	Australia	19	1795 to 1945	Pacific War	14 battles, 1 siege, 2 naval actions and 2 campaigns
99	Nicaragua	18	1523 to 1979	Banana Wars	18 battles
100	Malta	17	218 BC to 1942	Ottoman–Habsburg Wars	6 battles, 6 sieges, 3 naval actions and 2 campaigns

Sources and method

Each engagement is assigned to the present-day country containing its recorded coordinates (Natural Earth boundaries), or to the country Wikidata records when that is a current state.