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	1,383	218 BC to 1975	War in the Vendée	864 battles, 425 sieges and 94 naval actions
2	United States	1,148	1540 to 1974	American Civil War	1,041 battles, 72 sieges and 35 naval actions
3	Spain	1,070	228 BC to 1942	Peninsular War	628 battles, 338 sieges and 104 naval actions
4	Italy	942	741 BC to 1945	Second Punic War	617 battles, 252 sieges and 73 naval actions
5	United Kingdom	695	AD 43 to 1985	Norman Invasion of Wales	529 battles, 120 sieges and 46 naval actions
6	Turkey	622	1325 BC to 1990	Arab–Byzantine wars	384 battles, 197 sieges and 41 naval actions
7	Germany	538	1250 BC to 1945	Thirty Years' War	410 battles, 118 sieges and 10 naval actions
8	Greece	493	801 BC to 1949	Greek War of Independence	279 battles, 134 sieges and 80 naval actions
9	Japan	481	AD 534 to 1964	Genpei War	301 battles, 171 sieges and 9 naval actions
10	Poland	469	AD 972 to 1946	1939 Invasion of Poland	395 battles, 70 sieges and 4 naval actions
11	India	354	326 BC to 1971	battles involving the Maratha Empire	209 battles, 125 sieges and 20 naval actions
12	Russia	350	AD 373 to 1945	Russian Civil War	259 battles, 80 sieges and 11 naval actions
13	People's Republic of China	339	3001 BC to 1981	Second Sino-Japanese War	308 battles, 21 sieges and 10 naval actions
14	Ukraine	301	389 BC to 1960	Eastern Front	234 battles, 59 sieges and 8 naval actions
15	Belgium	243	57 BC to 1945	Western Front	167 battles, 71 sieges and 5 naval actions
16	Netherlands	237	AD 28 to 1945	Eighty Years' War	79 battles, 142 sieges and 16 naval actions
17	Iraq	173	2701 BC to 1991	Muslim conquest of Persia	126 battles, 46 sieges and 1 naval action
18	Czech Republic	172	AD 872 to 1968	Hussite Wars	145 battles and 27 sieges
19	Mexico	160	1473 to 1935	Mexican-American War	132 battles, 24 sieges and 4 naval actions
20	Iran	157	1110 BC to 1986	Iran–Iraq War	113 battles, 40 sieges and 4 naval actions
21	Israel	152	1457 BC to 1973	Crusades	96 battles, 55 sieges and 1 naval action
22	Morocco	143	201 BC to 1989	Western Sahara War	97 battles, 39 sieges and 7 naval actions
23	Vietnam	140	AD 863 to 1988	Vietnam War	129 battles, 7 sieges and 4 naval actions
24	Portugal	135	185 BC to 1946	Peninsular War	71 battles, 32 sieges and 32 naval actions
25	Syria	133	1501 BC to 1981	Crusades	90 battles and 43 sieges
26	Algeria	130	203 BC to 1961	French conquest of Algeria	91 battles, 34 sieges and 5 naval actions
27	Canada	128	1600 to 1942	War of 1812	95 battles, 17 sieges and 16 naval actions
28	Romania	124	AD 87 to 1944	Romania in World War I	97 battles, 24 sieges and 3 naval actions
29	Hungary	121	AD 469 to 1956	Long War	63 battles and 58 sieges
30	Tunisia	119	309 BC to 1961	Ottoman–Spanish War	76 battles, 29 sieges and 14 naval actions
31	Bulgaria	118	335 BC to 1941	Tenth Russo-Turkish War	93 battles, 22 sieges and 3 naval actions
32	Philippines	115	1521 to 1990	Philippine Revolution	98 battles, 7 sieges and 10 naval actions
33	Ireland	114	AD 561 to 1922	Irish Rebellion of 1798	91 battles and 23 sieges
34	South Korea	113	AD 409 to 1954	Korean War	81 battles, 16 sieges and 16 naval actions
35	Sweden	111	AD 800 to 1918	Scanian War	80 battles, 23 sieges and 8 naval actions
36	Egypt	110	3240 BC to 1973	French invasion of Egypt and Syria	81 battles, 24 sieges and 5 naval actions
37	Finland	108	1008 to 1944	Finnish War	97 battles, 3 sieges and 8 naval actions
38	Argentina	103	1641 to 1982	Argentine Civil Wars	87 battles, 1 siege and 15 naval actions
39	Belarus	103	AD 447 to 1944	Polish–Soviet War	93 battles and 10 sieges
40	Georgia	103	65 BC to 1921	Georgian–Ottoman conflicts	82 battles, 20 sieges and 1 naval action
41	Serbia	100	AD 268 to 1944	First Serbian Uprising	67 battles and 33 sieges
42	Croatia	99	230 BC to 1991	Croatian War of Independence	53 battles, 33 sieges and 13 naval actions
43	South Africa	92	1510 to 1991	Second Boer War	82 battles, 9 sieges and 1 naval action
44	Peru	89	1230 to 1991	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire	75 battles, 9 sieges and 5 naval actions
45	Chile	77	1471 to 1915	Chilean War of Independence	60 battles, 6 sieges and 11 naval actions
46	Estonia	74	1211 to 1946	Great Northern War	46 battles, 21 sieges and 7 naval actions
47	Afghanistan	74	543 BC to 1989	Soviet-Afghan War	41 battles and 33 sieges
48	Saudi Arabia	71	599 BC to 1991	Ottoman–Wahhabi war	58 battles, 11 sieges and 2 naval actions
49	Norway	70	AD 860 to 1945	World War II	47 battles, 8 sieges and 15 naval actions
50	Indonesia	69	1221 to 1949	Pacific War	51 battles, 4 sieges and 14 naval actions
51	Pakistan	67	326 BC to 1965	Afghan–Sikh Wars	51 battles and 16 sieges
52	Austria	66	112 BC to 1945	War of the Fifth Coalition	57 battles and 9 sieges
53	Switzerland	66	57 BC to 1800	War of the Second Coalition	54 battles and 12 sieges
54	Denmark	65	AD 999 to 1943	Torstenson War	29 battles, 13 sieges and 23 naval actions
55	Cuba	61	1596 to 1958	Ten Years' War	47 battles, 2 sieges and 12 naval actions
56	Azerbaijan	60	65 BC to 1991	Middle Eastern theater of World War I	48 battles and 12 sieges
57	Libya	57	560 BC to 1987	Italo-Turkish War	40 battles, 8 sieges and 9 naval actions
58	Ethiopia	56	1270 to 1991	Second Italo-Ethiopian War	53 battles and 3 sieges
59	Lebanon	56	586 BC to 1991	Crusades	35 battles, 20 sieges and 1 naval action
60	Brazil	56	1558 to 1945	Dutch–Portuguese War	39 battles, 7 sieges and 10 naval actions
61	Latvia	54	1205 to 1944	Livonian Crusade	43 battles and 11 sieges
62	Papua New Guinea	54	1914 to 1945	Pacific War	52 battles, 1 siege and 1 naval action
63	Albania	53	335 BC to 1943	Ottoman Wars in Europe	32 battles, 16 sieges and 5 naval actions
64	Lithuania	52	1236 to 1949	Guerilla war in the Baltic states	46 battles and 6 sieges
65	Armenia	49	2492 BC to 1990	World War I	38 battles and 11 sieges
66	Haiti	48	1654 to 1920	War of the First Coalition	37 battles, 5 sieges and 6 naval actions
67	North Korea	45	AD 371 to 1953	Korean War	38 battles, 5 sieges and 2 naval actions
68	Malaysia	45	1511 to 1965	Malay-Portuguese War	24 battles, 12 sieges and 9 naval actions
69	Slovakia	44	AD 174 to 1947	Rákóczi’s War of Independence	38 battles and 6 sieges
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43	AD 854 to 1990	World War II in Yugoslavia	31 battles and 12 sieges
71	Palestine	43	1025 BC to 1949	Middle Eastern theater of World War I	37 battles and 6 sieges
72	Venezuela	43	1669 to 1931	Venezuelan War of Independence	27 battles, 13 sieges and 3 naval actions
73	Taiwan	42	1624 to 1950	Tai Chao-chuen incident	36 battles, 3 sieges and 3 naval actions
74	Colombia	42	1470 to 1980	Colombian War of Independence	30 battles, 7 sieges and 5 naval actions
75	Uzbekistan	40	329 BC to 1924	Basmachi movement	26 battles and 14 sieges
76	North Macedonia	37	358 BC to 1944	Ottoman Wars in Europe	35 battles and 2 sieges
77	Myanmar	34	1283 to 1945	South-East Asian theater of World War II	29 battles and 5 sieges
78	Dominican Republic	33	1495 to 1916	War of Dominican Independence	26 battles, 4 sieges and 3 naval actions
79	Soviet Union	32	1937 to 1945	Eastern Front	29 battles, 2 sieges and 1 naval action
80	Ecuador	32	1529 to 1941	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire	27 battles and 5 naval actions
81	Uruguay	32	1704 to 1904	Cisplatine War	22 battles, 8 sieges and 2 naval actions
82	Bolivia	30	1538 to 1934	Bolivian War of Independence	28 battles and 2 sieges
83	Solomon Islands	27	1942 to 1943	Pacific War	22 battles and 5 naval actions
84	United Republic of Tanzania	27	1888 to 1917	World War I	25 battles and 2 naval actions
85	Paraguay	27	1855 to 1935	Paraguayan War	24 battles, 1 siege and 2 naval actions
86	Montenegro	26	1042 to 1943	World War I	21 battles, 4 sieges and 1 naval action
87	Sudan	25	AD 642 to 1940	Mahdist War	24 battles and 1 siege
88	Jordan	24	218 BC to 1970	Middle Eastern theater of World War I	18 battles and 6 sieges
89	Cyprus	23	1275 BC to 1974	Turkish invasion of Cyprus	15 battles, 3 sieges and 5 naval actions
90	Eritrea	23	1541 to 1990	Eritrean War of Independence	20 battles, 2 sieges and 1 naval action
91	Slovenia	21	AD 388 to 1991	World War II	18 battles and 3 sieges
92	Sri Lanka	19	161 BC to 1990	Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts	9 battles, 4 sieges and 6 naval actions
93	Angola	19	1579 to 1988	Dutch–Portuguese War	18 battles and 1 siege
94	Yemen	18	AD 300 to 1967	Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560	11 battles, 4 sieges and 3 naval actions
95	Kazakhstan	17	36 BC to 1919	Mongol invasion of Khwarazmian Empire and Eastern Iran	8 battles, 8 sieges and 1 naval action
96	Cameroon	15	1900 to 1915		14 battles and 1 siege
97	Ghana	15	1625 to 1914	Dutch–Portuguese War	13 battles and 2 naval actions
98	Nicaragua	15	1523 to 1967	Anglo-Spanish War	15 battles
99	Uganda	15	1875 to 1985	Uganda–Tanzania War	13 battles, 1 siege and 1 naval action
100	Nigeria	15	1255 to 1968		14 battles and 1 siege

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.