The World's Coup D'Etats 1945-2005

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Thailand 1 Thailand Venezuela 1 Venezuela Dissident Actions 5 Dissident Actions Military 1 Military Other 2 Other Palace 1 Palace Popular Revolt 21 Popular Revolt Rebel 1 Rebel Coup Realized 21 Coup Realized Coup Unrealized 10 Coup Unrealized Asia 6 Asia Central America 4 Central America Eastern Africa 2 Eastern Africa Europe 5 Europe Middle Africa 1 Middle Africa Middle East 1 Middle East South America 5 South America The Caribbean 3 The Caribbean Western Africa 4 Western Africa No Weapons Used 15 No Weapons Used Weapons Used 16 Weapons Used 485 294 268 189 143 130 127 108 93 80 63 58 55 46 37 36 36 34 34 34 32 32 30 30 28 27 26 26 26 25 25 25 23 23 23 23 23 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 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Democratic Republ Ghana 15 Ghana Greece 6 Greece Grenada 4 Grenada Guatemala 17 Guatemala Guinea 11 Guinea Guinea-Bissau 13 Guinea-Bissau Guyana 3 Guyana Haiti 27 Haiti Honduras 9 Honduras Hungary 8 Hungary India 3 India Indonesia 12 Indonesia Iran 12 Iran Iraq 34 Iraq Italy 6 Italy Jamaica 1 Jamaica Jordan 6 Jordan Kenya 2 Kenya Kyrgyzstan 2 Kyrgyzstan Laos 12 Laos Lebanon 3 Lebanon Lesotho 9 Lesotho Liberia 18 Liberia Libya 7 Libya Luxembourg 1 Luxembourg Madagascar 8 Madagascar Malawi 2 Malawi Malaysia 4 Malaysia Maldives 4 Maldives Mali 9 Mali Mauritania 14 Mauritania Mexico 3 Mexico Mongolia 2 Mongolia Morocco 5 Morocco Mozambique 2 Mozambique Myanmar 9 Myanmar Nepal 8 Nepal Nicaragua 7 Nicaragua Niger 7 Niger Nigeria 15 Nigeria North Korea 2 North Korea North Yemen 7 North Yemen Oman 2 Oman Pakistan 9 Pakistan Panama 16 Panama Papa New Guinea 1 Papa New Guinea Paraguay 14 Paraguay Peru 10 Peru Philippines 14 Philippines Poland 4 Poland Portugal 9 Portugal Qatar 3 Qatar Romania 4 Romania Russia 2 Russia Russia/USSR 3 Russia/USSR Rwanda 3 Rwanda Saudi Arabia 1 Saudi Arabia Senegal 1 Senegal Serbia and Montenegro 1 Serbia and Montenegro Sierra Leone 19 Sierra Leone Somalia 7 Somalia South Africa 1 South Africa South Korea 7 South Korea South Vietnam 11 South Vietnam South Yemen 5 South Yemen Spain 4 Spain Sri Lanka 2 Sri Lanka Sudan 34 Sudan Suriname 11 Suriname Swaziland 5 Swaziland Syria 23 Syria Tabogo 2 Tabogo Tajikistan 5 Tajikistan Tanzania 6 Tanzania Thailand 19 Thailand Togo 17 Togo Tunisia 5 Tunisia Turkey 6 Turkey Turkmenistan 1 Turkmenistan Uganda 12 Uganda United Arab Emirates 1 United Arab Emirates United States of America 1 United States of America Uruguay 4 Uruguay Venezuela 10 Venezuela Zambia 6 Zambia Zimbabwe 3 Zimbabwe Dissident Actions 161 Dissident Actions Foreign 45 Foreign Military 376 Military Other 201 Other Palace 108 Palace Popular Revolt 104 Popular Revolt Rebel 57 Rebel Coup Realized 424 Coup Realized Coup Unrealized 628 Coup Unrealized Asia 189 Asia Central America 66 Central America Eastern Africa 93 Eastern Africa Europe 82 Europe Middle Africa 53 Middle Africa Middle East 99 Middle East North America 1 North America Northern Africa 78 Northern Africa Oceania 5 Oceania South America 139 South America Southern Africa 15 Southern Africa The Caribbean 56 The Caribbean Western Africa 176 Western Africa No Weapons Used 779 No Weapons Used Weapons Used 273 Weapons Used 12 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Afghanistan 4 Afghanistan Algeria 1 Algeria Argentina 1 Argentina Bahrain 1 Bahrain Cyprus 1 Cyprus Czechoslovakia 1 Czechoslovakia Iran 2 Iran Malaysia 1 Malaysia Nepal 1 Nepal South Korea 1 South Korea Sri Lanka 1 Sri Lanka Sudan 3 Sudan Syria 2 Syria Tabogo 2 Tabogo United Arab Emirates 1 United Arab Emirates Zimbabwe 1 Zimbabwe Dissident Actions 8 Dissident Actions Military 1 Military Other 3 Other Palace 2 Palace Popular Revolt 6 Popular Revolt Rebel 4 Rebel Coup Realized 8 Coup Realized Coup Unrealized 16 Coup Unrealized Asia 8 Asia Eastern Africa 1 Eastern Africa Europe 2 Europe Middle East 6 Middle East Northern Africa 4 Northern Africa South America 1 South America The Caribbean 2 The Caribbean No Weapons Used 17 No Weapons Used Weapons Used 7 Weapons Used 9 9 8 7 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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France Greece 2 Greece Guatemala 1 Guatemala Guinea 1 Guinea Haiti 2 Haiti Honduras 2 Honduras Hungary 2 Hungary India 2 India Indonesia 2 Indonesia Iraq 3 Iraq Italy 2 Italy Jamaica 0 Jordan 2 Jordan Kenya 0 Kyrgyzstan 0 Laos 4 Laos Lebanon 2 Lebanon Lesotho 0 Libya 1 Libya Malaysia 2 Malaysia Mexico 2 Mexico North Yemen 1 North Yemen Oman 1 Oman Pakistan 2 Pakistan Paraguay 3 Paraguay Philippines 3 Philippines Portugal 4 Portugal Romania 1 Romania Russia/USSR 1 Russia/USSR Somalia 2 Somalia South Vietnam 2 South Vietnam South Yemen 3 South Yemen Spain 2 Spain Sudan 6 Sudan Syria 4 Syria Tajikistan 1 Tajikistan Thailand 3 Thailand Turkey 1 Turkey United States of America 1 United States of America Venezuela 2 Venezuela Zimbabwe 0 Dissident Actions 31 Dissident Actions Foreign 8 Foreign Military 26 Military Other 15 Other Palace 10 Palace Popular Revolt 12 Popular Revolt Rebel 17 Rebel Coup Realized 48 Coup Realized Coup Unrealized 71 Coup Unrealized Asia 28 Asia Central America 8 Central America Eastern Africa 2 Eastern Africa Europe 23 Europe Middle Africa 1 Middle Africa Middle East 16 Middle East North America 1 North America Northern Africa 10 Northern Africa South America 21 South America The Caribbean 8 The Caribbean Western Africa 1 Western Africa No Weapons Used 77 No Weapons Used Weapons Used 42 Weapons Used