<Tr> <Td> Conquests of Mehmed II' the Conqueror' </Td> <Td> 873,000 + </Td> <Td> 873,000 </Td> <Td> 1451--1481 </Td> <Td> Eastern Europe </Td> <Td> May be over or underestimated </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wars of the Roses </Td> <Td> 35,000--50,000 </Td> <Td> 41,833 </Td> <Td> 1455--1487 </Td> <Td> England / Wales </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> War </Th> <Th> Death range </Th> <Th> Geometric mean </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italian Wars </Td> <Td> 300,000--400,000 </Td> <Td> 346,410 </Td> <Td> 1494--1559 </Td> <Td> Southern Europe </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Great Wars of Italy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire </Td> <Td> 24,300,000 + </Td> <Td> 24,300,000 </Td> <Td> 1519--1632 </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td>--Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes the cocoliztli plagues </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spanish conquest of Yucatán </Td> <Td> 1,460,000 + </Td> <Td> 1,460,000 </Td> <Td> 1519--1595 </Td> <Td> North America </Td> <Td>--Part of the European colonisation of the Americas, includes deaths due to European disease </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire </Td> <Td> 8,400,000 + </Td> <Td> 8,400,000 </Td> <Td> 1533--1572 </Td> <Td> Peru </Td> <Td>--Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes deaths due to European diseases </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent </Td> <Td> 200,000 + </Td> <Td> 200,000 </Td> <Td> 1521--1566 </Td> <Td> Eastern Europe / Middle East / North Africa </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> German Peasants' War </Td> <Td> 100,000 + </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 1524--1525 </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Great Peasants War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Wars of Religion </Td> <Td> 2,000,000--4,000,000 </Td> <Td> 2,828,427 </Td> <Td> 1562--1598 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Huguenot Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eighty Years' War </Td> <Td> 600,000--700,000 </Td> <Td> 648,074 </Td> <Td> 1568--1648 </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Dutch War of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anglo - Spanish War (1585--1604) </Td> <Td> 138,285 + </Td> <Td> 138,285 </Td> <Td> 1585--1604 </Td> <Td> Europe / Americas </Td> <Td> English 88,285 Scots / Irish 50,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japanese invasions of Korea </Td> <Td> 1,000,000 + </Td> <Td> 1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1592--1598 </Td> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Qing conquest of the Ming </Td> <Td> 25,000,000 + </Td> <Td> 25,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1616--1662 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Ming--Qing transition </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thirty Years' War </Td> <Td> 3,000,000--11,500,000 </Td> <Td> 5,873,670 </Td> <Td> 1618--1648 </Td> <Td> Europe </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Franco - Spanish War (1635--59) </Td> <Td> 200,000 + </Td> <Td> 200,000 </Td> <Td> 1635--1659 </Td> <Td> Western Europe </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wars of the Three Kingdoms </Td> <Td> 876,000 + </Td> <Td> 876,000 </Td> <Td> 1639--1651 </Td> <Td> British Isles </Td> <Td>--Also known as the British Civil Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> English Civil War </Td> <Td> 356,000--735,000 </Td> <Td> 511,527 </Td> <Td> 1642--1651 </Td> <Td> England </Td> <Td>--Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mughal--Maratha Wars </Td> <Td> 5,000,000 + </Td> <Td> 5,600,000 </Td> <Td> 1658 - 1707 </Td> <Td> India - Bangladesh </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Franco - Dutch War </Td> <Td> 220,000 + </Td> <Td> 220,000 </Td> <Td> 1672--1678 </Td> <Td> Western Europe </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Dutch War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Turkish War </Td> <Td> 120,000 + </Td> <Td> 120,000 </Td> <Td> 1683--1699 </Td> <Td> Eastern Europe </Td> <Td>--Also known as the War of the Holy League </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Great Northern War </Td> <Td> 350,000 + </Td> <Td> 350,000 </Td> <Td> 1700--1721 </Td> <Td> Eastern Europe </Td> <Td> Sweden, the Swedish Baltic provinces, and Finland, together, with a population of only 2.5 million, lost some 350,000 dead during the war from all causes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War of the Spanish Succession </Td> <Td> 400,000--1,251,000 </Td> <Td> 707,390 </Td> <Td> 1701--1714 </Td> <Td> Europe / Americas </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maratha expeditions in Bengal </Td> <Td> 400,000 + </Td> <Td> 400,000 </Td> <Td> 1741--1751 </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Seven Years' War </Td> <Td> 868,000--1,400,000 </Td> <Td> 1,102,361 </Td> <Td> 1756--1763 </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sino - Burmese War (1765--69) </Td> <Td> 70,000 + </Td> <Td> 70,000 </Td> <Td> 1765--1769 </Td> <Td> Southeast Asia </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Qing invasions of Burma </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American Revolutionary War </Td> <Td> 37,324 + </Td> <Td> 37,324 </Td> <Td> 1775--1783 </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td> 37,324 battle dead, all sides, all theaters .--Also known as the American War of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French campaign in Egypt and Syria </Td> <Td> 65,000 + </Td> <Td> 65,000 </Td> <Td> 1798--1801 </Td> <Td> Middle East / North Africa </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Saint - Domingue expedition </Td> <Td> 135,000 + </Td> <Td> 135,000 </Td> <Td> 1802--1803 </Td> <Td> Haiti </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Napoleonic Wars </Td> <Td> 3,500,000--7,000,000 </Td> <Td> 4,949,747 </Td> <Td> 1803--1815 </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td> See: Napoleonic Wars casualties </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French invasion of Russia </Td> <Td> 540,000 + </Td> <Td> 540,000 </Td> <Td> 1812 </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td>--Part of the Napoleonic Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spanish American Wars of Independence </Td> <Td> 600,000 + </Td> <Td> 600,000 </Td> <Td> 1808--1833 </Td> <Td> Americas </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Venezuelan War of Independence </Td> <Td> 228,000 + </Td> <Td> 228,000 </Td> <Td> 1810--1823 </Td> <Td> Venezuela </Td> <Td>--Part of Spanish American Wars of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mfecane </Td> <Td> 1,500,000--2,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1,732,051 </Td> <Td> 1815--1840 </Td> <Td> Southern Africa </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carlist Wars </Td> <Td> 200,000 + </Td> <Td> 200,000 </Td> <Td> 1820--1876 </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French conquest of Algeria </Td> <Td> 300,000 + </Td> <Td> 300,000 </Td> <Td> 1829--1847 </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td> Including 15,000 French </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Taiping Rebellion </Td> <Td> 20,000,000 - <P> 30,000,000 </P> </Td> <Td> 24,494,897 </Td> <Td> 1850--1864 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Taiping Civil War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Crimean War </Td> <Td> 356,000--410,000 </Td> <Td> 382,047 </Td> <Td> 1853--1856 </Td> <Td> Crimean Peninsula </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Panthay Rebellion </Td> <Td> 890,000--1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 943,398 </Td> <Td> 1856--1873 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Du Wenxiu Rebellion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indian Rebellion of 1857 </Td> <Td> 800,000--10,000,000 </Td> <Td> 2,828,427 </Td> <Td> 1857--1858 </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Indian First War of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American Civil War </Td> <Td> 650,000--1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 806,226 </Td> <Td> 1861--1865 </Td> <Td> USA </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dungan Revolt </Td> <Td> 8,000,000--12,000,000 </Td> <Td> 9,797,959 </Td> <Td> 1862--1877 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Tongzhi Hui Revolt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French intervention in Mexico </Td> <Td> 49,287 + </Td> <Td> 49,287 </Td> <Td> 1862--1867 </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paraguayan War </Td> <Td> 300,000--1,200,000 </Td> <Td> 600,000 </Td> <Td> 1864--1870 </Td> <Td> South America </Td> <Td>--Also known as the War of the Triple Alliance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ten Years' War </Td> <Td> 241,000 + </Td> <Td> 241,000 </Td> <Td> 1868--1878 </Td> <Td> Cuba </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Great War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Conquest of the Desert </Td> <Td> 30,000--35,000 </Td> <Td> 32,404 </Td> <Td> 1870s--1884 </Td> <Td> Patagonia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aceh War </Td> <Td> 97,000--107,000 </Td> <Td> 101,877 </Td> <Td> 1873--1914 </Td> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Infidel War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Sino--Japanese War </Td> <Td> 48,311 + </Td> <Td> 48,311 </Td> <Td> 1894--1895 </Td> <Td> East Asia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cuban War of Independence </Td> <Td> 362,000 + </Td> <Td> 362,000 </Td> <Td> 1895--1898 </Td> <Td> Cuba </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thousand Days' War </Td> <Td> 120,000 + </Td> <Td> 120,000 </Td> <Td> 1899--1902 </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South African War (Second Boer War) </Td> <Td> 73,000--90,000 </Td> <Td> 81,056 </Td> <Td> 1899 - 1902 </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philippine--American War </Td> <Td> 234,000 + </Td> <Td> 234,000 </Td> <Td> 1899--1912 </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Philippine War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mexican Revolution </Td> <Td> 500,000--2,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1910--1920 </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Balkan Wars </Td> <Td> 140,000 + </Td> <Td> 140,000 </Td> <Td> 1912--1913 </Td> <Td> Balkan Peninsula </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> World War I </Td> <Td> 8,545,800--21,000,000 </Td> <Td> 13,396,335 </Td> <Td> 1914--1918 </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Great War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Russian Civil War </Td> <Td> 5,000,000--9,000,000 </Td> <Td> 6,708,204 </Td> <Td> 1917--1922 </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iraqi--Kurdish conflict </Td> <Td> 138,800--320,100 </Td> <Td> 210,784 </Td> <Td> 1918--2003 </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kurdish rebellions in Turkey </Td> <Td> 100,000 + </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 1921--present </Td> <Td> Middle East </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Italo - Senussi War </Td> <Td> 40,000 + </Td> <Td> 40,000 </Td> <Td> 1923--1932 </Td> <Td> Libya </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chinese Civil War </Td> <Td> 8,000,000--7007116920000000000 ♠ 11,692,000 </Td> <Td> 9,671,401 </Td> <Td> 1927--1949 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Italo - Ethiopian War </Td> <Td> 278,350 + </Td> <Td> 278,350 </Td> <Td> 1935--1936 </Td> <Td> Ethiopia </Td> <Td> According to Italian government statistics, the Italians suffered 1,148 KIA, 125 DOW, and 31 MIA . According to the Ethiopian government, at least 275,000 Ethiopians died in the brief war .--Also known as the Second Italo--Abyssinian War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spanish Civil War </Td> <Td> 500,000--1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 707,107 </Td> <Td> 1936--1939 </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Sino - Japanese War </Td> <Td> 20,000,000--25,000,000 </Td> <Td> 22,360,680 </Td> <Td> 1937--1945 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td>--Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 56,125,162--85,000,000 </Td> <Td> 69,069,811 </Td> <Td> 1939--1945 </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td> - Largest and deadliest war in human history </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Winter War </Td> <Td> 153,736--194,837 </Td> <Td> 173,071 </Td> <Td> 1939--1940 </Td> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td>--Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greco - Italian War </Td> <Td> 27,080 + </Td> <Td> 27,080 </Td> <Td> 1940--1941 </Td> <Td> Southeast Europe </Td> <Td>--Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Continuation War </Td> <Td> 387,333 + </Td> <Td> 387,333 </Td> <Td> 1941--1944 </Td> <Td> Northern Europe </Td> <Td>--Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Soviet--Japanese War </Td> <Td> 33,420--95,768 </Td> <Td> 56,574 </Td> <Td> 1945 </Td> <Td> Manchuria </Td> <Td>--Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Indochina War </Td> <Td> 400,000 + </Td> <Td> 400,000 </Td> <Td> 1946--1954 </Td> <Td> Southeast Asia </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Indochina War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greek Civil War </Td> <Td> 158,000 + </Td> <Td> 158,000 </Td> <Td> 1946--1949 </Td> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kashmir Conflict </Td> <Td> 80,000--110,000 </Td> <Td> 93,808 </Td> <Td> 1947--present </Td> <Td> North India / Pakistan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> La Violencia </Td> <Td> 192,700--194,700 </Td> <Td> 193,697 </Td> <Td> 1948--1958 </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Internal conflict in Myanmar </Td> <Td> 130,000--250,000 </Td> <Td> 180,278 </Td> <Td> 1948--present </Td> <Td> Myanmar </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arab--Israeli conflict </Td> <Td> 116,074 + </Td> <Td> 116,074 </Td> <Td> 1948--present </Td> <Td> Middle East </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indian annexation of Hyderabad </Td> <Td> 29,212--242,212 </Td> <Td> 84,116 </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td>--Also known as Operation Polo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Korean War </Td> <Td> 1,200,000 + </Td> <Td> 1,200,000 </Td> <Td> 1950--1953 </Td> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Algerian War </Td> <Td> 350,000 - 1,500,000 </Td> <Td> 724,569 </Td> <Td> 1954--1962 </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Algerian War of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ethnic conflict in Nagaland </Td> <Td> 34,000 + </Td> <Td> 34,000 </Td> <Td> 1954--present </Td> <Td> Northeast India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vietnam War </Td> <Td> 800,000--3,800,000 </Td> <Td> 1,743,560 </Td> <Td> 1955--1975 </Td> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Second Indochina War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Sudanese Civil War </Td> <Td> 500,000 + </Td> <Td> 500,000 </Td> <Td> 1955--1972 </Td> <Td> Sudan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Congo Crisis </Td> <Td> 100,000 + </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 1960--1965 </Td> <Td> Congo </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Angolan War of Independence </Td> <Td> 82,991--102,991 </Td> <Td> 92,452 </Td> <Td> 1961--1974 </Td> <Td> Angola </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> North Yemen Civil War </Td> <Td> 100,000--200,000 </Td> <Td> 141,421 </Td> <Td> 1962--1970 </Td> <Td> Yemen </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Papua conflict </Td> <Td> 150,000 - 400,000 </Td> <Td> 244,949 </Td> <Td> 1963--present </Td> <Td> New Guinea </Td> <Td> mal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mozambican War of Independence </Td> <Td> 63,500--88,500 </Td> <Td> 74,965 </Td> <Td> 1964--1974 </Td> <Td> Mozambique </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Insurgency in Northeast India </Td> <Td> 25,000 + </Td> <Td> 25,000 </Td> <Td> 1964--present </Td> <Td> Northeast India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Colombian conflict </Td> <Td> 220,000 + </Td> <Td> 220,000 </Td> <Td> 1964--present </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nigerian Civil War </Td> <Td> 1,000,000 - 3,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1,732,051 </Td> <Td> 1967--1970 </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Biafran War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moro Conflict </Td> <Td> 120,000 + </Td> <Td> 120,000 </Td> <Td> 1969--present </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> CPP - NPA - NDF rebellion </Td> <Td> 30,000--43,000 </Td> <Td> 35,917 </Td> <Td> 1969--present </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bangladesh Liberation War </Td> <Td> 3,000,000 + </Td> <Td> 3,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> Bangladesh </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ethiopian Civil War </Td> <Td> 500,000--1,500,000 </Td> <Td> 866,025 </Td> <Td> 1974--1991 </Td> <Td> Ethiopia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Angolan Civil War </Td> <Td> 504,158 + </Td> <Td> 504,158 </Td> <Td> 1975--2002 </Td> <Td> Angola </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lebanese Civil War </Td> <Td> 120,000--150,000 </Td> <Td> 134,164 </Td> <Td> 1975--1990 </Td> <Td> Lebanon </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Insurgency in Laos </Td> <Td> 100,000 + </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 1975--2007 </Td> <Td> Laos </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War in Afghanistan </Td> <Td> 1,240,000--2,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1,574,802 </Td> <Td> 1978--present </Td> <Td> Afghanistan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kurdish--Turkish conflict </Td> <Td> 45,000 + </Td> <Td> 45,000 </Td> <Td> 1978--present </Td> <Td> Middle East </Td> <Td>--Part of the Kurdish rebellions in Turkey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Soviet--Afghan War </Td> <Td> 600,000--2,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1,095,445 </Td> <Td> 1979--1989 </Td> <Td> Afghanistan </Td> <Td>--Part of War in Afghanistan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iran--Iraq War </Td> <Td> 289,220--1,100,000 </Td> <Td> 564,041 </Td> <Td> 1980--1988 </Td> <Td> Middle East </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Internal conflict in Peru </Td> <Td> 70,000 + </Td> <Td> 70,000 </Td> <Td> 1980--present </Td> <Td> Peru </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ugandan Bush War </Td> <Td> 100,000--500,000 </Td> <Td> 223,607 </Td> <Td> 1981--1986 </Td> <Td> Uganda </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Luwero War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Sudanese Civil War </Td> <Td> 1,000,000--2,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1,414,214 </Td> <Td> 1983--2005 </Td> <Td> Sudan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sri Lankan Civil War </Td> <Td> 80,000--100,000 </Td> <Td> 89,443 </Td> <Td> 1983--2009 </Td> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Somali Civil War </Td> <Td> 300,000--500,000 </Td> <Td> 387,298 </Td> <Td> 1986--present </Td> <Td> Somalia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lord's Resistance Army insurgency </Td> <Td> 100,000--500,000 </Td> <Td> 223,607 </Td> <Td> 1987--present </Td> <Td> Central Africa </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nagorno - Karabakh War </Td> <Td> 38,000 + </Td> <Td> 38,000 </Td> <Td> 1988--1994 </Td> <Td> Caucasus region </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Artsakh Liberation War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gulf War </Td> <Td> 25,456--40,456 </Td> <Td> 32,091 </Td> <Td> 1990--1991 </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td>--Also known as the First Iraq War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Algerian Civil War </Td> <Td> 44,000--200,000 </Td> <Td> 93,808 </Td> <Td> 1991--2002 </Td> <Td> Algeria </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bosnian War </Td> <Td> 97,214--104,732 </Td> <Td> 100,903 </Td> <Td> 1991--1995 </Td> <Td> Bosnia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 Iraqi coup d'état attempt </Td> <Td> 85,000--235,000 </Td> <Td> 141,333 </Td> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Sha'aban Intifada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sierra Leone Civil War </Td> <Td> 50,000 - 300,000 </Td> <Td> 122,474 </Td> <Td> 1991 - 2002 </Td> <Td> Sierra Leone </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burundian Civil War </Td> <Td> 300,000 + </Td> <Td> 300,000 </Td> <Td> 1993--2005 </Td> <Td> Burundi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Congo War </Td> <Td> 250,000--800,000 </Td> <Td> 447,214 </Td> <Td> 1996--1997 </Td> <Td> Congo </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Congo War </Td> <Td> 2,500,000--5,400,000 </Td> <Td> 3,674,235 </Td> <Td> 1998--2003 </Td> <Td> Central Africa </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Great War of Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ituri conflict </Td> <Td> 60,000 + </Td> <Td> 60,000 </Td> <Td> 1999--2003 </Td> <Td> Congo </Td> <Td>--Part of the Second Congo War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War on Terror </Td> <Td> 272,000--1,260,000 </Td> <Td> 585,423 </Td> <Td> 2001--present </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Global War on Terrorism </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War in Afghanistan (2001--present) </Td> <Td> 47,246--61,603 </Td> <Td> 53,949 </Td> <Td> 2001--present </Td> <Td> Afghanistan </Td> <Td>--Part of the War on Terror and War in Afghanistan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iraq War </Td> <Td> 176,913--1,120,000 </Td> <Td> 445,132 </Td> <Td> 2003--2011 </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Second Gulf War <P>--Part of the War on Terror See: Casualties of the Iraq War </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War in Darfur </Td> <Td> 178,258--461,520 </Td> <Td> 286,827 </Td> <Td> 2003--present </Td> <Td> Sudan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kivu Conflict </Td> <Td> 100,000 + </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 2004--present </Td> <Td> Congo </Td> <Td>--Part of the Second Congo War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War in North - West Pakistan </Td> <Td> 45,852--78,946 </Td> <Td> 60,165 </Td> <Td> 2004--present </Td> <Td> Pakistan </Td> <Td>--Also known as the War in Waziristan <P>--Part of the War on Terror and War in Afghanistan (2001--present) </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Houthi insurgency in Yemen </Td> <Td> 25,000 + </Td> <Td> 25,000 </Td> <Td> 2004--present </Td> <Td> Yemen </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Sa'dah War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mexican Drug War </Td> <Td> 106,800 + </Td> <Td> 106,800 </Td> <Td> 2006--present </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Mexican War on Drugs </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boko Haram insurgency </Td> <Td> 51,567 + </Td> <Td> 51,567 </Td> <Td> 2009--present </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> <Td> 2,400,000 internally displaced </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Syrian Civil War </Td> <Td> 470,000 + </Td> <Td> 470,000 </Td> <Td> 2011--present </Td> <Td> Syria </Td> <Td> See: Casualties of the Syrian civil war </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iraqi Civil War (2014--present) </Td> <Td> 75,000 + </Td> <Td> 75,000 </Td> <Td> 2014--present </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malagasy Uprising </Td> <Td> 11,342 - 89,000 </Td> <Td> 35,000 </Td> <Td> 1947 - 1948 </Td> <Td> Madagascar </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> War </Th> <Th> Death range </Th> <Th> Geometric mean </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

What was the death toll in the civil war