<Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> War </Th> <Th> Years </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Deaths per day </Th> <Th> U.S. population in first year of war </Th> <Th> Deaths per population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> American Civil War </Td> <Td> 1861--65 </Td> <Td> 750,000 avg . (U.S. / Confederate) </Td> <Td> 520 </Td> <Td> 31,443,000 </Td> <Td> 2.385% (1860) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 1941--45 </Td> <Td> 405,399 </Td> <Td> 297 </Td> <Td> 133,402,000 </Td> <Td> 0.307% (1940) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> World War I </Td> <Td> 1917--18 </Td> <Td> 116,516 </Td> <Td> 279 </Td> <Td> 103,268,000 </Td> <Td> 0.110% (1920) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Vietnam War </Td> <Td> 1961--75 </Td> <Td> 58,209 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 179,323,175 </Td> <Td> 0.032% (1970) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Korean War </Td> <Td> 1950--53 </Td> <Td> 54,246 </Td> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> 151,325,000 </Td> <Td> 0.036% (1950) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> American Revolutionary War </Td> <Td> 1775--83 </Td> <Td> 25,000 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 2,500,000 </Td> <Td> 1.00% (1780) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> War of 1812 </Td> <Td> 1812--15 </Td> <Td> 15,000 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 8,000,000 </Td> <Td> 0.207% (1810) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Mexican--American War </Td> <Td> 1846--48 </Td> <Td> 13,283 </Td> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> 21,406,000 </Td> <Td> 0.057% (1850) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Iraq War </Td> <Td> 2003--2011 </Td> <Td> 4,497 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 294,043,000 </Td> <Td> 0.002% (2010) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Philippine--American War </Td> <Td> 1899--1902 </Td> <Td> 4,196 </Td> <Td> 3.8 </Td> <Td> 72,129,001 </Td> <Td> 0.006% (1900) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Spanish--American War </Td> <Td> 1898 </Td> <Td> 2,246 </Td> <Td> 8.9 </Td> <Td> 62,022,250 </Td> <Td> (1890) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> War in Afghanistan </Td> <Td> 2001 - present </Td> <Td> 2,216 </Td> <Td> 0.36 </Td> <Td> 294,043,000 </Td> <Td> (2010) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> War </Th> <Th> Years </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Deaths per day </Th> <Th> U.S. population in first year of war </Th> <Th> Deaths per population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> American Civil War </Td> <Td> 1861--65 </Td> <Td> 750,000 avg . (U.S. / Confederate) </Td> <Td> 520 </Td> <Td> 31,443,000 </Td> <Td> 2.385% (1860) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> World War II </Td> <Td> 1941--45 </Td> <Td> 405,399 </Td> <Td> 297 </Td> <Td> 133,402,000 </Td> <Td> 0.307% (1940) </Td> </Tr>

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