<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> This list of wars by death toll includes death toll estimates of all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war . These numbers usually include both the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of battle or other military wartime actions, as well as the wartime / war - related deaths of civilians, which are the results of war - induced epidemics, diseases, famines, atrocities, genocide, etc . </P> <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> World War II </Td> <Td> 15,843,000--85,000,000 </Td> <Td> 36,696,798 </Td> <Td> 1939--1945 </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mongol conquests </Td> <Td> 30,000,000--40,000,000 </Td> <Td> 34,641,016 </Td> <Td> 1206--1368 </Td> <Td> Eurasia </Td> <Td>--Excludes the (up to) 200,000,000 deaths from the Black Death migration that arguably may have been associated with the Mongol expansion </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> 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 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Taiping Rebellion </Td> <Td> 5,000,000--100,000,000 </Td> <Td> 22,360,680 </Td> <Td> 1850--1864 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Taiping Civil War </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> An Lushan Rebellion </Td> <Td> 13,000,000--36,000,000 </Td> <Td> 21,633,308 </Td> <Td> 755--763 </Td> <Td> China / Vietnam </Td> <Td>--Also known as the An--Shi Rebellion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germanic Wars </Td> <Td> 15,450,000 + </Td> <Td> 15,450,000 </Td> <Td> 113--596 </Td> <Td> Europe </Td> <Td> Number given is lowest estimate of all deaths recorded in conflicts between Roman and Germanic peoples in this time period, due to a lack of recording of deaths actual number caused by these conflicts is likely much greater . </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> Conquests of Timur </Td> <Td> 8,000,000--20,000,000 </Td> <Td> 12,649,111 </Td> <Td> 1370--1405 </Td> <Td> Eurasia </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> 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> 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 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Reconquista </Td> <Td> 7,000,000 + </Td> <Td> 7,000,000 </Td> <Td> 711--1492 </Td> <Td> Iberian Peninsula </Td> <Td> </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> 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> Ottoman wars in Europe </Td> <Td> 5,500,000 + </Td> <Td> 5,500,000 </Td> <Td> 1821--1921 </Td> <Td> Eastern Europe </Td> <Td> Justin McCarthy claims that 5.5 million Ottoman Muslims were killed by various Christian oppressors in the last century of the Ottoman Empire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moorish Wars </Td> <Td> 5,000,000 + </Td> <Td> 5,000,000 </Td> <Td> 534--548 </Td> <Td> North Africa </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> Mughal--Maratha Wars </Td> <Td> 4,600,000 + </Td> <Td> 4,600,000 </Td> <Td> 1658 - 1707 </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yellow Turban Rebellion </Td> <Td> 3,000,000--7,000,000 </Td> <Td> 4,582,576 </Td> <Td> 184--205 </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td>--Part of Three Kingdoms War </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> 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> 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> Hundred Years' War </Td> <Td> 2,300,000--3,300,000 </Td> <Td> 2,794,995 </Td> <Td> 1337--1453 </Td> <Td> Western Europe </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> Crusades </Td> <Td> 1,000,000--3,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1,732,051 </Td> <Td> 1095--1291 </Td> <Td> Europe / Middle East ("Holy Land") </Td> <Td> </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> 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> War in Afghanistan </Td> <Td> 1,240,000--2,000,000 </Td> <Td> 1,620,000 </Td> <Td> 1978--present </Td> <Td> Afghanistan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Punic Wars </Td> <Td> 1,250,000--1,850,000 </Td> <Td> 1,520,691 </Td> <Td> 264 BC--146 BC </Td> <Td> Western Europe / North Africa </Td> <Td> </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 </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> Warring States Period </Td> <Td> 1,200,000--1,500,000 </Td> <Td> 1,341,642 </Td> <Td> 475 BC--221 BC </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td> </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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> Jewish--Roman Wars </Td> <Td> 350,000--2,000,000 </Td> <Td> 836,660 </Td> <Td> 66--136 </Td> <Td> Europe / Middle East </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American Civil War </Td> <Td> 650,000--1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 800,000 </Td> <Td> 1861--1865 </Td> <Td> USA </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Second Punic War </Td> <Td> 770,000 + </Td> <Td> 770,000 </Td> <Td> 218 BC--201 BC </Td> <Td> Western Europe / North Africa </Td> <Td>--Part of the Punic Wars </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> War of the Spanish Succession </Td> <Td> 400,000--1,251,000 </Td> <Td> 707,389 </Td> <Td> 1701--1714 </Td> <Td> Europe / Americas </Td> <Td> </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> Qin's Wars of Unification </Td> <Td> 700,000 + </Td> <Td> 700,000 </Td> <Td> 230 BC--221 BC </Td> <Td> China </Td> <Td>--Part of Warring States Period </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> Gallic Wars </Td> <Td> 400,000--1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 632,445 </Td> <Td> 58 BC--50 BC </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Jewish--Roman War </Td> <Td> 270,000--1,358,400 </Td> <Td> 605,614 </Td> <Td> 66--73 </Td> <Td> Middle East </Td> <Td>--Part of Jewish--Roman 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> 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> War on Terror </Td> <Td> 272,000--1,260,000 </Td> <Td> 585,023 </Td> <Td> 2001--present </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Global War on Terrorism </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> 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> Cimbrian War </Td> <Td> 410,000--650,000 </Td> <Td> 516,236 </Td> <Td> 113 BC--101 BC </Td> <Td> Western Europe </Td> <Td>--Part of the Germanic 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> Angolan Civil War </Td> <Td> 504,158 + </Td> <Td> 504,158 </Td> <Td> 1975--2002 </Td> <Td> Angola </Td> <Td> </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> Bar Kokhba Revolt </Td> <Td> 400,000--580,000 </Td> <Td> 481,664 </Td> <Td> 132--136 </Td> <Td> Middle East </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Third Jewish--Roman War <P>--Part of Jewish--Roman Wars </P> </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> Albigensian Crusade </Td> <Td> 200,000--1,000,000 </Td> <Td> 447,214 </Td> <Td> 1208--1229 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Cathar Crusade <P>--Part of the Crusades </P> </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> 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> Kitos War </Td> <Td> 440,000 + </Td> <Td> 440,000 </Td> <Td> 115--117 </Td> <Td> Southern Europe / North Africa </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Second Jewish--Roman War <P>--Part of Jewish--Roman Wars </P> </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> 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> Probus's German War </Td> <Td> 400,000 + </Td> <Td> 400,000 </Td> <Td> 277 </Td> <Td> Europe </Td> <Td> Emperor Probus informed the Senate that he had killed 400,000 Germans . From the Historia Augusta .--Part of the Germanic Wars </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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> Gothic War (269) </Td> <Td> 320,000 + </Td> <Td> 320,000 </Td> <Td> 269 </Td> <Td> Europe </Td> <Td> Claudius II defeated the Goths, of whom 320,000 were slain . This number is from the Historia Augusta .--Part of the Germanic Wars </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> Burundian Civil War </Td> <Td> 300,000 + </Td> <Td> 300,000 </Td> <Td> 1993--2005 </Td> <Td> Burundi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bangladesh Liberation War </Td> <Td> 26,000--3,000,000 </Td> <Td> 279,285 </Td> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> Bangladesh </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence </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> War in Darfur </Td> <Td> 178,258--461,520 </Td> <Td> 268,961 </Td> <Td> 2003--present </Td> <Td> Sudan </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Papua conflict </Td> <Td> 150,000 - 400,000 </Td> <Td> 266,017 </Td> <Td> 1963--present </Td> <Td> New Guinea </Td> <Td> </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> 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> 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> 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> 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> Colombian conflict </Td> <Td> 220,000 + </Td> <Td> 220,000 </Td> <Td> 1964--present </Td> <Td> Colombia </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> 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> 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> 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> Carlist Wars </Td> <Td> 200,000 + </Td> <Td> 200,000 </Td> <Td> 1820--1876 </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> La Violencia </Td> <Td> 192,700--194,700 </Td> <Td> 195,036 </Td> <Td> 1948--1958 </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Third Punic War </Td> <Td> 150,000--250,000 </Td> <Td> 193,649 </Td> <Td> 149 BC--146 BC </Td> <Td> Tunisia </Td> <Td>--Part of the Punic Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Winter War </Td> <Td> 153,736--194,837 </Td> <Td> 185,659 </Td> <Td> 1939--1940 </Td> <Td> Finland </Td> <Td>--Part of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Punic War </Td> <Td> 185,000 + </Td> <Td> 185,000 </Td> <Td> 264 BC--241 BC </Td> <Td> Southern Europe / North Africa </Td> <Td>--Part of the Punic Wars </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> Kalinga War </Td> <Td> 150,000--200,000 </Td> <Td> 173,205 </Td> <Td> 262 BC--261 BC </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hunnic Invasions </Td> <Td> 165,000 + </Td> <Td> 165,000 </Td> <Td> 395--453 </Td> <Td> Europe </Td> <Td> Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by Roman writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater . </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> Wars of the Sixteen Kingdoms </Td> <Td> 150,000 + </Td> <Td> 150,000 </Td> <Td> 304--439 </Td> <Td> Northern China </Td> <Td> Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded in this time period in battles between armies of the Sixteen Kingdoms, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wars of Alexander the Great </Td> <Td> 142,000 + </Td> <Td> 142,000 </Td> <Td> 336 BC--323 BC </Td> <Td> Middle East / North Africa / Central Asia / India </Td> <Td> Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle during these wars recorded by Greek writers, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater . </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> 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> Balkan Wars </Td> <Td> 140,000 + </Td> <Td> 140,000 </Td> <Td> 1912--1913 </Td> <Td> Balkan Peninsula </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> 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> Arab--Byzantine Wars </Td> <Td> 130,000 + </Td> <Td> 130,000 </Td> <Td> 629--1050 </Td> <Td> Middle East / North Africa / Southern Europe </Td> <Td> Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater . </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> Thousand Days' War </Td> <Td> 120,000 + </Td> <Td> 120,000 </Td> <Td> 1899--1902 </Td> <Td> Colombia </Td> <Td> </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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> Conquests of Cyrus the Great </Td> <Td> 100,000 + </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 549 BC--530 BC </Td> <Td> Middle East </Td> <Td> Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater . </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> 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> Congo Crisis </Td> <Td> 100,000 + </Td> <Td> 100,000 </Td> <Td> 1960--1965 </Td> <Td> Congo </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> 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> 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> 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> 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> Roman Conquest of Britain </Td> <Td> 90,000 + </Td> <Td> 90,000 </Td> <Td> 43--96 </Td> <Td> Great Britain </Td> <Td> Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by Roman writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mahdist War </Td> <Td> 90,969 + </Td> <Td> 90,969 </Td> <Td> 1881--1889 </Td> <Td> Northwest Africa </Td> <Td>--Also known as the Sudan Campaign </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Goryeo--Khitan Wars </Td> <Td> 90,000 + </Td> <Td> 90,000 </Td> <Td> 993--1019 </Td> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rif War </Td> <Td> 90,000 + </Td> <Td> 90,000 </Td> <Td> 1916--1927 </Td> <Td> Morocco </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> Anglo - Spanish War (1585--1604) </Td> <Td> 88,285 + </Td> <Td> 88,285 </Td> <Td> 1585--1604 </Td> <Td> Europe / Americas </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> Iceni Revolt </Td> <Td> 80,000 + </Td> <Td> 80,000 </Td> <Td> 60--61 </Td> <Td> England </Td> <Td> Year is uncertain--Part of Roman Conquest of Britain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wars of Scottish Independence </Td> <Td> 60,000 - 150,000 </Td> <Td> 77,459 </Td> <Td> 1296--1357 </Td> <Td> Scotland / England </Td> <Td> </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> 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> Greco--Persian Wars </Td> <Td> 73,800 + </Td> <Td> 73,800 </Td> <Td> 499 BC--449 BC </Td> <Td> Greece </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> 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> 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> War in North - West Pakistan </Td> <Td> 45,852--78,946 </Td> <Td> 60,158 </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> 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> Soviet--Japanese War (1945) </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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> <Tr> <Td> American Revolutionary War </Td> <Td> 10,435--159,000 </Td> <Td> 40,733 </Td> <Td> 1775--1783 </Td> <Td> Worldwide </Td> <Td>--Also known as the American War of Independence </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gothic War (376--382) </Td> <Td> 40,000 + </Td> <Td> 40,000 </Td> <Td> 376--382 </Td> <Td> Eastern Europe </Td> <Td>--Part of the Germanic Wars </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> 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> 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> 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> Samnite Wars </Td> <Td> 33,500 + </Td> <Td> 33,500 </Td> <Td> 343 BC--290 BC </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by Roman writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater . </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> Gulf War </Td> <Td> 25,456--40,456 </Td> <Td> 32,100 </Td> <Td> 1990--1991 </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td>--Also known as the First Iraq War </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> 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> 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> Irish Rebellion of 1798 </Td> <Td> 11,500--53,000 </Td> <Td> 24,688 </Td> <Td> 1798 </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dominican Restoration War </Td> <Td> 22,000 + </Td> <Td> 22,000 </Td> <Td> 1863--1865 </Td> <Td> Dominican Republic </Td> <Td> One estimate placed total Spanish deaths from all causes at 18,000 . The fatal losses among the Dominican insurgents were estimated at 4,000 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kurdish separatism in Iran </Td> <Td> 13,100--34,000 </Td> <Td> 21,105 </Td> <Td> 1918--present </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Six - Day War </Td> <Td> 21,000 + </Td> <Td> 21,000 </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> Middle East </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War of the Quadruple Alliance </Td> <Td> 20,000 + </Td> <Td> 20,000 </Td> <Td> 1718--1720 </Td> <Td> Europe / North America </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ragamuffin War </Td> <Td> 20,000 + </Td> <Td> 20,000 </Td> <Td> 1835--1845 </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italo - Turkish War </Td> <Td> 20,000 + </Td> <Td> 20,000 </Td> <Td> 1911--1912 </Td> <Td> Southern Europe / North Africa </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>

Total number of deaths in the civil war