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Main article: List of wars by death toll These figures of one million or more deaths include the deaths of civilians from diseases, famine, etc., as well as deaths of soldiers in battle and massacres and genocide. Where only one estimate is available, it appears in both the low and high estimates. This is a sortable table. Click on the column sort buttons to sort results numerically or alphabetically. Lowest estimate Highest estimate Event Location From To See also Percentage of the world population[1] 40,000,000[2] 71,000,000[3] World War II Worldwide 1939 1945 World War II casualties and Second Sino-Japanese War[4] (this estimate includes worldwide Holocaust and concentration camps deaths) 1.7%–3.1% 30,000,000[5] 30,000,000 Mongol conquests Eurasia 1206 1368 Mongol Empire 7.5% 30,000,000[5] 30,000,000 Late Yuan warfare and transition to Ming Dynasty China 1340 1368 Ming Dynasty 6.7% 25,000,000[6] 25,000,000 Qing dynasty conquest of the Ming Dynasty China 1616 1662 Qing Dynasty 4.8% 20,000,000[7] 100,000,000[8][9][10][11][12] Taiping Rebellion China 1851 1864 Dungan revolt 1.6%–8% 15,000,000[13] 65,000,000 (this estimate includes worldwide Spanish flu deaths)[14] World War I Worldwide 1914 1918 World War I casualties 0.8%–3.6% 15,000,000[15] 20,000,000[15] Conquests of Timur-e-Lang West Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Russia 1369 1405 [16] 3.4%–4.5% 13,000,000[17] 36,000,000[18] An Lushan Rebellion China 755 763 Medieval warfare 5.5%–15.3% 8,000,000[19][20] 12,000,000 Dungan revolt China 1862 1877 Panthay Rebellion 0.6%–0.9% 5,000,000[citation needed] 30,000,000[citation needed] Conquests by the Empire of Japan Asia 1894 1945 5,000,000 [citation needed] 9,000,000[21] Russian Civil War Russia 1917 1921 Russian Revolution (1917), List of civil wars 0.28%–0.5% 2,500,000[22] 5,400,000[23] Second Congo War Democratic Republic of the Congo 1998 2003 First Congo War 0.06%–0.09% 3,500,000 [citation needed] 7,000,000[24] Napoleonic Wars Europe, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean 1803 1815 Napoleonic Wars casualties 0.4%–0.7% 3,000,000 11,500,000[25] Thirty Years' War Holy Roman Empire 1618 1648 Religious war 0.5%–2.1% 3,000,000[26] 7,000,000[26] Yellow Turban Rebellion China 184 205 Part of Three Kingdoms War 1.3%–3.1% 1,000,000 3,000,000 Nigerian Civil War Nigeria 1967 1970 Genocides in history 0.03%-0.09% 1,500,000[27] 2,000,000[27] War in Afghanistan Afghanistan 1979 Present Soviet-Afghan War, Taliban Era, and NATO Intervention. Death toll estimates through 1999 (2M) and 2000 (1.5M and 2M). 0.06% 3,000,000[28] 4,000,000[28] Deluge Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1655 1660 Second Northern War 0.6%–0.7% 400,000[29] 4,500,000[29] Korean War Korean Peninsula 1950 1953 Cold War 0.1% 800,000[30] 3,000,000[31] Vietnam War Southeast Asia 1955 1975 Cold War and First Indochina War 0.08%–0.19% 2,000,000 4,000,000[32] French Wars of Religion France 1562 1598 Religious war 0.4%–0.8% 2,000,000[33] [dubious – discuss] 2,000,000 [dubious – discuss] Shaka's conquests Africa 1816 1828 Ndwandwe–Zulu War 0.2% 1,000,000[34] 2,000,000 Second Sudanese Civil War Sudan 1983 2005 First Sudanese Civil War 0.02% 1,000,000[35] 3,000,000[36] Crusades Holy Land, Europe 1095 1291 Religious war 0.3%–2.3% 600,000[27] 2,000,000[27] Soviet War in Afghanistan Afghanistan 1980 1988 Cold War 0.012%–0.04% 900,000 1,000,000 Gallic Wars France 58 BC 50 BC Roman Empire 0.90%–1.00% 800,000 1,000,000 Du Wenxiu Rebellion China 1856 1873 500,000[37] 2,000,000[37] Mexican Revolution Mexico, United States 1911 1920 Pancho Villa and Columbus Raid 0.03%–0.1% 500,000[38][39] 2,000,000[citation needed] Iran–Iraq War Iran, Iraq 1980 1988 Al-Anfal Campaign and Invasion of Kuwait 0.01%–0.04% 400,000 800,000 American Civil War United States, Confederate States 1861 1865 0.03%–0.06% 500,000 1,000,000 Spanish Civil War Spain 1936 1939 0.025%–0.05% 300,000[40] 1,200,000[41] Paraguayan War South America 1864 1870 Military history of South America and Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias 0.02%– |
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