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|Southern Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, and North Africa |
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|1.47 million<ref>{{Cite book |last=Alexandria |first=Appian of |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=N47OCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT45&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Delphi Complete Works of Appian (Illustrated) |date=2016-03-23 |publisher=Delphi Classics |isbn=978-1-78656-370-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Warlords of Republican Rome : Caesar versus Pompey {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/298185011 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=search.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Caesar |first=Julius |url=https://archive.org/details/conquestofgaul00juli/ |title=The conquest of Gaul |last2=Handford |first2=S. A. (Stanley Alexander) |last3=Gardner |first3=Jane F. |date=1982 |publisher=London ; New York : Penguin Books |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-14-044433-9}}</ref> |
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|58 BCE-50 BCE |
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|0.35-1.4 million<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Matthew |title=The Great Big Book of Horrible Things |url=https://ia601202.us.archive.org/4/items/tgReferencesfolder/The%20Great%20Big%20Book%20of%20Horrible%20Things.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cohen |first=Shaye J. D. |date=1982 |title=The Destruction: From Scripture to Midrash |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20689020 |journal=Prooftexts |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=18–39 |issn=0272-9601}}</ref> |
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|0.54 million<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal |url=https://www.thecollector.com/cimbrian-war-rome/#:~:text=While%20Quintus%20Lutatius%20Catulus%20(Marius,The%20Cimbrian%20War%20was%20over. |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=TheCollector |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Probus, Summer 276 - September 282 A.D. |url=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=745&pos=0&vorderby=dateaddeddesc&srsltid=AfmBOorx01NVce-eTKvHCLyrGFfCYvUF-wKgxt6HILgC9bLtKssSknKN}}</ref> |
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|[[Colombia]] vs. Colombian and Mexican drug cartels and paramilitaries vs. [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] |
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|0.42 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manius Aquillius and the First Mithridatic War |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/trivia/aquillius.html |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref> |
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|0.13-0.29 million<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gillespie |first=Caitlin C. |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=E3FGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT155&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain |date=2018-01-15 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-087558-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Crane |first=Nicholas |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=m-AeCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT163&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the Present |date=2016-10-13 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-0-297-85735-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Copeland |first=Tim |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=aq2lBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT14&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Life in a Roman Legionary Fortress |date=2014-09-15 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-4393-9 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:30, 1 October 2024
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war. These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the destruction of evidence, differing methods of counting, and various other reasons, death tolls of wars have often been quite uncertain, and heavily debated.
While the definition of war isn't entirely clear-cut, there is a general understanding of what it is. Merriam-Webster defines war as "a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations",[1] Oxford English Dictionary defines war as "hostile contention by means of armed forces, carried on between nations, states, or rulers, or between parties in the same nation or state; the employment of armed forces against a foreign power, or against an opposing party in the state",[2] and Encyclopædia Britannica defines war as "a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude".[3]
List
War | Death range |
Date | Combatants | Location |
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World War II | 50–85 million[4][5][6] | 1937[a]–1945 | Allied Powers vs. Axis Powers | Global |
Mongol invasions and conquests | 20–57 million[9][10][11] | 1207–1405 | Mongol Empire vs various states in Eurasia | Asia and Europe |
An Lushan Rebellion | 13–36 million[12] | 754–763 | Tang Dynasty and Uyghur Khaganate vs. Yan Dynasty | China |
Three Kingdoms War | 34 million[13] | 220–280 | Multiple sides | China |
Taiping Rebellion | 20–30 million[14][15] | 1850–1864 | Qing Dynasty vs. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | China |
World War I | 15–30 million[16][17][18] | 1914–1918 | Allied Powers vs. Central Powers | Global |
Manchu Conquest of China | 25 million[19][20] | 1618–1683 | Manchu vs. Ming Dynasty | China |
Russian Civil War | 7–12 million[21] | 1917–1922 | Multiple sides; Bolsheviks, Anti-Bolshevik left, White Movement, Allied and Central Intervention, as well as various separatists | Russia |
Thirty Years' War | 4–12 million[22] | 1618–1648 | Anti-Imperial Alliance vs. Imperial Alliance | Europe |
Spanish conquest of Mexico | 10.5 million[23][24] | 1519–1530 | Spanish Empire and allies vs. Aztec Empire and allies | Mexico |
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire | 10 million[25] | 1533–1572 | Spanish Empire and allies vs. Inca Empire | South America |
Chinese Civil War | 4–9 million[26] | 1927–1949 | Multiple sides; but predominantly Communists vs. Kuomintang | China |
Crusades | 1–9 million[27][28][13] | 1095–1291 | Originally Byzantine Empire vs. Seljuk Empire, but evolved into Christians vs. Muslims | Europe and the Middle East |
Reconquista | 7 million[29] | 718–1492 | Spanish and Portuguese Christians vs. Spanish and Portuguese Muslims | Iberia |
Napoleonic Wars | 5–7 million[30] | 1803–1815 | French Republic, later French Empire, vs. Coalition forces | Europe |
Second Congo War | 3–5.4 million[31][32][33] | 1998–2003 | Multiple sides | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Spanish conquest of New Granada | 5.25 million[34][35] | 1499–1540 | Spanish Empire vs. Colombian Civilizations | Colombia |
Deccan wars | 4.6–5 million[36] | 1680–1707 | Mughal Empire vs. Maratha Confederacy | India |
War on terror | 4.5- 4.6 million[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] | 2001–present | Multiple sides | Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Philippines, Maghreb, and Nigeria |
Nigerian Civil War | 3.04–4.1 million[45][46] | 1967–1970 | Nigeria vs. Biafra | Nigeria |
French Wars of Religion | 2-4 million[47] | 1562-1598 | French catholics vs Hugenots | France |
Korean War | 2.5–3.5 million[48][26] | 1950–1953 | North Korea vs. South Korea | Korea |
Vietnam War | 1.1–3.4 million[49][50] | 1955–1975 | North Vietnam vs. South Vietnam | Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
Hundred Years' War | 2.3–3.3 million[51][52][13] | 1337–1453 | House of Valois vs. House of Plantagenet | Western Europe |
Afghan conflict | 1.17–3 million[53][54] | 1978–present | Multiple sides; Afghan mujahideen, later Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan vs. Soviet Union, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Northern Alliance, and the United States-led coalition | Afghanistan and Pakistan |
Delhi Conquest of North India | 0.5–3 million[55] | 1300–1310 | Delhi Sultanate vs. North Indian States | Northern India |
Bangladesh Liberation War | 0.3–3 million[56] | 1971 | India and Provisional Government of Bangladesh vs. Pakistan | Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan |
Mexican Revolution | 1.7–2.7 million[57] | 1910–1920 | Anti-government vs. Pro-government | Mexico |
Ethiopian Civil War and Eritrean War of Independence | 1.75–2 million[58][59][60] | 1961–1991 | EPRDF, later EPLF vs. Derg and People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | Ethiopia and Eritrea |
Russo-Circassian War and Caucasian War | 1.5-2 million[61] | 1763-1864 | Circassian Confederation, Principality of Abkhazia, and Caucasian Imamate vs. Russian Empire | Caucasus |
Second Sudanese Civil War | 1–2 million[62][63] | 1983–2005 | Sudan vs. SSPDF | Sudan |
Akbar's Conquest of North India | 1–2 million[64] | 1556–1605 | Mughal Empire vs. North Indian States | Northern India |
Indian Rebellion of 1857 | 0.8–2 million[65] | 1857–1858 | United Kingdom and allies vs. Indian rebels and allies | India |
Punic Wars | 1.25–1.85 million[66][67][68] | 264 BCE–146 BCE | Roman Republic vs. Ancient Carthage | Southern Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, and North Africa |
Gallic Wars | 1.47 million[69][70][71] | 58 BCE-50 BCE | Roman Empire vs. Gauls | Gaul |
Jewish-Roman wars | 0.35-1.4 million[72][73] | 66-135 | Roman Empire vs. Judean provisional government | Fertile Crescent |
Seven Years' War | 1 million[74] | 1756-1763 | Great Britain, Kingdom of Prussia, Hanover, Portugal and allies vs. Kingdom of France, Habsburg empire, Saxony, Spain and allies | Global |
American Civil War | 0.6–1 million[75][76] | 1861–1865 | United States vs. Confederate States | United States of America |
First Sudanese Civil War | 0.5–1 million[77][78] | 1955–1972 | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, later Democratic Republic of the Sudan vs. Sudan Defence Force | Sudan |
First Indochina War | 0.4–0.85 million[79][80] | 1946–1954 | Viet Minh, Pathet Lao, and Khmer Issarak vs. French Union | Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
Burundian Civil War | 0.55–0.8 million[81][82] | 1993–2005 | Burundi vs. Ethnic Hutu vs. Tutsi Militants | Rwanda and Burundi |
Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1362–1367) | 0.6 million[83] | 1362–1367 | Vijayanagara Empire and Musunuri Nayakas vs. Bahmani Sultanate | India |
Mexican War of Independence | 0.6 million[84] | 1810–1821 | Mexican patriots vs. Spanish Empire | Mexico, Central America, and United States of America |
Tigray War | 0.16–0.6 million[85][86] | 2020–2022 | Ethiopia and Eritrea vs. Tigray People's Liberation Front and allies | Ethiopia |
Roman-Germanic wars | 0.54 million[87][88] | 113 BCE-774 | Roman Republic, later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire vs. Germanic tribes | Germania |
Iran-Iraq War | 0.45–0.5 million[89][90] | 1980–1988 | Islamic Republic of Iran vs. Iraqi Republic | Iran and Iraq |
Paraguayan War | 0.15–0.5 million[91] | 1864–1870 | Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay vs. Paraguay | South America |
Papua conflict | 0.1-0.5 million[92][93] | 1962-present | Indonesia vs. Free Papua Movement | New Guinea |
Eighty Years' War | 0.1-0.5 million[94] | 1566-1648 | Spanish Empire vs. Separatist Dutch Republic | Low Countries |
Spanish Civil War | 0.35–0.47 million[95][96][97] | 1936–1939 | Nationalists vs. Republicans | Spain |
Colombian conflict | 0.45 million[98] | 1964–present | Colombia vs. Colombian and Mexican drug cartels and paramilitaries vs. FARC | Colombia |
Roman–Greek wars | 0.42 million[99] | 280 BCE-30 BCE | Roman Republic vs. Greek states, later Greek rebels and Ptolemaic Kingdom | Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and Italy |
Maratha invasions of Bengal | 0.4 million[100][101] | 1741–1751 | Maratha Confederacy vs. Bengal Nawab | Western India |
Colombian War of Independence | 0.4 million[102] | 1810–1825 | Colombian patriots vs. Spanish Empire | Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela |
Third Indochina War | 0.4 million[103] | 1975–1991 | Democratic Kampuchea, China, and Thailand vs. Vietnam, Laos, and People's Republic of Kampuchea vs. Communist Party of Thailand | Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia |
War in Darfur | 0.4 million[104] | 2003-2020 | Sudan vs. SRF and SLM/A | Sudan |
Mexican war on drugs | 0.35-0.4 million[105][106] | 2006-present | Mexico vs drug cartels | Mexico |
South Sudanese Civil War | 0.38 million[107] | 2013–2020 | South Sudan vs. SPLM-IO, Nuer White Army, and SSDM | South Sudan |
Gulf War | 0.17–0.3 million[108][109] | 1990–1991 | Kuwait and the United States-led coalition vs. Iraq | Kuwait and Iraq |
Roman conquest of Britain | 0.13-0.29 million[110][111][112] | 43-84 | Roman Empire vs. Celtic Britons | Great Britain |
Russo-Ukrainian War | 0.12-0.28 million[113][114][115][116][117] | 2014-present | Russia vs. Ukraine | Ukraine, Russia, and the Black Sea |
Cristero War | 0.25 million[118] | 1926–1929 | Mexico vs. Cristeros | Mexico |
First Congo War | 0.25 million[119] | 1996–1997 | Zaire vs. AFDL | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Kalinga War | 0.25 million[120] | 262 BCE–261 BCE | Maurya Empire vs. Kalinga | India |
Myanmar conflict | 0.23 million[121][122] | 1948-present | National Unity Government of Myanmar vs. State Administration Council | Myanmar |
Indian Invasion of Hyderabad | 0.2 million[123][124] | 1948 | India vs. Hyderabad | India |
La Violencia | 0.2 million[125] | 1948–1958 | Colombian Conservative Party vs. Colombian Liberal Party | Colombia |
North Yemen civil war | 0.1-0.2 million[126][127] | 1962-1970 | Kingdom of Yemen vs. Yemen Arab Republic | Yemen |
Portuguese Colonial War | 0.14-0.18 million[128][129][130] | 1961-1974 | Estado Novo vs. MPLA, PAIGC, FNLA, among others | Angola, Guinea, and Mozambique |
Thousand Days' War | 0.1–0.18 million[131] | 1899–1902 | Colombian Conservative Party vs. Colombian Liberal Party | Colombia |
Russo-Japanese War | 0.12–0.16 million[132] | 1904–1905 | Empire of Japan vs. Russian Empire | East Asia |
Arab-Israeli conflict | 0.15 million[133][134][135][136] | 1948[b]-present | State of Israel vs. Arab League, Islamic Republic of Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthi movement | Levant |
Sudanese civil war (2023–present) | 0.15 million[138][139] | 2023–present | Sudan and allies vs. Rapid Support Forces and allies | Sudan |
Lebanese Civil War | 0.12-0.15 million[140][141][142] | 1975-1990 | Multiple sides | Levant |
Yugoslav Wars | 0.13–0.14 million[143][144] | 1991–2001 | Separatist forces and NATO vs. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, later Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Balkans |
Nanda–Mauryan War | 0.1 million[145] | 323 BCE–321 BCE | Maurya Empire vs. Nanda Empire | India |
Congo Crisis | 0.1 million[146] | 1960–1965 | Republic of the Congo, later Democratic Republic of the Congo, and allies vs. Free Republic of the Congo, South Kasai, Katanga, Kwilu rebels, Simba rebels, and allies | Republic of the Congo |
Charts and Graphs
See also
- Casualty recording
- Timeline of wars
- List of battles by casualties
- List of number of conflicts per year
- Lists of wars
- List of ongoing armed conflicts
- List of genocides
- List of sovereign states by refugee population
Notes
- ^ While the war in Europe began in 1939, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident is often considered by many to be the beginning of World War II at large[7][8]
- ^ While the starting point of the conflict is usually denoted as the 1948 Arab-Israeli War or the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, violent strife emerged in the region as soon as 1920 during the Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine. [137]
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Further reading
- Steven Pinker (2011). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Penguin Books. ISBN 1101544643. pp. 832. (see also: 2016 update)
- Levy, Jack S. (1983). War in the Modern Great Power System: 1495-1975. University Press of Kentucky, USA. ISBN 081316365X.
External links
- An Interactive map of all the battles fought around the world in the last 4,000 years
- Information on 1,500 conflicts since 1800
- Max Roser: 'War and Peace'. (2016). Published online at OurWorldInData.org.