Lowest Estimate  |
Highest Estimate  |
Event  |
Location  |
From  |
To  |
See also  |
| &0000000040000000.00000040,000,000[1] |
72,000,000[2] |
World War II |
Worldwide |
1939 |
1945 |
World War II casualties and Sino-Japanese War[3] |
| &0000000033000000.00000033,000,000[4] |
&0000000036000000.00000036,000,000[5] |
An Shi Rebellion |
China |
756 |
763 |
Medieval warfare |
| &0000000030000000.00000030,000,000[6] |
100,000,000[7] |
Mongol Conquests |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
1207 |
1472 |
Mongol invasions and Tatar invasions |
| &0000000025000000.00000025,000,000[8] |
&0000000025000000.00000025,000,000 |
Qing dynasty conquest of the Ming Dynasty |
China |
1616 |
1662 |
Qing Dynasty |
| &0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[9] |
&0000000030000000.00000030,000,000+[10] |
Taiping Rebellion |
China |
1851 |
1864 |
Dungan revolt |
| &0000000015000000.00000015,000,000 |
&0000000025000000.00000025,000,000 |
World War I (High estimate includes Spanish flu deaths)[11] |
Worldwide |
1914 |
1918 |
World War I casualties |
| &0000000010000000.00000010,000,000[12] |
&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000[12] |
Conquests of Timur |
Middle East, India, Asia, Russia |
1369 |
1405 |
[13] |
| &0000000008000000.0000008,000,000[14][15] |
&0000000012000000.00000012,000,000 |
Dungan revolt |
China |
1862 |
1877 |
Panthay Rebellion |
| &0000000005000000.0000005,000,000[citation needed] |
&0000000009000000.0000009,000,000[16] |
Russian Civil War |
Russia |
1917 |
1921 |
List of civil wars |
| &0000000003800000.0000003,800,000[17] |
&0000000005400000.0000005,400,000[18] |
Second Congo War |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1998 |
2003 |
First Congo War |
| &0000000003500000.0000003,500,000[citation needed] |
&0000000006500000.0000006,500,000[citation needed] |
Napoleonic Wars |
Europe, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean |
1804 |
1815 |
Napoleonic Wars casualties |
| &0000000003000000.0000003,000,000 |
&0000000011500000.00000011,500,000[19] |
Thirty Years’ War |
Holy Roman Empire |
1618 |
1648 |
Religious war |
| &0000000003000000.0000003,000,000[citation needed] |
&0000000007000000.0000007,000,000[citation needed] |
Yellow Turban Rebellion |
China |
184 |
205 |
Part of Three Kingdoms War |
| &0000000002500000.0000002,500,000[citation needed] |
&0000000003500000.0000003,500,000[20] |
Korean War |
Korean Peninsula |
1950 |
1953 |
Cold War |
| &0000000002495000.0000002,495,000[citation needed] |
&0000000005020000.0000005,020,000[citation needed] |
Vietnam War |
South East Asia |
1959 |
1975 |
Indochina War |
| &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000 |
&0000000004000000.0000004,000,000[21] |
French Wars of Religion |
France |
1562 |
1598 |
Religious war |
| &0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[22] |
&0000000002000000.0000002,000,000 |
Shaka’s conquests |
Africa |
1816 |
1828 |
Ndwandwe–Zulu War |
| &0000000001500000.0000001,500,000[23] |
&0000000002000000.0000002,000,000[24] |
Afghan Civil War |
Afghanistan |
1979 |
present |
Saur Revolution |