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Year |
Deaths |
Location |
Event |
1873-1914 |
70,000 |
Aceh War | |
1886-1908 |
8,000,000 |
Slaughter of Ethnic People by Belgium | |
1899-1902 |
75,000 |
United Kingdom - Boer War | |
1899-1902 |
220,000 |
United States Conquest of the Philippines | |
1899-1902 |
100,000 |
War of 1,000 Days | |
1899-1920 |
100,000 |
Mohammed Abdulla Hasan | |
1900 |
800,000 |
Indian Genocide | |
1900 |
115,000 |
Boxer Rebellion | |
1900-12 |
250,000 |
Amazonia |
Death at Rubber Plantations in Brazil and Perú |
1900-17 |
95,000 |
Romanov Regime | |
1900-69 |
20,000 |
Government forced the separation of Aboriginal people's children from the parents | |
1903 |
20,000 |
Ottoman vs Macedonian Rebels | |
1904-7 |
75,000 |
Herero War in German Southwest Africa | |
1904-7 |
130,000 |
Japan vs Russia | |
1905-7 |
175,000 |
East Africa |
Maji-Maji Revolt in German East Africa |
1910-20 |
1,000,000 |
Mexican Revolution | |
1911 |
2,400,000 |
Chinese Revolution | |
1911-12 |
20,000 |
Italian - Ottoman War | |
1911-31 |
125,000 |
Sanusi Resistance to Italian Rule | |
1912-13 |
140,000 |
Balkan Wars | |
1915 |
1,200,000 |
Ottoman Empire Slaughters Armenians | |
1915-20 |
500,000 |
Ottoman Empire Slaughters Assyrians | |
1916-23 |
350,000 |
Ottoman Empire Slaughters Pontian Greeks | |
1916-23 |
480,000 |
Ottoman Empire Slaughters Anatolian Greeks | |
1914-18 |
20,000,000 |
World War I | |
1916 |
120,000 |
Kyrgyz Revolt against Russia | |
1917-21 |
9,000,000 |
Soviet Revolution | |
1917-28 |
800,000 |
Chinese Warlord Era | |
1918 |
30,000 |
Finnish Civil War | |
1918-20 |
100,000 |
Russia - Poland War | |
1919-22 |
400,000 |
Greece vs Turkey | |
1919-21 |
27,000 |
Poland vs Soviet Union | |
1921-26 |
68,000 |
War in the Rif | |
1925-28 |
125,000 |
Uprising of Kurds in Turkey | |
1926-91 |
35,000 |
Communist Regime | |
1928-37 |
5,000,000 |
Chinese Civil War | |
1931-2 |
30,000 |
Peasant Revolt | |
1931-3 |
60,000 |
Japan vs Manchurian War | |
1932-33 |
10,000,000 |
Soviet Union vs Ukraine | |
1932-35 |
117,500 |
"Guerra del Chaco" between Bolivia vs Paraguay | |
1933 |
5,500 |
Slaughter of Assyrians in Iraq | |
1934 |
170,000 |
Mao's Long March | |
1935-41 |
400,000 |
Fascist Italy Invasion of Ethiopia | |
1936-37 |
13,000,000 |
Stalin's Purges | |
1936-39 |
465,000 |
Spanish Civil War | |
1937 |
25,000 |
Slaughter of Haitians in the Dominican Republic | |
1937-8 |
35,000 |
Slaughter of Alevi Kurds in Turkey | |
1937-45 |
500,000 |
Japanese Invasion of China | |
1939-40 |
150,000 |
Finland - Soviet Union War | |
1939-45 |
65,600,000 |
World War II Fascist Italy; Japanese Empire; Nazi Germany vs Allied Forces (Includes Chinese Revolution and Holocaust) | |
1943-49 |
158,000 |
Greek Civil War | |
1944-80 |
200,000 |
Communist Regime of Tito | |
1946-49 |
2,500,000 |
Chinese Civil War (Mao Zedong vs Chiang Kai-Shek) | |
1946-49 |
50,000 |
Greek Civil War | |
1946-54 |
400,000 |
France - Vietnam War | |
1947 |
500,000 |
Partition of India and Pakistan | |
1947 |
30,000 |
Taiwan's Uprising against Kuomintang (Chiang Kai-Shek) | |
1947-49 |
21,373 |
Arab - Israeli War (6,373 Israeli and 15,000 Arabs) | |
1948-9 |
40,000 |
Civil Disobedience | |
1948-58 |
200,000 |
Colombian Civil War | |
1948-73 |
70,000 |
Arab - Israeli Wars | |
1948-89 |
30,000 |
Communist Regime | |
1948-95 |
140,000 |
Civil Uprisings | |
1948-89 |
30,000 |
Communist Regime | |
1948-89 |
150,000 |
Communist Regime | |
1948-77 |
1,570 |
Political Violence | |
1949 |
20,000 |
Indian Muslims vs Hindus | |
1949-50 |
1,200,000 |
China vs Tibet | |
1949-89 |
100,000 |
Communist Regime | |
1950-60 |
38,392 |
Domestic Uprisings | |
1950-53 |
3,000,000 |
Korean War (North Korea vs South Korea) | |
1952-59 |
20,000 |
Mau Mau Insurrection | |
1954-62 |
537,000 |
French - Algerian War | |
1954-75 |
415,000 |
Communist Regime | |
1955-72 |
500,000 |
Civil War | |
1955-635 |
39,000 |
Diem Regime | |
1956 |
3,231 |
Arab - Israeli War II (231 Israeli and 3,000 Egyptians) | |
1957-86 |
60,000 |
Papa Doc and Duvalier Dynasty | |
1958-61 |
38,000,000 |
Mao Zedong's Great Leap Foward | |
1959-65 |
10,000 |
Rwanda's Civil War between Hutus and Tutsis | |
1960-4 |
100,000 |
Crisis in the Congo | |
1960-90 |
? |
South Africa vs Africa National Congress | |
1960-96 |
200,000 |
Guatemala's Civil War | |
1961-75 |
79,000 |
Anti-Colonial War and Civil Insurgency | |
1961-75 |
63,500 |
Frelimo vs Portugal | |
1961-98 |
100,000 |
Indonesia vs West Papua/ Irian | |
1961-2003 |
180,000 |
Kurds vs Iraq | |
1962-70 |
100,00 |
Civil War in North Yemen | |
1964 |
4,000 |
Slaughter of Arabs during the Zanzibar Revolution | |
1964-73 |
4,200,000 |
United States - Vietnam War | |
1965 |
13,500 |
Second India - Pakistan War over Kashmir | |
1985-82 |
32,500 |
Civil Wars | |
1965-66 |
400,000 |
Indonesian Civil War | |
1966-69 |
11,000,000 |
Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution | |
1966 |
220,000 |
Colombian Civil War | |
1967 |
20,776 |
Arab - Israeli War III (776 Israeli and 20,000 Arabs) | |
1967-70 |
800,000 |
Nigeria - Biafra Civil War | |
1968-80 |
13,400 |
Rhodesia's Civil War | |
1969 |
40,000 |
Philippines vs New People's Army | |
1969 |
50,000 |
Primarily Hutus Killed by Tutsis | |
1969-79 |
300,000 |
Idi Amin of Uganda | |
1969-2002 |
2,000 |
IRA - Northern Ireland Civil War | |
1969-79 |
50,000 |
Francisco Macias Nguema of Equatorial Guinea | |
1969-90 |
50,000 |
Mohammed Siad Barre Regime | |
1971 |
1,250,000 |
Bangladesh - Pakistan Civil War | |
1972 |
120,000 |
Philippines vs Muslim Separatists (Moro Islamic Liberation Front, etc.) | |
1972-3 |
120,000 |
Burundi's Civil War | |
1972-79 |
30,000 |
Sandanista Rebellion | |
1972-79 |
30,000 |
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe Civil War | |
1973 |
20,688 |
Arab - Israeli War IV (2,688 Israeli and 18,000 Arabs) | |
1973 |
30,000 |
Disappeared Ones in Chile under Pinochet | |
1974-91 |
1,000,000 |
Ethiopian Civil War | |
1975-78 |
1,500,000 |
Menghitsu of Ethiopia | |
1975-79 |
1,700,000 |
Khmer Rouge Killing Fields in Cambodia | |
1975-89 |
365,000 |
Boat People from Vietnam | |
1975-90 |
150,000 |
Lebanese Civil War | |
1975-87 |
184,000 |
Laotian Civil War | |
1975-2002 |
500,000 |
Angolan Civil War | |
1976-83 |
30,000 |
Argentine Military Regime (Disappeared Ones) | |
1976-93 |
800,000 |
Mozambique's Civil War | |
1976-98 |
200,000 |
Indonesia - East Timor Civil War | |
1976-2005 |
12,000 |
Indonesia - Aceh (GAM) Civil War | |
1977-92 |
75,000 |
El Salvador's Civil War | |
1978-91 |
225,000 |
Civil War in Cambodia | |
1979 |
30,000 |
Vietnam vs China War | |
1979-2003 |
300,000 |
Saddam Hussein vs Dissidents | |
1979-2003 |
300,000 |
Uganda vs National Resistance Army | |
1979-88 |
1,800,000 |
Soviet Union Invades Afghanistan | |
1980-88 |
1,200,000 |
Iraq vs Iran War | |
1980-92 |
69,000 |
Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) - Peruvian Civil War | |
1980-99 |
35,000 |
Kurds vs Turkey | |
1981-90 |
60,000 |
Nicaragua vs Contras Civil War | |
1982-90 |
40,000 |
Hissene Habré of Chad | |
1983-2009 |
70,000 |
Sri Lanka's Civil War | |
1983-2002 |
1,900,000 |
Sudanese Civil War | |
1986 |
60,000 |
Indian Kashmir Civil War | |
1987 |
4,500 |
Israeli - Palestinian Intifada | |
1987-92 |
1,170 |
Israeli - West Bank Intifada (170 Israeli and 1,000 Arabs) | |
1988 |
20,000 |
Burundi's Civil War | |
1988-2001 |
400,000 |
Civil War in Afghanistan | |
1988-2004 |
550,000 |
Civil War in Somalia | |
1989 |
250,000 |
Civil War in Liberia | |
1989 |
100,000 |
Uganda vs Lord's Resistance Army | |
1991 |
85,000 |
Gulf War in Kuwait and Iraq | |
1991-2 |
40,000 |
Shia Rebellion in Southern Iraq | |
1991-97 |
800,000 |
Civil War in Congo | |
1991-2002 |
70,000 |
Civil War in Sierra Leone | |
1991-2009 |
200,000 |
Civil War in Chechnya of Russia | |
1992-2002 |
100,000 |
Fundamentalist Muslem Insurrection vs FIS and GIA | |
1992-5 |
175,000 |
Trouble in Bosnia-Herzegovina | |
1992-6 |
50,000 |
Civil War in Tajikistan | |
1993-2004 |
260,000 |
Slaughter of Tutsis by Hutus in Burundi | |
1994 |
937,000 |
Slaughter of Tutsis by Hutus of Rwanda | |
1994-2018 |
3,200 |
Slaughter of White Farmers | |
1995-2012 |
2,500,000 |
Mass Stavation and Executions, particularly of all Christians | |
1996-97 |
500,000 |
Slaughter of Ethnic Hutus by Tutsi-led Army of Rwanda | |
1997 |
250,000 |
Civil War in Zaire | |
1998-2003 |
3,800,000 |
Included the Slaughter of Pygmies during the Congo Civil War | |
1998-2000 |
70,000 |
Eritrea - Ethiopia War | |
2017 |
10,000 |
Slaughter of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State |
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