List of wars by death toll
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by the war. These numbers usually include 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 soldiers which are the results of war-induced epidemics, famines, atrocities, genocide, etc.
Wars with greater than 2.5 million deaths
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No. | War | Date | Combatants | Location | Death toll | |
Low est. | High est. | |||||
1 | 1939 – 1945 | Worldwide | 55,000,000[1] | 85,000,000[2] | ||
2 | 1618 – 1683 |
| China | 25,000,000[3] | 25,000,000[4] | |
3 | 1851 – 1864 | China | 20,000,000[5] | 70,000,000[6] | ||
4 | 1206 – 1227 | Eurasia | 18,500,000[7] | 37,750,000[8] | ||
5 | 1937 – 1945 | China | 15,000,000[9] | 20,000,000[10] | ||
6 | 1914 – 1918 | Worldwide | 15,000,000 | 22,000,000 | ||
7 | 755 – 763 | China | 13,000,000 | 36,000,000 | ||
8 | 1370 – 1405 | ![]()
| Eurasia | 12,000,000 | 17,000,000 | |
9 | 21 – 37 | China | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | ||
10 | 1862 – 1877 |
| China | 8,000,000 | 20,000,000 | |
11 | 1927 – 1949 |
| China | 8,000,000 | 11,692,000 | |
12 | 1350 – 1368 |
| China | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | |
13 | 1917 – 1923 |
| Eurasia | 7,000,000 | 12,500,000 | |
14 | 1658 – 1707 | South Asia | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||
15 | 1881 – 1899 | Northeast Africa | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | ||
16 | 1618 – 1648 |
| Central Europe | 4,000,000 | 8,500,000 | |
17 | 1803 – 1815 |
| Worldwide | 3,500,000 | 7,000,000 | |
18 | 1950 – 1953 |
| Korea | 3,000,000 | 3,500,000 | |
19 | 1648 – 1666 | Poland | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | ||
20 | 1998 – 2003 | Central Africa | 2,500,000[11] | 5,400,000[12] |
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