Top 20 deadliest famines

This post is a list of the top 15 deadliest famines. Source: Wikipedia

1. Great Chinese Famine: 15 - 55 million (1959-1961)
2. Chinese famine of 1906-1907: 20 - 25 million
3. Chalisa famine: 11 million (1783-1784)
4. Doji bara famine: 11 million (1789-1793)
5. Great Bengal Famine of 1770: 10 million
6. Northern Chinese famine of 1876-1879: 9 - 13 million
7. Great Famine of 1315-1317: 7.5 million
8. Deccan famine of 1630-1632: 7.4 million
9. Chinese famine of 1333-1337: 6 million
10. Great Indian Famine of 1876-1878: 5.5 million
11. Soviet famine of 1932-1933: 5 - 7 million
12. Russian famine of 1921-1922: 5 million
13. Chinese famine of 1928-1930: 3 - 10 million
14. Second Congo War: 2.7 million (1998-2004)
15. Java under Japanese occupation: 2.4 million (1944-1945)