Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Top 20 deadliest genocides

This post is a list of the top 20 deadliest genocides. Source: Wikipedia
  1. The Holocaust: 5.1 - 7.0 million (1941-1945)
  2. Holodomor: 3.0 - 5.0 million (1932-1933)
  3. Cambodian genocide: 1.3 - 3.0 million (1975-1979)
  4. Bangladesh genocide: 0.3 - 3.0 million (1971)
  5. Circassian genocide: 1.0 - 2.0 million (1864-1867)
  6. Armenian genocide: 0.6 - 1.5 million (1915-1917)
  7. Siege of Leningrad: 1.0 million (1941-1944)
  8. Albigensian Crusade: 0.2 - 1.0 million  (1209-1229)
  9. TaĆ­no genocide: 60 - 960 thousand (1492-1514)
  10. Greek genocide / Pontic genocide: 300 - 900 thousand (1914-1922)
  11. Rwandan genocide: 490 - 800 thousand (1994)
  12. Sayfo: 200 - 750 thousand (1915-1919)
  13. Genocide in Tigray: 160 - 600 thousand (2020-2022)
  14. Dzungar genocide: 480 - 600 thousand (1755-1758)
  15. Darfur genocide: 90 - 500 thousand (2003-2005)
  16. Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush: 100 - 400 thousand (1944-1948)
  17. Genocide of Acholi and Lango people: 100 - 300 thousand (1972-1978)
  18. Ikiza: 80 - 300 thousand (1972)
  19. Hamidian massacres: 200 - 300 thousand (1894-1896)
  20. Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars: 120 - 270 thousand (1912-1913)