Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Top 20 wars by death toll

This post is a list of the top 20 wars by death toll. Source: Wikipedia
  1. World War II: 70 - 85 million (1939-1945)
  2. Mongol invasions and conquests: 20 - 60 million (1206-1368)
  3. Three Kingdoms: 34 million (220 - 280 AD)
  4. Taiping Rebellion: 20 - 30 million (1850-1864)
  5. Manchu Conquest of China: 25 million (1618-1638)
  6. World War I: 15 - 22 million (1914-1918)
  7. Conquests of Timur: 7 - 20 million (1369-1405)
  8. An Lushan Rebellion: 13 million (754 - 763 AD)
  9. Spanish conquest of Mexico: 10 million (1519-1530)
  10. Russian Civil War: 7- 10 million (1917-1922)
  11. Chinese Civil War: 4 - 9 million (1927-1949)
  12. Crusades: 1 - 9 million (1095-1291)
  13. Thirty Years' War: 4 - 8 million (1618-1648)
  14. Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: 7 million (1533-1572)
  15. Reconquista: 7 million (718 - 1492 AD)
  16. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: 4 - 7 million (1792-1815)
  17. Conquests of Menelik II: 6 million (1878-1904)
  18. Second Congo War: 3 - 5 million (1998-2003)
  19. Spanish conquest of New Granada: 5 million (1525-1540)
  20. Deccan wars: 4 - 5 million (1680-1707)
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