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|[[Cyrus the Great|Conquests of Cyrus the Great]] |
|[[Cyrus the Great|Conquests of Cyrus the Great]] |
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|100,000+ |
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|549 BC–530 BC |
|549 BC–530 BC |
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|Persian Empire vs. various states |
|Persian Empire vs. various states |
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|[[Greco-Persian Wars|Greco–Persian Wars]] |
|[[Greco-Persian Wars|Greco–Persian Wars]] |
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|300,000+ |
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|499 BC–449 BC |
|499 BC–449 BC |
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|Greek City-States vs. Persian Empire |
|Greek City-States vs. Persian Empire |
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|[[Samnite Wars]] |
|[[Samnite Wars]] |
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|33,500+ |
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|343 BC–290 BC |
|343 BC–290 BC |
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|Roman Republic vs. Samnites |
|Roman Republic vs. Samnites |
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|[[Wars of Alexander the Great]] |
|[[Wars of Alexander the Great]] |
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|142,000+ |
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|336 BC–323 BC |
|336 BC–323 BC |
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|Macedonian Empire and other Greek City-States vs. various states |
|Macedonian Empire and other Greek City-States vs. various states |
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|[[First Punic War]] |
|[[First Punic War]] |
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|400,000+ |
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|264 BC–241 BC |
|264 BC–241 BC |
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|Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire |
|Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire |
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|[[Second Punic War]] |
|[[Second Punic War]] |
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|770,000+ |
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|218 BC–201 BC |
|218 BC–201 BC |
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|Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire |
|Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire |
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|[[Qin's wars of unification|Qin's Wars of Unification]] |
|[[Qin's wars of unification|Qin's Wars of Unification]] |
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|700,000+{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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|230 BC–221 BC |
|230 BC–221 BC |
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|Qin state vs. Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu, Qi States |
|Qin state vs. Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu, Qi States |
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|[[Gallic Wars]] |
|[[Gallic Wars]] |
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|1,000,000+ |
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|58 BC–50 BC |
|58 BC–50 BC |
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|Roman Republic vs. Gallic tribes |
|Roman Republic vs. Gallic tribes |
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|[[Boudica|Iceni Revolt]] |
|[[Boudica|Iceni Revolt]] |
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|150,000+<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/romestat.htm|title=Atrocity statistics from the Roman Era|website=users.erols.com}}</ref> |
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|60–61 |
|60–61 |
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|Roman Empire vs. Celtic tribes |
|Roman Empire vs. Celtic tribes |
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|[[Kitos War]] |
|[[Kitos War]] |
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|440,000+ |
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|115–117 |
|115–117 |
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|Roman Empire vs. Jews |
|Roman Empire vs. Jews |
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|[[Claudius Gothicus|Gothic War (269)]] |
|[[Claudius Gothicus|Gothic War (269)]] |
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|320,000+ |
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|269 |
|269 |
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|Roman Empire vs. Goths |
|Roman Empire vs. Goths |
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|[[Probus (emperor)|Probus's German War]] |
|[[Probus (emperor)|Probus's German War]] |
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|400,000+ |
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|277 |
|277 |
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|Roman Empire vs. Germans |
|Roman Empire vs. Germans |
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|[[Gothic War (376–382)]] |
|[[Gothic War (376–382)]] |
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|40,000+ |
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|376–382 |
|376–382 |
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|Roman Empire vs. Goths |
|Roman Empire vs. Goths |
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|[[Sixteen Kingdoms|Wars of the Sixteen Kingdoms]] |
|[[Sixteen Kingdoms|Wars of the Sixteen Kingdoms]] |
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|150,000+<br>{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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|304–439 |
|304–439 |
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|Northern Chinese States |
|Northern Chinese States |
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|[[Huns|Hunnic Reclaims]] |
|[[Huns|Hunnic Reclaims]] |
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|165,000+<br>{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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|395–453 |
|395–453 |
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|Roman Empire vs. Hunnic Empire |
|Roman Empire vs. Hunnic Empire |
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|[[Arab–Byzantine wars|Arab–Byzantine Wars]] |
|[[Arab–Byzantine wars|Arab–Byzantine Wars]] |
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|130,000+ |
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|629–1050 |
|629–1050 |
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|Byzantine Empire and allies vs. Islamic Empire and Allies |
|Byzantine Empire and allies vs. Islamic Empire and Allies |
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|[[Goguryeo–Sui War]] |
|[[Goguryeo–Sui War]] |
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|300,000+ |
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|598–614 |
|598–614 |
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|Sui Dynasty China and Goguryeo Kingdom |
|Sui Dynasty China and Goguryeo Kingdom |
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|[[Goryeo–Khitan War]]s |
|[[Goryeo–Khitan War]]s |
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|90,000+ |
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|993–1019 |
|993–1019 |
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|Liao Empire vs. Goryeo Kingdom |
|Liao Empire vs. Goryeo Kingdom |
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|[[Song–Đại Việt war]] |
|[[Song–Đại Việt war]] |
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|600,000+ |
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|1075–1077 |
|1075–1077 |
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|Song Empire vs. Dai Viet Kingdom under [[Lý dynasty]] |
|Song Empire vs. Dai Viet Kingdom under [[Lý dynasty]] |
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|[[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]] |
|[[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]] |
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|2,300,000+ |
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|1519–1632 |
|1519–1632 |
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|Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Aztec Empire |
|Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Aztec Empire |
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|[[Spanish conquest of Yucatán]] |
|[[Spanish conquest of Yucatán]] |
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|1,460,000+ |
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|1519–1595 |
|1519–1595 |
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|Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Mayan States |
|Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Mayan States |
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|[[Spanish conquest of Peru|Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]] |
|[[Spanish conquest of Peru|Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]] |
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|8,400,000+ |
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|1533–1572 |
|1533–1572 |
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|Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Inca Empire |
|Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Inca Empire |
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|[[Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent]] |
|[[Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent]] |
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|200,000+ |
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|1521–1566 |
|1521–1566 |
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|Ottoman Empire vs. several Balkan, African, and Arabian States |
|Ottoman Empire vs. several Balkan, African, and Arabian States |
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|[[German Peasants' War]] |
|[[German Peasants' War]] |
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|100,000+ |
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|1524–1525 |
|1524–1525 |
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|German Peasants vs. Swabian League |
|German Peasants vs. Swabian League |
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|[[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]] |
|[[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]] |
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|138,285+ |
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|1585–1604 |
|1585–1604 |
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|Spanish Empire and allies vs. Kingdom of England and allies |
|Spanish Empire and allies vs. Kingdom of England and allies |
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|[[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|Japanese invasions of Korea]] |
|[[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|Japanese invasions of Korea]] |
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|1,000,000+ |
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|1592–1598 |
|1592–1598 |
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|Kingdom of Great Joseon and Ming China vs. Japan |
|Kingdom of Great Joseon and Ming China vs. Japan |
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|[[Nine Years' War (Ireland)]] |
|[[Nine Years' War (Ireland)]] |
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|130,000+ |
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|1593–1603 |
|1593–1603 |
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|[[List of participants in the Nine Years' War|Irish rebels]] vs [[Kingdom of England]] |
|[[List of participants in the Nine Years' War|Irish rebels]] vs [[Kingdom of England]] |
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|[[Transition from Ming to Qing]] |
|[[Transition from Ming to Qing]] |
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|25,000,000+ |
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|1616–1683 |
|1616–1683 |
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|Qing China vs. Ming China vs. [[Shun dynasty]] China ([[Li Zicheng]]) vs. Xi dynasty China ([[Zhang Xianzhong]] vs. Kingdom of Shu ([[She-An Rebellion]]) vs. [[Evenks|Evenk]]-[[Daur people|Daur]] federation ([[Bombogor (chief)|Bombogor]]) |
|Qing China vs. Ming China vs. [[Shun dynasty]] China ([[Li Zicheng]]) vs. Xi dynasty China ([[Zhang Xianzhong]] vs. Kingdom of Shu ([[She-An Rebellion]]) vs. [[Evenks|Evenk]]-[[Daur people|Daur]] federation ([[Bombogor (chief)|Bombogor]]) |
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|[[Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)]] |
|[[Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)]] |
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|200,000+ |
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|1635–1659 |
|1635–1659 |
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|France and Allies vs. Spain and Allies |
|France and Allies vs. Spain and Allies |
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|[[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]] |
|[[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]] |
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|876,000+ |
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|1639–1651 |
|1639–1651 |
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|Royalists vs. Covenanters vs.Union of the Irish vs. Scottish Protestants vs. Parliamentarians |
|Royalists vs. Covenanters vs.Union of the Irish vs. Scottish Protestants vs. Parliamentarians |
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|[[English Civil War]] |
|[[English Civil War]] |
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|211,830+ |
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|1642–1651 |
|1642–1651 |
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|Royalists vs. Parliamentarians |
|Royalists vs. Parliamentarians |
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|[[Mughal–Maratha Wars]] |
|[[Mughal–Maratha Wars]] |
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|5,000,000+ |
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|1658–1707 |
|1658–1707 |
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|Maratha empire vs. Mughal Empire |
|Maratha empire vs. Mughal Empire |
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|[[Great Turkish War]] |
|[[Great Turkish War]] |
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|380,000+ |
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|1683–1699 |
|1683–1699 |
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|Ottoman Empire vs. European Holy League |
|Ottoman Empire vs. European Holy League |
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|[[Nine Years' War]] |
|[[Nine Years' War]] |
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|680,000+ |
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|1688–1697 |
|1688–1697 |
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|France vs. [[Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)|League of Augsburg]] (Dutch, Habsburgs, England, Scotland, Spain and others) |
|France vs. [[Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)|League of Augsburg]] (Dutch, Habsburgs, England, Scotland, Spain and others) |
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|[[Great Northern War]] |
|[[Great Northern War]] |
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|350,000+ |
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|1700–1721 |
|1700–1721 |
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|Russia and allies vs. Swedish Empire |
|Russia and allies vs. Swedish Empire |
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|[[Maratha invasions of Bengal|Maratha expeditions in Bengal]] |
|[[Maratha invasions of Bengal|Maratha expeditions in Bengal]] |
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|400,000+ |
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|1741–1751 |
|1741–1751 |
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|Maratha Empire vs. Nawab of Bengal |
|Maratha Empire vs. Nawab of Bengal |
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|[[Sino-Burmese War]] |
|[[Sino-Burmese War]] |
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|70,000+ |
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|1765–1769 |
|1765–1769 |
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|Burma vs. Qing China |
|Burma vs. Qing China |
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|[[Tây Sơn dynasty|Tây Sơn rebellion]] |
|[[Tây Sơn dynasty|Tây Sơn rebellion]] |
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|1,200,000–2,000,000 |
|1,200,000–2,000,000+ |
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|1771–1802 |
|1771–1802 |
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|Tây Sơn rebels then dynasty (British supports) and [[Pirates of the South China Coast|Chinese pirates]] vs [[Nguyễn lords]], [[Trịnh lords]], [[Lê dynasty]] of Vietnam; [[Siam]]; [[Qing dynasty]] of China; Kingdom of [[Vientiane]]; [[France|French]] army. |
|Tây Sơn rebels then dynasty (British supports) and [[Pirates of the South China Coast|Chinese pirates]] vs [[Nguyễn lords]], [[Trịnh lords]], [[Lê dynasty]] of Vietnam; [[Siam]]; [[Qing dynasty]] of China; Kingdom of [[Vientiane]]; [[France|French]] army. |
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|[[American Revolutionary War]] |
|[[American Revolutionary War]] |
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|37,324+ |
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|1775–1783 |
|1775–1783 |
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|United States and allies vs. British Empire and German Mercenaries |
|United States and allies vs. British Empire and German Mercenaries |
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|[[White Lotus Rebellion]] |
|[[White Lotus Rebellion]] |
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|100,000+ |
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|1794–1804 |
|1794–1804 |
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|Qing China vs. White Lotus rebels |
|Qing China vs. White Lotus rebels |
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|[[French campaign in Egypt and Syria]] |
|[[French campaign in Egypt and Syria]] |
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|65,000+ |
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|1798–1801 |
|1798–1801 |
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|France vs. Ottoman Empire and Great Britain |
|France vs. Ottoman Empire and Great Britain |
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|[[Saint-Domingue expedition]] |
|[[Saint-Domingue expedition]] |
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|135,000+ |
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|1802–1803 |
|1802–1803 |
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|France vs. Haiti and UK |
|France vs. Haiti and UK |
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|[[French invasion of Russia]] |
|[[French invasion of Russia]] |
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|540,000+ |
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|1812 |
|1812 |
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|French Empire vs. Russia |
|French Empire vs. Russia |
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|[[Spanish American wars of independence]] |
|[[Spanish American wars of independence]] |
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|600,000+ |
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|1808–1833 |
|1808–1833 |
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|Spain and Portugal vs. American Independentists |
|Spain and Portugal vs. American Independentists |
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|[[Venezuelan War of Independence]] |
|[[Venezuelan War of Independence]] |
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|228,000+ |
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|1810–1823 |
|1810–1823 |
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|Spain vs. Venezuelan states |
|Spain vs. Venezuelan states |
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|[[Carlist Wars]] |
|[[Carlist Wars]] |
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|200,000+ |
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|1820–1876 |
|1820–1876 |
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|Carlist Insurgents vs. Spain |
|Carlist Insurgents vs. Spain |
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|[[Greek War of Independence]] |
|[[Greek War of Independence]] |
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|170,000+ |
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|1821–1831 |
|1821–1831 |
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|Greek Revolutionaries vs. Ottoman Empire |
|Greek Revolutionaries vs. Ottoman Empire |
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|[[Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856)]] |
|[[Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856)]] |
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|1,000,000+ |
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|1854–1856 |
|1854–1856 |
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|Qing China vs. Red Turban rebels |
|Qing China vs. Red Turban rebels |
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|[[Punti–Hakka Clan Wars]] |
|[[Punti–Hakka Clan Wars]] |
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|500,000–1,000,000 |
|500,000–1,000,000+ |
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|1855-1868 |
|1855-1868 |
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|Hakka vs. Punti |
|Hakka vs. Punti |
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|[[French intervention in Mexico]] |
|[[French intervention in Mexico]] |
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|49,287+ |
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|1862–1867 |
|1862–1867 |
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|Mexican Republicans vs. France and Mexican Empire |
|Mexican Republicans vs. France and Mexican Empire |
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|[[Austro-Prussian War]] |
|[[Austro-Prussian War]] |
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|40,000+ |
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|1866 |
|1866 |
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|Austrian states vs. German states |
|Austrian states vs. German states |
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|[[Ten Years' War]] |
|[[Ten Years' War]] |
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|241,000+ |
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|1868–1878 |
|1868–1878 |
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|Spain vs. Cuba |
|Spain vs. Cuba |
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|[[Franco-Prussian War]] |
|[[Franco-Prussian War]] |
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|433,571+ |
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|1870–1871 |
|1870–1871 |
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|France vs. German states |
|France vs. German states |
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|[[First Sino-Japanese War|First Sino–Japanese War]] |
|[[First Sino-Japanese War|First Sino–Japanese War]] |
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|48,311+ |
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|1894–1895 |
|1894–1895 |
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|Qing China vs. Japan |
|Qing China vs. Japan |
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|[[Cuban War of Independence]] |
|[[Cuban War of Independence]] |
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|362,000+ |
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|1895–1898 |
|1895–1898 |
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|USA and Cuba vs. Spain |
|USA and Cuba vs. Spain |
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|[[War of Canudos]] |
|[[War of Canudos]] |
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|30,000+ |
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|1896-1897 |
|1896-1897 |
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|First Brazilian Republic vs. Canudos inhabitants |
|First Brazilian Republic vs. Canudos inhabitants |
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|[[Thousand Days' War]] |
|[[Thousand Days' War]] |
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|120,000+ |
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|1899–1902 |
|1899–1902 |
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|Colombian Conservatives vs. Colombian Liberals |
|Colombian Conservatives vs. Colombian Liberals |
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|[[Philippine–American War]] |
|[[Philippine–American War]] |
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|234,000+ |
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|1899–1912 |
|1899–1912 |
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|Philippines vs. USA |
|Philippines vs. USA |
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|[[Balkan Wars]] |
|[[Balkan Wars]] |
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|140,000+ |
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|1912–1913 |
|1912–1913 |
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|See [[Balkan Wars|Balkan wars]] |
|See [[Balkan Wars|Balkan wars]] |
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|[[World War I]] |
|[[World War I]] |
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|16,000,000–40,000,000 (the higher estimate also includes the first victims of the related [[Spanish flu]] epidemic who died by the end of 1918. Neither includes the subsequent [[Russian Civil War]]) |
|16,000,000–40,000,000+ (the higher estimate also includes the first victims of the related [[Spanish flu]] epidemic who died by the end of 1918. Neither includes the subsequent [[Russian Civil War]]) |
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|1914–1918 |
|1914–1918 |
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|Allied Powers vs. Central Powers |
|Allied Powers vs. Central Powers |
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|[[Rif War]] |
|[[Rif War]] |
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|30,500+ |
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|1921–1926 |
|1921–1926 |
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|Spain vs. [[Republic of the Rif]] |
|Spain vs. [[Republic of the Rif]] |
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|[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict]] |
|[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict]] |
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|100,000+ |
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|1921–present |
|1921–present |
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|Turkey vs. Kurdish people |
|Turkey vs. Kurdish people |
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|[[Pacification of Libya|Second Italo-Senussi War]] |
|[[Pacification of Libya|Second Italo-Senussi War]] |
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|40,000+ |
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|1923–1932 |
|1923–1932 |
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|Italy vs. Senussi Order |
|Italy vs. Senussi Order |
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|[[Second Italo–Ethiopian War]] |
|[[Second Italo–Ethiopian War]] |
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|278,000+ |
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|1935–1936 |
|1935–1936 |
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|Ethiopian Empire vs. Italy |
|Ethiopian Empire vs. Italy |
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|[[Greco-Italian War]] |
|[[Greco-Italian War]] |
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|27,000+ |
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|1940–1941 |
|1940–1941 |
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|Greece vs. Italy |
|Greece vs. Italy |
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|[[Continuation War]] |
|[[Continuation War]] |
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| |
|387,300+ |
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|1941–1944 |
|1941–1944 |
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|Finland and Germany vs. Soviet Union |
|Finland and Germany vs. Soviet Union |
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|- |
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|[[First Indochina War]] |
|[[First Indochina War]] |
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| |
|400,000+ |
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|1946–1954 |
|1946–1954 |
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|France vs. [[Việt Minh]], Lao Assara, and Khmer Issarak |
|France vs. [[Việt Minh]], Lao Assara, and Khmer Issarak |
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|- |
|- |
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|[[Greek Civil War]] |
|[[Greek Civil War]] |
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| |
|158,000+ |
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|1946–1949 |
|1946–1949 |
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|Greek Government army vs. DSE |
|Greek Government army vs. DSE |
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|- |
|- |
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|[[Arab–Israeli conflict]] |
|[[Arab–Israeli conflict]] |
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| |
|116,074+ |
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|1948–present |
|1948–present |
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|Arab Countries vs. Israel |
|Arab Countries vs. Israel |
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|- |
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|[[Ethnic conflict in Nagaland]] |
|[[Ethnic conflict in Nagaland]] |
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| |
|34,000+ |
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|1954–present |
|1954–present |
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|India and Myanmar vs. Naga People |
|India and Myanmar vs. Naga People |
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|- |
|- |
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|[[First Sudanese Civil War]] |
|[[First Sudanese Civil War]] |
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| |
|500,000+ |
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|1955–1972 |
|1955–1972 |
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|Sudan vs. South Sudanese Rebels |
|Sudan vs. South Sudanese Rebels |
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|- |
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|[[Congo Crisis]] |
|[[Congo Crisis]] |
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| |
|100,000+ |
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|1960–1965 |
|1960–1965 |
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|DRC, USA, and Belgium vs. Simba and Kwilu Rebels |
|DRC, USA, and Belgium vs. Simba and Kwilu Rebels |
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|- |
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|[[Insurgency in Northeast India]] |
|[[Insurgency in Northeast India]] |
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| |
|25,000+ |
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|1964–present |
|1964–present |
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|India and allies vs. Insurgent Groups |
|India and allies vs. Insurgent Groups |
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|- |
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|[[Colombian conflict]] |
|[[Colombian conflict]] |
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| |
|220,000+ |
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|1964–present |
|1964–present |
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|Colombia and allies vs. Far Left guerillas and Far Right paramilitares |
|Colombia and allies vs. Far Left guerillas and Far Right paramilitares |
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|- |
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|[[Moro conflict]] |
|[[Moro conflict]] |
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| |
|120,000+ |
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|1969–2019 |
|1969–2019 |
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|Philippines vs. Jihadist Groups vs. Bangsamoro |
|Philippines vs. Jihadist Groups vs. Bangsamoro |
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|- |
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|[[Bangladesh Liberation War]] |
|[[Bangladesh Liberation War]] |
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|300,000–3,000,000 |
|300,000–3,000,000+ |
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|1971 |
|1971 |
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|India and Bangladesh vs. Pakistan |
|India and Bangladesh vs. Pakistan |
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|- |
|- |
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|[[Angolan Civil War]] |
|[[Angolan Civil War]] |
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| |
|504,158+ |
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|1975–2002 |
|1975–2002 |
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|MPLA vs. UNITA |
|MPLA vs. UNITA |
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|- |
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|[[Insurgency in Laos]] |
|[[Insurgency in Laos]] |
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| |
|100,000+ |
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|1975–2007 |
|1975–2007 |
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|Laos and Vietnam vs. "Secret army" and Hmong people |
|Laos and Vietnam vs. "Secret army" and Hmong people |
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|- |
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|[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]] |
|[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]] |
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| |
|45,000+ |
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|1978–present |
|1978–present |
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|Turkey vs. KCK |
|Turkey vs. KCK |
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|- |
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|[[Internal conflict in Peru]] |
|[[Internal conflict in Peru]] |
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| |
|70,000+ |
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|1980–present |
|1980–present |
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|Peru vs. PCP-SL and MRTA |
|Peru vs. PCP-SL and MRTA |
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|- |
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|[[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] |
|[[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] |
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| |
|38,000+ |
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|1988–present |
|1988–present |
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|Artsakh and Armenia vs. Azerbaijan and allies |
|Artsakh and Armenia vs. Azerbaijan and allies |
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|- |
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|[[Burundian Civil War]] |
|[[Burundian Civil War]] |
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| |
|300,000+ |
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|1993–2005 |
|1993–2005 |
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|Burundi vs. Hutu rebels vs. Tutsi rebels |
|Burundi vs. Hutu rebels vs. Tutsi rebels |
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|- |
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|[[Ituri conflict]] |
|[[Ituri conflict]] |
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| |
|60,000+ |
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|1999–2003 |
|1999–2003 |
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|Lendu Tribe vs. Hemu Tribe and allies |
|Lendu Tribe vs. Hemu Tribe and allies |
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|- |
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|[[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]] |
|[[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]] |
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| |
|212,191+ |
||
|2001–2021 |
|2001–2021 |
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|See [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]] |
|See [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]] |
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|- |
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|[[War in Darfur]] |
|[[War in Darfur]] |
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| |
|300,000+ |
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|2003–present |
|2003–present |
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|SRF and allies vs. Sudan and allies vs. UNAMID |
|SRF and allies vs. Sudan and allies vs. UNAMID |
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|- |
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|[[Kivu conflict|Kivu Conflict]] |
|[[Kivu conflict|Kivu Conflict]] |
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| |
|100,000+ |
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|2004–present |
|2004–present |
||
|see [[Kivu conflict|Kivu Conflict]] |
|see [[Kivu conflict|Kivu Conflict]] |
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|- |
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|[[Boko Haram insurgency]] |
|[[Boko Haram insurgency]] |
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| |
|350,000+ |
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|2009–present |
|2009–present |
||
|Multinational Joint Task Force vs. Boko Haram |
|Multinational Joint Task Force vs. Boko Haram |
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|- |
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|[[Syrian civil war]] |
|[[Syrian civil war]] |
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| |
|499,000–610,000+ |
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|2011–present |
|2011–present |
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|Syrian Arab Republic vs. Republic of Syria vs. ISIL vs. Syrian Democratic Forces |
|Syrian Arab Republic vs. Republic of Syria vs. ISIL vs. Syrian Democratic Forces |
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|[[Rojava–Islamist conflict]] |
|[[Rojava–Islamist conflict]] |
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| |
|50,000+ |
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|2013–present |
|2013–present |
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|Syrian Democratic Forces vs. Islamic States of Iraq and Levant vs. al-Nusra Front |
|Syrian Democratic Forces vs. Islamic States of Iraq and Levant vs. al-Nusra Front |
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|[[War in Iraq (2013–2017)]] |
|[[War in Iraq (2013–2017)]] |
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|195,000–200,000 |
|195,000–200,000+ |
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|2013–2017 |
|2013–2017 |
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|Iraq and allies vs. ISIL |
|Iraq and allies vs. ISIL |
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|- |
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| [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]] |
| [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]] |
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| |
| 377,000+ |
||
| 2014–present |
| 2014–present |
||
| Yemen's Supreme Political Council vs. Hadi Government, Saudi-led Coalition and the UAE-backed Southern Movement vs Al-Qaeda |
| Yemen's Supreme Political Council vs. Hadi Government, Saudi-led Coalition and the UAE-backed Southern Movement vs Al-Qaeda |
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===Modern wars with fewer than 25,000 deaths by death toll=== |
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{{Incomplete list|date=January 2018}} |
{{Incomplete list|date=January 2018}} |
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* |
* 22,000+ – [[Dominican Restoration War]] – One estimate placed total Spanish deaths from all causes at 18,000. The fatal losses among the Dominican insurgents were estimated at 4,000. (1863–1865)<ref name="clodfelter" /> |
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* 22,211 – [[Croatian War of Independence]] (1991–1995)<ref>{{cite news| author=Zebić, Enis| title=Ljudski gubici u ratu u Hrvatskoj: 22.211 osoba |work=Radio Free Europe| url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/hrvatska-ljutski-gubici/28976312.html| language=hr| trans-title=Human Casualties in the Croatian War: 22,211 Persons | date=15 January 2018| access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref> |
* 22,211 – [[Croatian War of Independence]] (1991–1995)<ref>{{cite news| author=Zebić, Enis| title=Ljudski gubici u ratu u Hrvatskoj: 22.211 osoba |work=Radio Free Europe| url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/hrvatska-ljutski-gubici/28976312.html| language=hr| trans-title=Human Casualties in the Croatian War: 22,211 Persons | date=15 January 2018| access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref> |
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* |
* 21,000+ – [[Six-Day War]] (1967)<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www1.american.edu/cgp/pdf/hicks.pdf|title=The Human Rights of Kurds in the Islamic Republic of Iran|last=Hicks|first=Neil|date=April 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807060312/http://www1.american.edu/cgp/pdf/hicks.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> |
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* 20,068 |
* 20,068 - [[Reform War]] (1857–1860) |
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* |
* 20,000+ – [[Yaqui Wars]] (1533–1929)<ref name="Nash" /> |
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* |
* 20,000+ – [[War of the Quadruple Alliance]] (1718–1720)<ref name="clodfelter" /> |
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* |
* 20,000+ – [[Ragamuffin War]] (1835–1845)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s50JnG7BzLAC|title=Exiles, allies, rebels : Brazil's indianist movement, indigenist politics, and the imperial nation-state|last=Treece|first=Dave|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2000|isbn=978-0-313-31125-3|location=Westport, Conn}}</ref> |
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* |
* 20,000+ – [[Italo-Turkish War]] (1911–1912)<ref name="Nash" /> |
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* |
* 19,619+ – [[Rhodesian Bush War]] (1964–1979) |
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* |
* 19,000+ – [[Mexican–American War]] (1846–1848)<ref name="Nash" /> |
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* 18,069–20,069 – [[First Opium War]] (1839–1842)<ref name="martin">[[Robert Montgomery Martin|Martin, Robert Montgomery]] (1847). ''China: Political, Commercial, and Social; In an Official Report to Her Majesty's Government''. Volume 2. James Madden. pp. 81–82.</ref> |
* 18,069–20,069 – [[First Opium War]] (1839–1842)<ref name="martin">[[Robert Montgomery Martin|Martin, Robert Montgomery]] (1847). ''China: Political, Commercial, and Social; In an Official Report to Her Majesty's Government''. Volume 2. James Madden. pp. 81–82.</ref> |
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* |
* 17,294+ – [[1940–44 insurgency in Chechnya]] (1940–1944) |
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* |
* 17,200+ – [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] (1839–1842)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://countrystudies.us/afghanistan/index.htm|title=Afghanistan: A Country Study|date=2001|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|GPO]]|editor-last=Blood|editor-first=Peter R.|location=Washington|chapter=The First Anglo-Afghan War|chapter-url=http://countrystudies.us/afghanistan/13.htm}}</ref> |
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* 16,765–17,065 – [[Balochistan conflict]] (1948–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://necrometrics.com/warstat6.htm#Pathan|title=Twentieth Century Atlas – Death Tolls|last=White|first=Matthew|website=Necrometrics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/Balochistan/index.html|title=Balochistan Assessment - 2017|website=www.satp.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article4120|title=Balochistan: Pakistan's internal war – Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières}}</ref> |
* 16,765–17,065 – [[Balochistan conflict]] (1948–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://necrometrics.com/warstat6.htm#Pathan|title=Twentieth Century Atlas – Death Tolls|last=White|first=Matthew|website=Necrometrics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/Balochistan/index.html|title=Balochistan Assessment - 2017|website=www.satp.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article4120|title=Balochistan: Pakistan's internal war – Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières}}</ref> |
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* |
* 16,000+ – [[War of the Pacific]] (1879–1883) |
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* |
* 16,000+ – [[Nepalese Civil War]] (1996–2006) |
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* |
* 16,000+ – [[Spanish–American War]] (1898)<ref name="Nash" /> |
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* 15,200–15,300 – [[Peasants' War (1798)]] – Part of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]] |
* 15,200–15,300 – [[Peasants' War (1798)]] – Part of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]] |
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* |
* 15,000+ – [[Nigerian Sharia conflict]] (2009–present)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1630089.stm|title=Analysis: Behind Nigeria's violence|last=Isaacs|first=Dan|date=5 May 2004|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzl2_TiUNy_W4vqIC3NZSasnA5HA|title=Curfew relaxed in Nigeria's violence-wracked city: army|date=25 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128055533/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzl2_TiUNy_W4vqIC3NZSasnA5HA|archive-date=28 January 2010|url-status=dead|agency=AFP}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8555018.stm|title='Hundreds dead' in Nigeria attack|date=8 March 2010|work=BBC News}}</ref> |
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* 14,460–14,922 – [[South African Border War]] (1966–1990) |
* 14,460–14,922 – [[South African Border War]] (1966–1990) |
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* 14,077–22,077 – [[Mau Mau Uprising]] (1952–1960) |
* 14,077–22,077 – [[Mau Mau Uprising]] (1952–1960) |
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* |
* 13,929+ – [[Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)]]<ref name="UCDPDatasets" /> |
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* |
* 13,812+ – [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency]] (1967–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeracorrespondent/2011/10/20111019124251679523.html|title=India's Silent War|author=Al Jazeera Correspondent|access-date=2013-04-14|archive-date=2019-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525032758/https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/aljazeeracorrespondent/2011/10/20111019124251679523.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/ar0304-Eng.pdf|title=Annual Report 2003–2004: Departments of Internal Security, Jammu & Kashmir Affairs, Border Management, States and Home|publisher=Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203045957/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/ar0304-Eng.pdf|archive-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> |
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* 13,100–34,000 – [[Kurdish separatism in Iran]] (1918–present)<ref name=":0" /> |
* 13,100–34,000 – [[Kurdish separatism in Iran]] (1918–present)<ref name=":0" /> |
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* 13,100–13,300 – [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] (2014–present) |
* 13,100–13,300 – [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] (2014–present) |
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* 13,073–26,373 – [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]] (1948–1949)<ref name=politics>{{cite book|author=Adam M. Garfinkle|title=Politics and Society in Modern Israel: Myths and Realities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=si1oUnk5N3QC&pg=PA61|year=2000|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-0514-6|page=61}}</ref> |
* 13,073–26,373 – [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]] (1948–1949)<ref name=politics>{{cite book|author=Adam M. Garfinkle|title=Politics and Society in Modern Israel: Myths and Realities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=si1oUnk5N3QC&pg=PA61|year=2000|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-0514-6|page=61}}</ref> |
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* 11,500–12,843 – [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] – Part of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] |
* 11,500–12,843 – [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] – Part of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] |
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* |
* 10,000+ – [[Assam separatist movements]] (1979–present) |
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* |
* 10,000+ – [[Malayan Emergency]] (1948–1960)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/my_polic.html|title=Royal Malaysian Police (Malaysia)|publisher=Crwflags.com|access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> |
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* |
* 10,000+ – [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]]<ref name="OHCHR">{{cite web|url=http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20496&LangID=E|title=Situation in eastern Ukraine worsening, says UN report|date=15 September 2016|publisher=OHCHR|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> [[Russo-Ukrainian War|– Part of the]] [[Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)]] |
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* |
* 10,000+ – [[Rwandan Civil War]] (1990–1994) |
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* |
* 10,000+ – [[First Italo-Ethiopian War]] (1894–1896)<ref name="Nash" /> |
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* |
* 10,000+ – [[Second Melillan campaign]] (1909)<ref name="Nash" /> |
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* |
* 10,000+ – [[Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)]]<ref name="Nash" /> |
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* |
* 10,000+ – [[Spanish conquest of Tripoli (1510)|Spanish conquest of Tripoli]] (1510)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgQNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA85|title=The Papacy and the Levant : 1204–1571|last=Setton|first=Kenneth|publisher=American Philosophical Society|year=1976|isbn=978-0-87169-161-3|volume=3|location=Philadelphia, PA|page=85}}</ref> |
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* |
* 9,400+ – [[Libyan Civil War (2011)]] (2011)<ref name="revolutioncasualties">{{cite news|last=Black|first=Ian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/08/libyan-revolution-casualties-lower-expected-government |title=Libyan revolution casualties lower than expected, says new government |publisher=Guardian |date= 8 January 2013|access-date=2013-10-02 |location=London}}</ref> |
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* |
* 8,136+ – [[Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/|title=Iraq Body Count|website=www.iraqbodycount.org}}</ref> |
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* 7,500–21,741 – [[War of 1812]] (1812–1815)<ref name=Nash /><ref name="historyguy.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyguy.com/war_of_1812_statistics.htm|title=War of 1812 Statistics|work=historyguy.com|access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> |
* 7,500–21,741 – [[War of 1812]] (1812–1815)<ref name=Nash /><ref name="historyguy.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyguy.com/war_of_1812_statistics.htm|title=War of 1812 Statistics|work=historyguy.com|access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> |
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* 7,400–16,200 – [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)]] (2015–present) |
* 7,400–16,200 – [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)]] (2015–present) |
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* |
* 7,050+ - [[Portuguese conquest of Goa]] (1510)<ref>Gaspar Correia (1558–1563) Lendas da Índia, 1864 edition, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, book II p.94.</ref> |
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* |
* 7,104+ – [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]] (1947–1949)<ref name="Kargil from Surprise to Victory">{{Cite book|title=Kargil from Surprise to Victory|last=Malik|first=V. P.|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|year=2010|isbn=9789350293133|edition=paperback|page=343}}</ref> |
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* |
* 7,000+ – [[Chadian Civil War (2005–10)]] (2005–2010)<ref>Vicenç Fisas. ''[http://escolapau.uab.cat/img/programas/procesos/09anuarie.pdf Anuario 2009 de procesos de paz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191034/http://escolapau.uab.cat/img/programas/procesos/09anuarie.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}''. Barcelona: Icaria Editorial, pp. 75. {{ISBN|978-84-9888-076-2}}.</ref> |
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* 6,800–13,459 – [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] (1965) |
* 6,800–13,459 – [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] (1965) |
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* |
* 6,859+ – [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] (2020–present) |
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* 5,641–6,991 - [[Opposition–ISIL conflict during the Syrian Civil War]] ( 2014–present ) |
* 5,641–6,991 - [[Opposition–ISIL conflict during the Syrian Civil War]] ( 2014–present ) |
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* |
* 6,543+ – [[South Thailand insurgency]] (2004–present)<ref name="Bangkok2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/815372/insurgency-claimed-6543-lives-in-last-12-years|title=Insurgency claimed 6,543 lives in last 12 years |publisher=[[Bangkok Post]]|date=January 4, 2016|access-date=February 29, 2016}}</ref> |
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* |
* 6,295+ – [[Central African Republic conflict]] (2012–present) |
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* |
* 5,641+ – [[Sudanese nomadic conflicts]] (2009–present)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2010/01/07/idUKLDE6060ZB._CH_.2420 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726030414/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2010/01/07/idUKLDE6060ZB._CH_.2420 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2012 |work=Reuters |title=TIMELINE-Violence spirals in south Sudan |date=7 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/world/africa/in-south-sudan-massacre-of-3000-is-reported.html |work=The New York Times |first=Jeffrey |last=Gettleman |title=In South Sudan, Massacre of 3,000 Is Reported |date=5 January 2012}}</ref> |
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* 5,100+ – [[Gaza–Israel conflict]] (2006–present) – Part of the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] |
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* 5,000+ – [[Casamance conflict]] (1982–2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=Casamance: no peace after thirty years of war |author=Bacary Domingo Mané |date=13 January 2011 |work=Guin Guin Bali |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103013015/http://www.guinguinbali.com/index.php?lang=en&mod=news&task=view_news&cat=3&id=1392 |url=http://www.guinguinbali.com/index.php?lang=en&mod=news&task=view_news&cat=3&id=1392 |archive-date=3 January 2013}}</ref> |
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* 5,000+ – [[Chilean Civil War of 1891]] (1891)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://necrometrics.com/wars19c.htm|title=Nineteenth Century Death Tolls |website=Necrometrics|first=Matthew|last=White|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> |
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* 5,000+ - [[Cuban Revolution]] (1959)<ref>Jacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson (1997). ''International Conflict: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts and Their Management, 1945–1995''. Congressional Quarterly.</ref> |
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* 4,715+ – [[Libyan Civil War (2014–present)]] (2014–present) |
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* 4,200+ – [[Shifta War]] (1963–1967)<ref>{{Citation|last=Bercovitch|first=Jacob|title=From Conflict Management to Conflict Resolution: The Problem-Solving Approach|date=2019-07-15|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429306259-2|work=Social Conflicts and Third Parties|pages=19–35|publisher=Routledge|doi=10.4324/9780429306259-2|isbn=978-0-429-30625-9|s2cid=208122778|access-date=2021-07-02}}</ref> |
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* 4,000–10,000 – [[Conflict in the Niger Delta]] (2004–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Nigeria.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010001137/http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Nigeria.html|title=Armed Conflicts Report – Nigeria|archive-date=10 October 2006}}</ref> |
* 4,000–10,000 – [[Conflict in the Niger Delta]] (2004–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Nigeria.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010001137/http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Nigeria.html|title=Armed Conflicts Report – Nigeria|archive-date=10 October 2006}}</ref> |
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* 3,699+ – [[Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen]] (1992–present)<ref name="UCDPDatasets" /> |
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* 3,552+ – [[First Schleswig War]] (1848–1852) |
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* 3,529+ – [[The Troubles|The Northern Ireland Troubles]] (1966–1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/sutton/tables/Status_Summary.html|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|website=cain.ulster.ac.uk}}</ref> |
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* 3,366+ – [[Insurgency in the North Caucasus]] (2009–2017)<ref>{{cite news|title=Infographics. Total number of victims in Northern Caucasus in 2010–2014 under the data of the Caucasian Knot|url=http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/30858/|work=Caucasian Knot|date=19 February 2015|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112075631/http://eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/30858/|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 3,270+ – [[Second Schleswig War]] (1864) |
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* 3,222–3,722 – [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]] (1956) |
* 3,222–3,722 – [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]] (1956) |
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* 3,144+ – [[Allied Democratic Forces insurgency]] (1996–present) |
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* 3,114+ – [[1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine]] (1947–1948) – Part of the [[1948 Palestine war]] |
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* 3,007+ – [[War of the Golden Stool]] (1900){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
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* 3,000–6,000 – [[Negro Rebellion]] (1912)<ref>{{cite web|author=Garcia, Pedro Antonio|url=http://www.afrocubaweb.com/history/lamasacreracista.htm|title=Over three thousand black and mulatto Cubans killed in this act of force of the great national bourgeoisie|work=Afro Cuba Web |date=2 July 2007|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Escamilla, Luis|url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/partido-de-independiente-de-color-cuba-1908-1912|title=Partido de independiente de color (Cuba, 1908–1912)|work=Black Past |date=28 May 2013|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> |
* 3,000–6,000 – [[Negro Rebellion]] (1912)<ref>{{cite web|author=Garcia, Pedro Antonio|url=http://www.afrocubaweb.com/history/lamasacreracista.htm|title=Over three thousand black and mulatto Cubans killed in this act of force of the great national bourgeoisie|work=Afro Cuba Web |date=2 July 2007|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Escamilla, Luis|url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/partido-de-independiente-de-color-cuba-1908-1912|title=Partido de independiente de color (Cuba, 1908–1912)|work=Black Past |date=28 May 2013|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> |
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* 3,000–5,000 – [[Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt]] (1573) {{sfn|Čečuk|1960|p=500}} |
* 3,000–5,000 – [[Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt]] (1573) {{sfn|Čečuk|1960|p=500}} |
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* 3,000+ – [[Second Ivorian Civil War]] (2010–2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observers.france24.com/content/20120110-first-ever-video-proof-suspected-gbagbo-militants-brutal-murder-ouattara-abobo-abidjan|title=First-ever video proof documenting murder of suspected Gbagbo militants|work=The France 24 Observers|access-date=2013-04-18|archive-date=2015-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605071624/http://observers.france24.com/content/20120110-first-ever-video-proof-suspected-gbagbo-militants-brutal-murder-ouattara-abobo-abidjan|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 3,000+ – [[Banana Wars]] (1914–1933)<ref name=Gruhl /> |
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* 2,944+ – [[Insurgency in the Maghreb]] (2004–present) |
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* 2,800+ – [[Northern Mali conflict]] (2012–present) |
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* 2,781+ – [[Iranian Revolution]] (1978–1979)<ref>{{cite news |title=A Question of Numbers |url=http://www.emadbaghi.com/en/archives/000592.php |date=8 August 2003 |last=Kadivar |first=Cyrus |work=Rouzegar-Now}}</ref> |
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* 2,751+ – [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] (1919)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/alpha/afguk1919.htm|title=Armed Conflict Year Index|access-date=2013-05-04|archive-date=2012-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406092124/http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/alpha/afguk1919.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 2,557+ – [[Sudan internal conflict (2011–present)]] (2011–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiodabanga.org/|title=Home – Radio Dabanga|access-date=31 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015171527/https://www.radiodabanga.org/|archive-date=15 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/UN-report-1-500-killed-and-73-000,40053 |title=UN report: 1,500 killed and 73,000 displaced in S. Sudan conflicts – Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan |access-date=31 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129150344/http://www.sudantribune.com/UN-report-1-500-killed-and-73-000%2C40053 |archive-date=29 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="DailyTimes – Your Right To Know">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012\10\17\story_17-10-2012_pg4_5|title=DailyTimes – Your Right To Know|access-date=2017-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024033442/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C10%5C17%5Cstory_17-10-2012_pg4_5|archive-date=2012-10-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 2,394+ – [[Sinai insurgency]] (2011–present)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33340458|title=Egypt's Sinai rocked by wave of deadly attacks|work=BBC News|date=July 2015|access-date=4 July 2015}}</ref> |
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* 2,300+ – [[Conflict in the Niger Delta]] (2003–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/nigeria-1990-first-combat-deaths/#Deaths|title=Nigeria (1990 – first combat deaths)|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acleddata.com/data/version-6-data-1997-2015/|title=ACLED Version 6 (1997–2015)|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118142350/http://www.acleddata.com/data/version-6-data-1997-2015/|archive-date=18 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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* 2,221–2,406 – [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]] (2014) – Part of the [[Gaza–Israel conflict]] |
* 2,221–2,406 – [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]] (2014) – Part of the [[Gaza–Israel conflict]] |
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* 2,150+ – [[Persian Expedition of 1796]] (1796) |
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* 2,096+ – [[Aden Emergency]] (1963–1967) |
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* 2,054+ – [[South Yemen insurgency]] (2009–2015) |
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*~2,014 – [[Irish War of Independence]] (1919–1921) |
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* 2,000–3,800 - [[Albanian Civil War]] (1997) |
* 2,000–3,800 - [[Albanian Civil War]] (1997) |
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* |
* 2,000+ – [[Costa Rican Civil War]] (1948) |
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* |
* 2,000+ – [[Six-Day War (2000)]] (2000)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ugandacorrespondent.com/articles/2010/09/revealed-2000-updf-troops-died-in-kisangani/ |title=Revealed: 2,000 UPDF troops died in Kisangani |last=Otim |first=Dennis |date=6 September 2010 |access-date=22 April 2018 |work=Uganda Corresponden}}</ref> |
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* |
* 2,000+ – [[2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes]] (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://polit.ru/news/2010/06/12/1000/|title="Комсомольская правда": в Оше тысячи погибших, беспорядки начинаются в Джалал-Абаде|website=polit.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fergananews.com/news.php?id=14964|title=Президент Узбекского национально-культурного центра Кыргызской Республики обратился с открытым письмо к Исламу Каримову|website=Фергана - международное агентство новостей}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?|title=Отунбаева, зачем врать? Число погибших на юге Киргизии превысило две тысячи человек – ЦентрАзия|access-date=2013-04-29|archive-date=2019-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709030656/http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 2,000 – [[Iran crisis of 1946]] (1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist.htm|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121015442/http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist.htm|archive-date=January 21, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-11-14}}</ref> |
* 2,000 – [[Iran crisis of 1946]] (1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist.htm|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121015442/http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist.htm|archive-date=January 21, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-11-14}}</ref> |
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* 1,810+ – [[Anglo-Iraqi War]] (1941) – Part of [[World War II]] |
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* 1,774+ – [[Lapland War]] (1944–1945) – Part of [[World War II]] |
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* 1,648 – [[Sinaloa Cartel-Gulf Cartel conflict]] ( 2003–present ) |
* 1,648 – [[Sinaloa Cartel-Gulf Cartel conflict]] ( 2003–present ) |
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* 1,643–2,237 – [[Transnistria War]] (1992)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nr2.ru/pmr/90227.html|title=Страница не найдена}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nr2.ru/pmr/96375.html|title=Страница не найдена|access-date=2013-04-29|archive-date=2014-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222180400/http://www.nr2.ru/pmr/96375.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olvia.idknet.com/ol166-12-06.htm|title=ВОЗРОЖДЕННОМУ В ПРИДНЕСТРОВЬЕ|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503235314/http://olvia.idknet.com/ol166-12-06.htm|archive-date=2007-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumente.md/|title=MONUMENTE.MD: Памятники из натурального гранита|website=monumente.md}}</ref> |
* 1,643–2,237 – [[Transnistria War]] (1992)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nr2.ru/pmr/90227.html|title=Страница не найдена}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nr2.ru/pmr/96375.html|title=Страница не найдена|access-date=2013-04-29|archive-date=2014-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222180400/http://www.nr2.ru/pmr/96375.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olvia.idknet.com/ol166-12-06.htm|title=ВОЗРОЖДЕННОМУ В ПРИДНЕСТРОВЬЕ|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503235314/http://olvia.idknet.com/ol166-12-06.htm|archive-date=2007-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumente.md/|title=MONUMENTE.MD: Памятники из натурального гранита|website=monumente.md}}</ref> |
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* 1,561 – [[Islamic State-related terrorist attacks in Turkey]] (2013–present) |
* 1,561 – [[Islamic State-related terrorist attacks in Turkey]] (2013–present) |
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* 1,500+ – [[Irish Civil War]] (1922–1923) |
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* 1,449+ – [[M23 rebellion]] (2012–2013) – Part of the [[Kivu Conflict]] |
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* 1,444 – [[Taliban-ISIL conflict in Afghanistan]] ( 2015–present ) |
* 1,444 – [[Taliban-ISIL conflict in Afghanistan]] ( 2015–present ) |
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* 1,300+ – [[Allied Democratic Forces insurgency]] (1996–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/07/201371371842756837.html|title=Congo refugees pour into Uganda after attack|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=13 July 2013|access-date=21 July 2013}}</ref> |
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* 1,295+ – [[Siachen conflict]] (1984–present) |
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* 1,229+ – [[Basque conflict]] (1959–2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euskonews.com/0256zbk/gaia25604_01.html |title=Datos significativos del conflicto Vasco, 1968–2003 |language=es |publisher=Eusko Ikaskuntza |date=18 January 2016}}</ref> |
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* 1,227–5,600 – [[Kargil War]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kargil war brings into sharp focus India's commitment to peace |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjul2000/f210720001.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228075220/http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjul2000/f210720001.html |archive-date=28 February 2017 |access-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianarmy.nic.in/martyrs/home.jsp?operation=28&hidrecord=10&FormBugs_Page=1#Form|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222013826/http://www.indianarmy.nic.in/martyrs/home.jsp?operation=28&hidrecord=10&FormBugs_Page=1#Form|title=Indian Army-Martyrs Home Page|archive-date=22 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529140050/http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Feb/1/musharraf-claims-kargil-was-a-big-success-militarily-for-pak-46.asp |url=http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Feb/1/musharraf-claims-kargil-was-a-big-success-militarily-for-pak-46.asp |archive-date=29 May 2013 |date=1 February 2013 |title=Musharraf claims Kargil was a big success militarily for Pak |work=Greater Kashmir |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031003114303/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2003 |location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Over 4,000 soldiers killed in Kargil: Sharif |date=17 August 2003}}</ref> |
* 1,227–5,600 – [[Kargil War]] (1999)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kargil war brings into sharp focus India's commitment to peace |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjul2000/f210720001.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228075220/http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjul2000/f210720001.html |archive-date=28 February 2017 |access-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianarmy.nic.in/martyrs/home.jsp?operation=28&hidrecord=10&FormBugs_Page=1#Form|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222013826/http://www.indianarmy.nic.in/martyrs/home.jsp?operation=28&hidrecord=10&FormBugs_Page=1#Form|title=Indian Army-Martyrs Home Page|archive-date=22 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529140050/http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Feb/1/musharraf-claims-kargil-was-a-big-success-militarily-for-pak-46.asp |url=http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Feb/1/musharraf-claims-kargil-was-a-big-success-militarily-for-pak-46.asp |archive-date=29 May 2013 |date=1 February 2013 |title=Musharraf claims Kargil was a big success militarily for Pak |work=Greater Kashmir |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031003114303/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/08/17/stories/2003081702900800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2003 |location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Over 4,000 soldiers killed in Kargil: Sharif |date=17 August 2003}}</ref> |
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* 1,000–1,500 – [[Cabinda conflict]] (1994–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://igcsforum.org/showthread.php?t=1729|title=Angola-Cabinda (1994 – first combat deaths) Update: January 2007 – The Institute For Global Church Studies (IGCS) Forum|access-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302005251/http://igcsforum.org/showthread.php?t=1729|archive-date=2 March 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
* 1,000–1,500 – [[Cabinda conflict]] (1994–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://igcsforum.org/showthread.php?t=1729|title=Angola-Cabinda (1994 – first combat deaths) Update: January 2007 – The Institute For Global Church Studies (IGCS) Forum|access-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302005251/http://igcsforum.org/showthread.php?t=1729|archive-date=2 March 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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* 1,000+ – [[Djiboutian Civil War]] (1991–1994) |
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* 1,000+ – [[1991–92 South Ossetia War]] (1991–1992)<ref>{{cite report |url=http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UNTC/UNPAN019224.pdf |title=Georgia: Avoiding war in South Ossetia |date=26 November 2004 |publisher=International Crisis Group |access-date=29 April 2013 |archive-date=30 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630224302/http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UNTC/UNPAN019224.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* 1,000+ – [[Xinjiang conflict]] (1960–present) |
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* 1,000+ – [[Chincha Islands War]] (1864–1866)<ref name="Nash" /> |
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* 1,000+ – [[Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict]] (2015–present) – Part of the [[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)]] |
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* 1,000 – [[Second Mafia War]] (1980-1983) |
* 1,000 – [[Second Mafia War]] (1980-1983) |
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* 907 – [[Falklands War]] (1982)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34252025|title=Argentine Falklands War troops 'tortured by their own side'|work=BBC News|date=14 September 2015}}</ref> |
* 907 – [[Falklands War]] (1982)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34252025|title=Argentine Falklands War troops 'tortured by their own side'|work=BBC News|date=14 September 2015}}</ref> |
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* 700–800 – [[Anglo-Aro War]] (1901–1902) |
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* 670+ – [[Infighting in the Gulf Cartel]] (2010–present) |
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* 659–2,496 – [[Russia–Georgia war]] (2008) |
* 659–2,496 – [[Russia–Georgia war]] (2008) |
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* 650+ – [[Infighting in Los Zetas]] (2010–present) |
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* 643–1,500 – [[Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile]] (2011–present)<ref name="DailyTimes – Your Right To Know" /><ref name="auto" /> |
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* 621 – [[Second 'Ndrangheta war]] (1985-1991) |
* 621 – [[Second 'Ndrangheta war]] (1985-1991) |
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* 316 – [[Chiapas conflict]] (1994–present) |
* 316 – [[Chiapas conflict]] (1994–present) |
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* 300+ – [[Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict]] (2006-2007) |
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* 547 – [[Cyprus Emergency]] (1955–1959) |
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* 542 – [[East Prigorodny Conflict]] (1992) |
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* 233 – [[Anglophone Crisis]] (2017–present){{efn|See<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-s-civil-war-intensifies-casualties-mount/4406204.html|title=Cameroon's Civil War Intensifies, Casualties Mount |website=Voice of America News|date=23 May 2018|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/dozens-of-cameroon-youth-killed-in-south/4411815.html|title=Dozens of Cameroon Youth Killed in South|publisher=Voice of America News|date=27 May 2018|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://todaynewsafrica.com/video-cameroons-anglophone-secessionists-try-abducted-cop-send-him-to-their-ambazonia-prison/latest/|title=Video: Cameroon's Anglophone secessionists try abducted cop, send him to their Ambazonia prison|website=Today's News Africa|date=7 June 2018|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143409/https://todaynewsafrica.com/video-cameroons-anglophone-secessionists-try-abducted-cop-send-him-to-their-ambazonia-prison/latest/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/cameroon-soldier-killed-in-restive-english-speaking-region-20180610|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612104557/https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/cameroon-soldier-killed-in-restive-english-speaking-region-20180610|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2018|title=Cameroon soldier killed in restive English-speaking region|website=News24|date=11 June 2018|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/police-officer-killed-fundong/|title=Police Officer killed in Fundong|website=Journal du Cameroun|date=18 June 2018|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>}} |
* 233 – [[Anglophone Crisis]] (2017–present){{efn|See<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-s-civil-war-intensifies-casualties-mount/4406204.html|title=Cameroon's Civil War Intensifies, Casualties Mount |website=Voice of America News|date=23 May 2018|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/dozens-of-cameroon-youth-killed-in-south/4411815.html|title=Dozens of Cameroon Youth Killed in South|publisher=Voice of America News|date=27 May 2018|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://todaynewsafrica.com/video-cameroons-anglophone-secessionists-try-abducted-cop-send-him-to-their-ambazonia-prison/latest/|title=Video: Cameroon's Anglophone secessionists try abducted cop, send him to their Ambazonia prison|website=Today's News Africa|date=7 June 2018|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143409/https://todaynewsafrica.com/video-cameroons-anglophone-secessionists-try-abducted-cop-send-him-to-their-ambazonia-prison/latest/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/cameroon-soldier-killed-in-restive-english-speaking-region-20180610|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612104557/https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/cameroon-soldier-killed-in-restive-english-speaking-region-20180610|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 12, 2018|title=Cameroon soldier killed in restive English-speaking region|website=News24|date=11 June 2018|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/police-officer-killed-fundong/|title=Police Officer killed in Fundong|website=Journal du Cameroun|date=18 June 2018|access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref>}} |
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* 213–523 [[Jebel Akhdar War]] (1954–1959)<ref name="RAF">Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye. [http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/264F0167_1143_EC82_2EEBE1A318851BCA.pdf The Jebel Akhdar War: The Royal Air Force in Oman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173749/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/264F0167_1143_EC82_2EEBE1A318851BCA.pdf |date=3 March 2016}}. (PDF). Air Power Review. Centre for Air Power Studies. {{ISSN|1463-6298}} Volume 11, Number 3, Winter 2008</ref> |
* 213–523+ [[Jebel Akhdar War]] (1954–1959)<ref name="RAF">Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye. [http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/264F0167_1143_EC82_2EEBE1A318851BCA.pdf The Jebel Akhdar War: The Royal Air Force in Oman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173749/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/264F0167_1143_EC82_2EEBE1A318851BCA.pdf |date=3 March 2016}}. (PDF). Air Power Review. Centre for Air Power Studies. {{ISSN|1463-6298}} Volume 11, Number 3, Winter 2008</ref> |
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* 206–345 – [[Arab separatism in Khuzestan]] (1922–2022) |
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* 200 – [[Miami drug war]] (1970s-1980s) |
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* 200 – [[1935 Yazidi revolt]] (1935){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
* 200 – [[1935 Yazidi revolt]] (1935){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
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* 174–194 – [[United States occupation of Veracruz]] (1914)<ref>{{cite book|author=Cantu, Gaston Garcia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBd2AAAAMAAJ|title=The U.S. invasions in Mexico|work=Fondo de Cultura Economica|year=1996|access-date=1 July 2013|isbn = 9789681650834}}</ref> |
* 174–194 – [[United States occupation of Veracruz]] (1914)<ref>{{cite book|author=Cantu, Gaston Garcia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBd2AAAAMAAJ|title=The U.S. invasions in Mexico|work=Fondo de Cultura Economica|year=1996|access-date=1 July 2013|isbn = 9789681650834}}</ref> |
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* 159 – [[ISIL insurgency in Tunisia]] (2015–present){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
* 159 – [[ISIL insurgency in Tunisia]] (2015–present){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
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* 141 – [[2006 São Paulo violence outbreak]] (2006) |
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* 82 – [[North-West Rebellion]] (1885)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/north-west-rebellion/|title=North-West Rebellion|last=Beal|first=Bob|newspaper=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2017-02-05|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 71 – [[Paraguayan People's Army insurgency]] (2005–present){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
* 71 – [[Paraguayan People's Army insurgency]] (2005–present){{citation needed|date=December 2016}} |
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* 70+ – [[DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey]] (1990–present) |
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* 63 – [[Ten-Day War]] (1991) |
* 63 – [[Ten-Day War]] (1991) |
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* 62–72 – [[First Biker War]] (1977–1984) |
* 62–72 – [[First Biker War]] (1977–1984) |
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* 50+ – [[Castellammarese War]] (1930–1931) |
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* 46 – [[Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] (1954) |
* 46 – [[Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] (1954) |
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* 45+ – [[2020 China–India skirmishes]] (2020–present) |
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* 41 – [[2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis]] (2010) |
* 41 – [[2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis]] (2010) |
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* 36 – [[2016 Niger Delta conflict]] (2016–Present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.ng/news/national/129658/nigeria-soldiers-kill-15-niger-delta-militants|publisher=TODAY.ng|access-date=30 May 2016|title=Nigeria soldiers kill 15 Niger Delta militants|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530125633/https://www.today.ng/news/national/129658/nigeria-soldiers-kill-15-niger-delta-militants|archive-date=2016-05-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> – Part of the [[Conflict in the Niger Delta]] |
* 36 – [[2016 Niger Delta conflict]] (2016–Present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.ng/news/national/129658/nigeria-soldiers-kill-15-niger-delta-militants|publisher=TODAY.ng|access-date=30 May 2016|title=Nigeria soldiers kill 15 Niger Delta militants|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530125633/https://www.today.ng/news/national/129658/nigeria-soldiers-kill-15-niger-delta-militants|archive-date=2016-05-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> – Part of the [[Conflict in the Niger Delta]] |
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* 23 – [[Mafia-Camorra War]] (1915–1917) |
* 23 – [[Mafia-Camorra War]] (1915–1917) |
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* 8 – [[2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish]] (2011) |
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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.
Pre-Modern
Ancient wars (before 500 AD)
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War | Death range |
Date | Combatants | Location | Notes |
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Conquests of Cyrus the Great | 100,000+ | 549 BC–530 BC | Persian Empire vs. various states | Middle East | Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater. |
Greco–Persian Wars | 300,000+ | 499 BC–449 BC | Greek City-States vs. Persian Empire | Greece | |
Samnite Wars | 33,500+ | 343 BC–290 BC | Roman Republic vs. Samnites | Italy | Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by Roman writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater. |
Wars of Alexander the Great | 142,000+ | 336 BC–323 BC | Macedonian Empire and other Greek City-States vs. various states | Middle East / North Africa / Central Asia / India | Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle during these wars recorded by Greek writers, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater. |
Punic Wars | 1,250,000–1,850,000 | 264 BC–146 BC | Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire | Western Europe / North Africa | |
First Punic War | 400,000+ | 264 BC–241 BC | Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire | Southern Europe / North Africa | – Part of the Punic Wars |
Second Punic War | 770,000+ | 218 BC–201 BC | Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire | Western Europe / North Africa | [1] – Part of the Punic Wars |
Third Punic War | 150,000–250,000 | 149 BC–146 BC | Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire | Tunisia | – Part of the Punic Wars |
Kalinga War | 150,000–200,000 | 262 BC–261 BC | Maurya Empire vs. State of Kalinga | India | |
Qin's Wars of Unification | 700,000+[citation needed] | 230 BC–221 BC | Qin state vs. Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu, Qi States | China | – Part of Warring States Period |
Cimbrian War | 410,000–650,000 | 113 BC–101 BC | Roman Republic vs. Cimbri and Teutones | Western Europe | – Part of the Germanic Wars |
Gallic Wars | 1,000,000+ | 58 BC–50 BC | Roman Republic vs. Gallic tribes | France | |
Iceni Revolt | 150,000+[2] | 60–61 | Roman Empire vs. Celtic tribes | England | Year is uncertain – Part of the Roman Conquest of Britain |
Jewish–Roman Wars | 1,270,000–2,000,000[3] | 66–136 | Roman Empire vs. Jews | Middle East/North Africa | Deaths caused by Roman attempt to permanently root out Judaism included. |
First Jewish–Roman War | 250,000–1,100,000[3] | 66–73 | Roman Empire vs. Jews | Middle East | – Part of Jewish–Roman Wars |
Kitos War | 440,000+ | 115–117 | Roman Empire vs. Jews | Southern Europe / North Africa | – Also known as the Second Jewish–Roman War – Part of Jewish–Roman Wars |
Bar Kokhba Revolt | 580,000 | 132–136 | Roman Empire vs. Jews | Middle East | – Also known as the Third Jewish–Roman War – Part of Jewish–Roman Wars |
Gothic War (269) | 320,000+ | 269 | Roman Empire vs. Goths | Europe | Claudius II defeated the Goths, of whom 320,000 were slain. This number is from the Historia Augusta. – Part of the Germanic Wars |
Probus's German War | 400,000+ | 277 | Roman Empire vs. Germans | Europe | Emperor Probus informed the Senate that he had killed 400,000 Germans. From the Historia Augusta. – Part of the Germanic Wars |
Gothic War (376–382) | 40,000+ | 376–382 | Roman Empire vs. Goths | Eastern Europe | – Part of the Germanic Wars |
Three Kingdoms War | 36,000,000–40,000,000 | 184–280 | Wei vs. Shu vs. Wu | China | [4][5] – Academically, the period of the Three Kingdoms refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 and the conquest of the state of Wu by the Jin dynasty in 280. The earlier, "unofficial" part of the period, from 184 to 220, was marked by chaotic infighting between warlords in various parts of China.
See: End of the Han Dynasty - Also, note that the death range provided is actually the amount the population declined according to the census data and is likely an overestimation of actual combat fatalities. |
Yellow Turban Rebellion | 3,000,000–7,000,000 | 184–205 | Peasants vs. Eastern Han China | China | – Part of Three Kingdoms War |
Wars of the Sixteen Kingdoms | 150,000+ [citation needed] |
304–439 | Northern Chinese States | Northern China | Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded in this time period in battles between armies of the Sixteen Kingdoms, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater. |
Hunnic Reclaims | 165,000+ [citation needed] |
395–453 | Roman Empire vs. Hunnic Empire | Europe | Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by Roman writers during this time period; does not take into account civilian deaths; the actual number may be much greater. |
Note 1: The geometric mean is the middle of the quoted range, taken by multiplying together the endpoints and then taking the square root.
Medieval wars (500–1500 AD)
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Note: the identity of a single "war" cannot be reliably given in some cases, and some "wars" can be taken to last over more than a human lifetime, e.g. "Reconquista" (711–1492, 781 years) "Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent" (12th to 16th c., 500 years) "Crusades" (ten or more campaigns during the period 1095–1291, 196 years), "Mongol invasions and conquests" (1206–1368, 162 years), "early Muslim conquests" (622–750, 128 years), "Hundred Years' War" (1337–1453, 115 years).
War | Death range |
Date | Combatants | Location | Notes |
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Arab–Byzantine Wars | 130,000+ | 629–1050 | Byzantine Empire and allies vs. Islamic Empire and Allies | Middle East / North Africa / Southern Europe | Number given is the sum of all deaths in battle recorded by writers during this time period, does not take into account civilian deaths, the actual number may be much greater. |
Reconquista | 7,000,000-10,000,000 | 711–1492 | Spanish and Portuguese states vs. Muslim states | Iberian Peninsula | [6] |
Goguryeo–Sui War | 300,000+ | 598–614 | Sui Dynasty China and Goguryeo Kingdom | China, Korea | [7] |
An Lushan Rebellion | 13,000,000–36,000,000 | 755–763 | Tang Dynasty China and Islamic Empire vs. Yan state | China | [8] – Also known as the An–Shi Rebellion |
Goryeo–Khitan Wars | 90,000+ | 993–1019 | Liao Empire vs. Goryeo Kingdom | Korea | [9] |
Song–Đại Việt war | 600,000+ | 1075–1077 | Song Empire vs. Dai Viet Kingdom under Lý dynasty | China, Vietnam | [10][11] |
Crusades | 1,000,000–3,000,000 | 1095–1291 | Originally Byzantine Empire vs. Seljuq Empire, but evolved into Christians vs. Muslims. | Europe / Middle East ("Holy Land") | [12] |
Albigensian Crusade | 200,000–1,000,000 | 1208–1229 | Papal States and France vs. Cathartic States | France | [13][14] – Also known as the Cathar Crusade
– Part of the Crusades |
Mongol invasions and conquests | 30,000,000–40,000,000 | 1206–1368 | Mongol Empire vs. Several Eurasian states | Eurasia | [15][16][17] – Excludes the (up to) 200,000,000 deaths from the Black Death migration that may have been associated with the Mongol expansion |
Wars of Scottish Independence | 60,000–150,000 | 1296–1357 | Scotland vs. England | Scotland / England | |
Hundred Years' War | 2,300,000–3,300,000 | 1337–1453 | House of Valois vs. House of Plantagenet | Western Europe | [18] |
Conquests of Timur | 8,000,000–20,000,000 | 1370–1405 | Timurid Empire vs. several middle eastern states | Eurasia | [19][20] |
Wars of the Roses | 35,000–105,000 | 1455–1487 | House of Lancaster, House of Tudor, and allies vs. House of York and allies | England / Wales | [21][better source needed] |
Modern
Modern (1500 AD–present) wars with greater than 25,000 deaths
War | Death range |
Date | Combatants | Location | Notes |
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Italian Wars | 300,000–400,000 | 1494–1559 | Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and some Italian States vs. France, Ottoman Empire, and some Italian states | Southern Europe | [22] – Also known as the Great Wars of Italy |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire | 2,300,000+ | 1519–1632 | Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Aztec Empire | Mexico | [22] – Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes the cocoliztli plagues |
Spanish conquest of Yucatán | 1,460,000+ | 1519–1595 | Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Mayan States | North America | [22] – Part of the European colonisation of the Americas, includes deaths due to European disease |
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire | 8,400,000+ | 1533–1572 | Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Inca Empire | Peru | [22] – Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes deaths due to European diseases |
Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent | 200,000+ | 1521–1566 | Ottoman Empire vs. several Balkan, African, and Arabian States | Eastern Europe / Middle East / North Africa | [23] |
German Peasants' War | 100,000+ | 1524–1525 | German Peasants vs. Swabian League | Germany | [24] – Also known as the Great Peasants War |
French Wars of Religion | 2,000,000–4,000,000 | 1562–1598 | Protestants vs. France vs. Catholics | France | [25] – Also known as the Huguenot Wars |
Eighty Years' War | 600,000–700,000 | 1568–1648 | Dutch Republic, England, Scotland, and France vs. Spanish Empire | Worldwide | [22] – Also known as the Dutch War of Independence |
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | 138,285+ | 1585–1604 | Spanish Empire and allies vs. Kingdom of England and allies | Europe / Americas | English 88,285[26] Scots/Irish 50,000 |
Japanese invasions of Korea | 1,000,000+ | 1592–1598 | Kingdom of Great Joseon and Ming China vs. Japan | Korea | [27][22] |
Nine Years' War (Ireland) | 130,000+ | 1593–1603 | Irish rebels vs Kingdom of England | Ireland | [22] |
Transition from Ming to Qing | 25,000,000+ | 1616–1683 | Qing China vs. Ming China vs. Shun dynasty China (Li Zicheng) vs. Xi dynasty China (Zhang Xianzhong vs. Kingdom of Shu (She-An Rebellion) vs. Evenk-Daur federation (Bombogor) | China | [28] – Also known as the Ming–Qing transition |
Thirty Years' War | 4,000,000–12,000,000 | 1618–1648 | Pro-Habsburg states vs. Anti-Habsburg states | Europe | [29] |
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) | 200,000+ | 1635–1659 | France and Allies vs. Spain and Allies | Western Europe | [23][30] |
Wars of the Three Kingdoms | 876,000+ | 1639–1651 | Royalists vs. Covenanters vs.Union of the Irish vs. Scottish Protestants vs. Parliamentarians | British Isles | [31][32][33] – Also known as the British Civil Wars |
English Civil War | 211,830+ | 1642–1651 | Royalists vs. Parliamentarians | England, Scotland, and Ireland | Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms |
Deluge | 3,000,000 | 1655–1660 or 1648-1667 | Primarily Poland vs. Sweden and Russia | Poland | [34] |
Mughal–Maratha Wars | 5,000,000+ | 1658–1707 | Maratha empire vs. Mughal Empire | India-Bangladesh | [35][36] |
Franco-Dutch War | 342,000 | 1672–1678 | France and allies vs. Dutch Republic and allies | Western Europe | Also known as the Dutch War |
Great Turkish War | 380,000+ | 1683–1699 | Ottoman Empire vs. European Holy League | Eastern Europe | [23] – Also known as the War of the Holy League |
Nine Years' War | 680,000+ | 1688–1697 | France vs. League of Augsburg (Dutch, Habsburgs, England, Scotland, Spain and others) | Global (mainly Europe) | [37] |
Great Northern War | 350,000+ | 1700–1721 | Russia and allies vs. Swedish Empire | Eastern Europe | Sweden, the Swedish Baltic provinces, and Finland, together, with a population of only 2.5 million, lost some 350,000 dead during the war from all causes.[38] |
War of the Spanish Succession | 400,000–1,250,000 | 1701–1714 | Grand Alliance vs. Bourbon Alliance | Europe / Americas | [23] |
Maratha expeditions in Bengal | 400,000+ | 1741–1751 | Maratha Empire vs. Nawab of Bengal | India, Bangladesh | [39][40] |
Seven Years' War | 868,000–1,400,000 | 1756–1763 | Great Britain and allies vs. France and Allies | Worldwide | due to a dispute over territories in the Americas |
Sino-Burmese War | 70,000+ | 1765–1769 | Burma vs. Qing China | Southeast Asia | – Also known as the Qing invasions of Burma |
Tây Sơn rebellion | 1,200,000–2,000,000+ | 1771–1802 | Tây Sơn rebels then dynasty (British supports) and Chinese pirates vs Nguyễn lords, Trịnh lords, Lê dynasty of Vietnam; Siam; Qing dynasty of China; Kingdom of Vientiane; French army. | Southeast Asia | |
American Revolutionary War | 37,324+ | 1775–1783 | United States and allies vs. British Empire and German Mercenaries | Worldwide | 37,324 battle dead, all sides, all theaters.[23][41][42][43][44] – Also known as the American War of Independence |
White Lotus Rebellion | 100,000+ | 1794–1804 | Qing China vs. White Lotus rebels | China | |
French campaign in Egypt and Syria | 65,000+ | 1798–1801 | France vs. Ottoman Empire and Great Britain | Middle East / North Africa | [23] |
Saint-Domingue expedition | 135,000+ | 1802–1803 | France vs. Haiti and UK | Haiti | [30] |
Napoleonic Wars | 3,500,000–7,000,000 | 1803–1815 | Coalition powers vs. French empire and allies | Worldwide | See: Napoleonic Wars casualties |
French invasion of Russia | 540,000+ | 1812 | French Empire vs. Russia | Russia | [23] – Part of the Napoleonic Wars |
Spanish American wars of independence | 600,000+ | 1808–1833 | Spain and Portugal vs. American Independentists | Americas | [45] |
Venezuelan War of Independence | 228,000+ | 1810–1823 | Spain vs. Venezuelan states | Venezuela | – Part of Spanish American Wars of Independence |
Mfecane | 1,000,000–2,000,000 | 1810s–1840s | Ethnic communities in southern Africa | Modern day South Africa | [46][47][48][49] |
Carlist Wars | 200,000+ | 1820–1876 | Carlist Insurgents vs. Spain | Spain | [45] |
Greek War of Independence | 170,000+ | 1821–1831 | Greek Revolutionaries vs. Ottoman Empire | Greece | The war started between Greek Revolutionaries and the Ottoman Empire. The Greeks were later assisted by Russia, Great Britain, and France. The war led to the formation of modern Greece. |
French conquest of Algeria | 480,000–1,000,000 | 1830–1903 | France vs. Algerian resistance | Algeria | The war started between France and the Deylik of Algiers, which was an Ottoman vassal, but after the early capitulation of the Deylik, resistance was led by different groups. |
Taiping Rebellion | 20,000,000–70,000,000 | 1850–1864 | Qing China vs. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | China | [50][51][52] – Also known as the Taiping Civil War |
Crimean War | 356,000–615,000 | 1853–1856 | Ottoman Empire and allies vs. Russia | Crimean Peninsula | One of the first wider uses of rifles |
Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856) | 1,000,000+ | 1854–1856 | Qing China vs. Red Turban rebels | China | Not to be confused with the Red Turban Rebellions |
Miao Rebellion | 4,900,000 [unreliable source?] | 1854–1873 | Qing China vs. Miao | China | Also known as the Qian rebellion |
Punti–Hakka Clan Wars | 500,000–1,000,000+ | 1855-1868 | Hakka vs. Punti | China | |
Panthay Rebellion | 890,000–1,000,000 | 1856–1873 | Qing China vs. Hui | China | – Also known as the Du Wenxiu Rebellion |
Indian Rebellion of 1857 | 800,000–1,000,000 | 1857–1858 | Sepoy Mutineers vs. British East India Company | India | [53] – Also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Indian First War of Independence |
American Civil War | 650,000–1,000,000 | 1861–1865 | Union States vs. Confederate States | USA | [54][55][56] |
Dungan Revolt | 8,000,000–20,000,000 | 1862–1877 | Qing China vs. Hui vs. Kashgaria | China | – Also known as the Tongzhi Hui Revolt |
French intervention in Mexico | 49,287+ | 1862–1867 | Mexican Republicans vs. France and Mexican Empire | Mexico | [30] |
Paraguayan War | 300,000–1,200,000 | 1864–1870 | Triple alliance vs. Paraguay | South America | [57] – Also known as the War of the Triple Alliance |
Austro-Prussian War | 40,000+ | 1866 | Austrian states vs. German states | Central Europe | |
Ten Years' War | 241,000+ | 1868–1878 | Spain vs. Cuba | Cuba | [30] – Also known as the Great War |
Franco-Prussian War | 433,571+ | 1870–1871 | France vs. German states | France and Prussia | |
Conquest of the Desert | 30,000–35,000 | 1870s–1884 | Argentina vs. Mapuche people | Patagonia | |
Aceh War | 97,000–107,000 | 1873–1914 | Kingdom of the Netherlands vs. Aceh Sultanate | Indonesia | [58] – Also known as the Infidel War |
First Sino–Japanese War | 48,311+ | 1894–1895 | Qing China vs. Japan | East Asia | A large factor in the weakening of Qing China. |
Cuban War of Independence | 362,000+ | 1895–1898 | USA and Cuba vs. Spain | Cuba | [30] |
War of Canudos | 30,000+ | 1896-1897 | First Brazilian Republic vs. Canudos inhabitants | Brazil | |
Thousand Days' War | 120,000+ | 1899–1902 | Colombian Conservatives vs. Colombian Liberals | Colombia | [59] |
Boxer Rebellion | 100,000 | 1899–1901 | Boxers vs. Foreign powers | China | |
South African War (Second Boer War) | 73,000–90,000 | 1899-1902 | United Kingdom and allies vs. South African Republic and Orange Free State | South Africa | [60] |
Philippine–American War | 234,000+ | 1899–1912 | Philippines vs. USA | Philippines | [61] – Also known as the Philippine War |
Russo-Japanese War | 101,300–206,100 | 1904–1905 | Russia vs. Japan | Northeast Asia | |
Mexican Revolution | 500,000–2,000,000 | 1910–1920 | In reality, a full blown Civil War with multiple sides | Mexico | [62] |
1911 Revolution | 220,000 | 1911 | Qing China vs. Revolutionaries | China | Ended over 2,000 years of Chinese imperial rule |
Balkan Wars | 140,000+ | 1912–1913 | See Balkan wars | Balkan Peninsula | The First Balkan War war restricted Ottoman control in Europe to territories around Istanbul. Disputes among the Balkan League lead to the Second Balkan War and the Ottomans managed reclaim some of the territories from Bulgaria, which was also forced to cede some gains made in the First War. |
World War I | 16,000,000–40,000,000+ (the higher estimate also includes the first victims of the related Spanish flu epidemic who died by the end of 1918. Neither includes the subsequent Russian Civil War) | 1914–1918 | Allied Powers vs. Central Powers | Worldwide | [23] – Also known as the Great War |
Russian Civil War | 5,000,000–9,000,000 | 1917–1922 | Red army and allies vs. White army and allies | Russia | [63] |
Kurdish separatism in Iran | 15,000–58,000 | 1918–present | Qajar dynasty vs. Shekak (tribe) | Iran | [64] |
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict | 138,800–320,100 | 1918–2003 | Kurdistan/Iraqi Kurdistan and allies vs. Iraq and allies | Iraq | [65][66] |
Rif War | 30,500+ | 1921–1926 | Spain vs. Republic of the Rif | Morocco | |
Kurdish–Turkish conflict | 100,000+ | 1921–present | Turkey vs. Kurdish people | Middle East | |
Second Italo-Senussi War | 40,000+ | 1923–1932 | Italy vs. Senussi Order | Libya | |
Chinese Civil War | 8,000,000–11,692,000 | 1927–1949 | ROC vs. PRC | China | [67] |
Chaco War | 85,000–130,000 | 1932–1935 | Bolivia vs. Paraguay | Gran Chaco | |
Second Italo–Ethiopian War | 278,000+ | 1935–1936 | Ethiopian Empire vs. Italy | Ethiopia | According to Italian government statistics, the Italians suffered 1,148 KIA, 125 DOW, and 31 MIA.[68] According to the Ethiopian government, at least 275,000 Ethiopians died in the brief war.[68][69] – Also known as the Second Italo–Abyssinian War |
Spanish Civil War | 500,000–1,000,000 | 1936–1939 | Nationalists vs. Republicans | Spain | [30] |
Second Sino-Japanese War | 20,000,000–25,000,000 | 1937–1945 | Republic of China and allies vs. Japan | China | [70] – Part of World War II |
World War II | 85,000,000 | 1939–1945 | Allied powers vs. Axis Powers | Worldwide | [23] – Largest and deadliest war in history |
Winter War | 153,736–194,837 | 1939–1940 | Finland vs. Soviet Union | Finland | – Part of World War II |
Greco-Italian War | 27,000+ | 1940–1941 | Greece vs. Italy | Southeast Europe | – Part of World War II |
Continuation War | 387,300+ | 1941–1944 | Finland and Germany vs. Soviet Union | Northern Europe | – Part of World War II |
Soviet–Japanese War | 33,420–95,768 | 1945 | Soviet Union and Mongolia vs. Japan | Manchuria | – Part of World War II |
First Indochina War | 400,000+ | 1946–1954 | France vs. Việt Minh, Lao Assara, and Khmer Issarak | Southeast Asia | – Also known as the Indochina War |
Partition of India | 200,000–2,000,000 | 1946–1948 | India and Pakistan | South Asia | Partition of India |
Greek Civil War | 158,000+ | 1946–1949 | Greek Government army vs. DSE | Greece | [71][72][73][74] |
Malagasy Uprising | 11,342–89,000 | 1947–1948 | France vs. Malagasy Insurgents | Madagascar | [75][76] |
Kashmir conflict | 80,000–110,000 | 1947–present | India vs. Pakistan | North India / Pakistan | |
La Violencia | 192,700–194,700 | 1948–1958 | Colombian Conservative Party vs. Colombian Liberal Party | Colombia | |
Internal conflict in Myanmar | 130,000–250,000 | 1948–present | Myanmar vs. Burmese Insurgent Groups | Myanmar | [77] |
Arab–Israeli conflict | 116,074+ | 1948–present | Arab Countries vs. Israel | Middle East | [78] |
Annexation of Hyderabad | 29,000–242,000 | 1948 | Dominion of India vs. Hyderabad | India | – Also known as Operation Polo |
Korean War | 1,500,000–4,500,000 | 1950–1953 | South Korea and allies vs. North Korea and allies | Korea | [79] |
Algerian War | 400,000–1,500,000 | 1954–1962 | Algeria vs. France | Algeria | [80] – Also known as the Algerian War of Independence |
Ethnic conflict in Nagaland | 34,000+ | 1954–present | India and Myanmar vs. Naga People | Northeast India | [81] |
Vietnam War | 1,300,000–4,300,000 | 1955–1975 | South Vietnam and allies vs. North Vietnam and allies | Vietnam | [82][83][84] – Also known as the Second Indochina War - Includes deaths in Cambodia and Laos |
First Sudanese Civil War | 500,000+ | 1955–1972 | Sudan vs. South Sudanese Rebels | Sudan | |
Congo Crisis | 100,000+ | 1960–1965 | DRC, USA, and Belgium vs. Simba and Kwilu Rebels | Congo | [85] |
Angolan War of Independence | 83,000–103,000 | 1961–1974 | Angola vs. Portugal and South Africa | Angola | |
North Yemen Civil War | 100,000–200,000 | 1962–1970 | Kingdom of Yemen and Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen Arab Republic and United Arab Republic | Yemen | [86] |
Mozambican War of Independence | 63,500–88,500 | 1964–1974 | FRELIMO vs. Portugal | Mozambique | [87] |
Insurgency in Northeast India | 25,000+ | 1964–present | India and allies vs. Insurgent Groups | Northeast India | [77] |
Colombian conflict | 220,000+ | 1964–present | Colombia and allies vs. Far Left guerillas and Far Right paramilitares | Colombia | [88] |
Nigerian Civil War | 1,000,000–3,000,000 | 1967–1970 | Nigeria vs. Biafra | Nigeria | – Also known as the Biafran War |
Moro conflict | 120,000+ | 1969–2019 | Philippines vs. Jihadist Groups vs. Bangsamoro | Philippines | [89] |
Communist rebellion in the Philippines | 30,000–43,000 | 1969–present | Philippines vs. Communist Party of the Philippines | Philippines | [90] |
Bangladesh Liberation War | 300,000–3,000,000+ | 1971 | India and Bangladesh vs. Pakistan | Bangladesh | [91] – Also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence |
Ethiopian Civil War | 500,000–1,500,000 | 1974–1991 | Derg, PEDR, and Cuba vs. Anti-Communist rebel groups | Ethiopia | |
Angolan Civil War | 504,158+ | 1975–2002 | MPLA vs. UNITA | Angola | |
Lebanese Civil War | 120,000–150,000 | 1975–1990 | Various groups | Lebanon | |
Insurgency in Laos | 100,000+ | 1975–2007 | Laos and Vietnam vs. "Secret army" and Hmong people | Laos | [92] |
Afghanistan conflict | 1,400,000–2,000,000 | 1978–present | see Afghanistan conflict | Afghanistan | [93] |
Kurdish–Turkish conflict | 45,000+ | 1978–present | Turkey vs. KCK | Middle East | [94] – Part of the Kurdish rebellions in Turkey |
Soviet–Afghan War | 600,000–2,000,000 | 1979–1989 | Soviet Union and Afghanistan vs. Insurgent groups | Afghanistan | [95][96][97] – Part of War in Afghanistan |
Salvadoran Civil War | 70,000–80,000 | 1979–1992 | El Salvador vs. FMLN | El Salvador | [98][99] |
Iran–Iraq War | 500,000 | 1980–1988 | Iran and allies vs. Iraq and allies | Middle East | [100] |
Internal conflict in Peru | 70,000+ | 1980–present | Peru vs. PCP-SL and MRTA | Peru | [101] |
Ugandan Bush War | 100,000–500,000 | 1981–1986 | ULNF and Tanzania vs. National Resistance Army | Uganda | [102][103] – Also known as the Luwero War |
Second Sudanese Civil War | 1,000,000–2,000,000 | 1983–2005 | Sudan vs. South Sudanese rebels | Sudan | |
Sri Lankan Civil War | 80,000–100,000 | 1983–2009 | Sri Lanka vs. Tamil Tigers | Sri Lanka | [104] |
Somali Civil War | 300,000–500,000 | 1986–present | Varying Somali governments vs. insurgent groups | Somalia | [105][106] |
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency | 100,000–500,000 | 1987–present | Lord's Resistance Army vs. Central African states | Central Africa | [107] |
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | 38,000+ | 1988–present | Artsakh and Armenia vs. Azerbaijan and allies | Caucasus region | – Also known as the Artsakh Liberation War |
Gulf War | 25,500–40,500 | 1990–1991 | Iraq vs. Coalition Forces | Iraq | – Also known as the First Iraq War |
Algerian Civil War | 44,000–200,000 | 1991–2002 | Algeria vs. FIS loyalists vs. GIA | Algeria | [108] |
Bosnian War | 97,000–105,000 | 1991–1995 | Bosnia and Herzegovinian governments and allies vs. Republika Srpska and allies | Bosnia | |
1991 Iraqi uprisings | 85,000–235,000 | 1991 | Iraq vs various rebels | Iraq | [109][110][111] – Also known as the Sha'aban Intifada |
Sierra Leone Civil War | 50,000–300,000 | 1991–2002 | see Sierra Leone Civil War | Sierra Leone | |
Burundian Civil War | 300,000+ | 1993–2005 | Burundi vs. Hutu rebels vs. Tutsi rebels | Burundi | [112] |
Rwandan genocide | 800,000 | April–July 1994 | Hutu people vs. Tutsi Rebels | Rwanda | [113] |
First Congo War | 250,000–800,000 | 1996–1997 | Zaire and allies vs. AFDL and allies | Congo | |
Second Congo War | 2,500,000–5,400,000 | 1998–2003 | See Second Congo War | Central Africa | [114][115][116][117] – Also known as the Great War of Africa |
Ituri conflict | 60,000+ | 1999–2003 | Lendu Tribe vs. Hemu Tribe and allies | Congo | [118] – Part of the Second Congo War |
War on terror | 272,000–1,260,000 | 2001–present | Anti-Terrorist Forces vs. Terrorist groups | Worldwide | [119][120][121][122] – Also known as the Global War on Terrorism |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | 212,191+ | 2001–2021 | See War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | Afghanistan | [120] – Part of the War on Terror and Afghanistan conflict |
Iraq War | 405,000–654,965 | 2003–2011 | See Iraq War | Iraq | [121][122][120] – Also known as the Second Gulf War
– Part of the War on Terror See: Casualties of the Iraq War |
War in Darfur | 300,000+ | 2003–present | SRF and allies vs. Sudan and allies vs. UNAMID | Sudan | [123] |
Kivu Conflict | 100,000+ | 2004–present | see Kivu Conflict | Congo | – Part of the Second Congo War |
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 45,900–79,000 | 2004–2017 | Pakistan, USA, and UK vs. Terrorist groups | Pakistan | [120] – Also known as the War in Waziristan
– Part of the War on Terror and War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
Mexican drug war | 150,000–250,000 | 2006–present | Mexico vs. Drug cartels | Mexico | [124][125] – Also known as the Mexican War on Drugs |
Boko Haram insurgency | 350,000+ | 2009–present | Multinational Joint Task Force vs. Boko Haram | Nigeria | 2,400,000 internally displaced |
Syrian civil war | 499,000–610,000+ | 2011–present | Syrian Arab Republic vs. Republic of Syria vs. ISIL vs. Syrian Democratic Forces | Syria | See: Casualties of the Syrian civil war |
Rojava–Islamist conflict | 50,000+ | 2013–present | Syrian Democratic Forces vs. Islamic States of Iraq and Levant vs. al-Nusra Front | Syria | 100,000[126] Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey |
War in Iraq (2013–2017) | 195,000–200,000+ | 2013–2017 | Iraq and allies vs. ISIL | Iraq | |
Yemeni Civil War | 377,000+ | 2014–present | Yemen's Supreme Political Council vs. Hadi Government, Saudi-led Coalition and the UAE-backed Southern Movement vs Al-Qaeda | Yemen | UNDP estimate for the end of 2021. 60% attributable to hunger and disease. Also part of the Arab Winter. |
Russo-Ukrainian War | 23,000–200,000 | 2014–present | Russia and DPR vs. Ukraine | Ukraine | Estimates of deaths vary widely.[127][128] |
Tigray War | 300,000–500,000 (Including famine victims, per Ghent University)[129][130] | 2020–present | UFEFCF vs. Ethiopian and Eritrean Government | Ethiopia (Tigray, Afar and Amhara Regions) | Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict. |
Modern wars with fewer than 25,000 deaths by death toll
- 22,000+ – Dominican Restoration War – One estimate placed total Spanish deaths from all causes at 18,000. The fatal losses among the Dominican insurgents were estimated at 4,000. (1863–1865)[30]
- 22,211 – Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)[131]
- 21,000+ – Six-Day War (1967)[132]
- 20,068 - Reform War (1857–1860)
- 20,000+ – Yaqui Wars (1533–1929)[23]
- 20,000+ – War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720)[30]
- 20,000+ – Ragamuffin War (1835–1845)[133]
- 20,000+ – Italo-Turkish War (1911–1912)[23]
- 19,619+ – Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979)
- 19,000+ – Mexican–American War (1846–1848)[23]
- 18,069–20,069 – First Opium War (1839–1842)[134]
- 17,294+ – 1940–44 insurgency in Chechnya (1940–1944)
- 17,200+ – First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)[135]
- 16,765–17,065 – Balochistan conflict (1948–present)[136][137][138]
- 16,000+ – War of the Pacific (1879–1883)
- 16,000+ – Nepalese Civil War (1996–2006)
- 16,000+ – Spanish–American War (1898)[23]
- 15,200–15,300 – Peasants' War (1798) – Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
- 15,000+ – Nigerian Sharia conflict (2009–present)[139][140][141]
- 14,460–14,922 – South African Border War (1966–1990)
- 14,077–22,077 – Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960)
- 13,929+ – Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)[106]
- 13,812+ – Naxalite-Maoist insurgency (1967–present)[142][143]
- 13,100–34,000 – Kurdish separatism in Iran (1918–present)[132]
- 13,100–13,300 – Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–present)
- 13,073–26,373 – 1948 Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)[144]
- 11,500–12,843 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 – Part of the Bangladesh Liberation War
- 10,000+ – Assam separatist movements (1979–present)
- 10,000+ – Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)[145]
- 10,000+ – War in Donbas[146] – Part of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)
- 10,000+ – Rwandan Civil War (1990–1994)
- 10,000+ – First Italo-Ethiopian War (1894–1896)[23]
- 10,000+ – Second Melillan campaign (1909)[23]
- 10,000+ – Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)[23]
- 10,000+ – Spanish conquest of Tripoli (1510)[147]
- 9,400+ – Libyan Civil War (2011) (2011)[148]
- 8,136+ – Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)[149]
- 7,500–21,741 – War of 1812 (1812–1815)[23][150]
- 7,400–16,200 – Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) (2015–present)
- 7,050+ - Portuguese conquest of Goa (1510)[151]
- 7,104+ – Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947–1949)[152]
- 7,000+ – Chadian Civil War (2005–10) (2005–2010)[153]
- 6,800–13,459 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1965)
- 6,859+ – 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (2020–present)
- 5,641–6,991 - Opposition–ISIL conflict during the Syrian Civil War ( 2014–present )
- 6,543+ – South Thailand insurgency (2004–present)[154]
- 6,295+ – Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)
- 5,641+ – Sudanese nomadic conflicts (2009–present)[155][156]
- 5,100+ – Gaza–Israel conflict (2006–present) – Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict
- 5,000+ – Casamance conflict (1982–2014)[157]
- 5,000+ – Chilean Civil War of 1891 (1891)[158]
- 5,000+ - Cuban Revolution (1959)[159]
- 4,715+ – Libyan Civil War (2014–present) (2014–present)
- 4,200+ – Shifta War (1963–1967)[160]
- 4,000–10,000 – Conflict in the Niger Delta (2004–present)[161]
- 3,699+ – Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen (1992–present)[106]
- 3,552+ – First Schleswig War (1848–1852)
- 3,529+ – The Northern Ireland Troubles (1966–1998)[162]
- 3,366+ – Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017)[163]
- 3,270+ – Second Schleswig War (1864)
- 3,222–3,722 – Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (1956)
- 3,144+ – Allied Democratic Forces insurgency (1996–present)
- 3,114+ – 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine (1947–1948) – Part of the 1948 Palestine war
- 3,007+ – War of the Golden Stool (1900)[citation needed]
- 3,000–6,000 – Negro Rebellion (1912)[164][165]
- 3,000–5,000 – Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt (1573) [166]
- 3,000+ – Second Ivorian Civil War (2010–2011)[167]
- 3,000+ – Banana Wars (1914–1933)[50]
- 2,944+ – Insurgency in the Maghreb (2004–present)
- 2,800+ – Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)
- 2,781+ – Iranian Revolution (1978–1979)[168]
- 2,751+ – Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)[169]
- 2,557+ – Sudan internal conflict (2011–present) (2011–present)[170][171][172]
- 2,394+ – Sinai insurgency (2011–present)[173]
- 2,300+ – Conflict in the Niger Delta (2003–present)[174][175]
- 2,221–2,406 – 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict (2014) – Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict
- 2,150+ – Persian Expedition of 1796 (1796)
- 2,096+ – Aden Emergency (1963–1967)
- 2,054+ – South Yemen insurgency (2009–2015)
- ~2,014 – Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)
- 2,000–3,800 - Albanian Civil War (1997)
- 2,000+ – Costa Rican Civil War (1948)
- 2,000+ – Six-Day War (2000) (2000)[176]
- 2,000+ – 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes (2010)[177][178][179]
- 2,000 – Iran crisis of 1946 (1946)[180]
- 1,810+ – Anglo-Iraqi War (1941) – Part of World War II
- 1,774+ – Lapland War (1944–1945) – Part of World War II
- 1,648 – Sinaloa Cartel-Gulf Cartel conflict ( 2003–present )
- 1,643–2,237 – Transnistria War (1992)[181][182][183][184]
- 1,561 – Islamic State-related terrorist attacks in Turkey (2013–present)
- 1,500+ – Irish Civil War (1922–1923)
- 1,449+ – M23 rebellion (2012–2013) – Part of the Kivu Conflict
- 1,444 – Taliban-ISIL conflict in Afghanistan ( 2015–present )
- 1,300+ – Allied Democratic Forces insurgency (1996–present)[185]
- 1,295+ – Siachen conflict (1984–present)
- 1,229+ – Basque conflict (1959–2011)[186]
- 1,227–5,600 – Kargil War (1999)[187][188][189][190]
- 1,000–1,500 – Cabinda conflict (1994–present)[191]
- 1,000+ – Djiboutian Civil War (1991–1994)
- 1,000+ – 1991–92 South Ossetia War (1991–1992)[192]
- 1,000+ – Xinjiang conflict (1960–present)
- 1,000+ – Chincha Islands War (1864–1866)[23]
- 1,000+ – Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict (2015–present) – Part of the Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- 1,000 – Second Mafia War (1980-1983)
- 907 – Falklands War (1982)[193]
- 898 – Barbary Wars (1801–1815)
- 864 – Jamaican political conflict (1943–present)
- 850 – Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon (2011–2017) – Part of the Syrian Civil War
- 846 – 2011 Egyptian revolution (2011)
- 808 – Sino-Russian border conflicts (1652–1689)
- 789–1,874 – 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff (2001–2002)
- 771 – Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present) (2013–present)
- 740 – Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (1963–1966)[194][195]
- 722 – Kamwina Nsapu rebellion (2016–present)
- 700–800 – Anglo-Aro War (1901–1902)
- 670+ – Infighting in the Gulf Cartel (2010–present)
- 659–2,496 – Russia–Georgia war (2008)
- 650+ – Infighting in Los Zetas (2010–present)
- 643–1,500 – Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile (2011–present)[172][171]
- 621 – Second 'Ndrangheta war (1985-1991)
- 316 – Chiapas conflict (1994–present)
- 300+ – Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict (2006-2007)
- 547 – Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959)
- 542 – East Prigorodny Conflict (1992)
- 500 – Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896)
- 422 – Franco-Thai War (1940–1941)
- 327 – RENAMO insurgency (2013–present)
- 275–569 – Second Afar insurgency (1995–present) Part of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
- 236 – Batwa-Luba clashes (2013–present)
- 233 – First 'Ndrangheta war (1974–1976)
- 233 – Anglophone Crisis (2017–present)[a]
- 213–523+ Jebel Akhdar War (1954–1959)[201]
- 206–345 – Arab separatism in Khuzestan (1922–2022)
- 200+ – 1967 Opium War (1967)
- 200 – Miami drug war (1970s-1980s)
- 200 – 1935 Yazidi revolt (1935)[citation needed]
- 174–194 – United States occupation of Veracruz (1914)[202]
- 160+ – Quebec Biker War (1994-2002)
- 159 – ISIL insurgency in Tunisia (2015–present)[citation needed]
- 141 – 2006 São Paulo violence outbreak (2006)
- 126 – 2016 Kasese clashes (2016)[203][204]
- 115 – The Pool War (2016–present)
- 108 – Islamist insurgency in Mozambique (2017–present)[b]
- 102–227 – India–Pakistan military confrontation (2016–present) (2016–present)
- 95 – 2013 Guinea clashes (2013)[216]
- 84–134 – Lahad Datu standoff (2013)[217][218]
- 82 – Quasi-War (1798–1800)
- 82 – North-West Rebellion (1885)[219]
- 71 – Paraguayan People's Army insurgency (2005–present)[citation needed]
- 70+ – DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey (1990–present)
- 63 – Ten-Day War (1991)
- 62–72 – First Biker War (1977–1984)
- 56+ – Dissident Irish Republican campaign (1998–present)
- 50+ – Castellammarese War (1930–1931)
- 50+ – Tong Wars (1800s–1930s)
- 46 – Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1954)
- 45+ – 2020 China–India skirmishes (2020–present)
- 41 – 2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis (2010)
- 39–111 – India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2014–2015) (2014–2015)
- 37 – 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2013)
- 36 – Yama-Ichi War (1986-1989)
- 36 – 2016 Niger Delta conflict (2016–Present)[220] – Part of the Conflict in the Niger Delta
- 30+ – Aldermen's wars (1916–1921)
- 23 – Mafia-Camorra War (1915–1917)
- 20 – Satan's Choice–Popeyes War (1974–1976)
- 20 – 2009 Vancouver gang war (2009)
- 20 – Rowan County War (1884–1887)
- 16 – Greene–Jones War (1860–present)
- 16 – Piracy on Falcon Lake (2010–present)
- 12–61 – 2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish (2017) – Part of the Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
- 11–30 – 2008 Kufra conflict (2008)
- 11+ – Tutt–Everett War (1844–1850)
- 11 – Great Nordic Biker War (1994–1997)
- 8 – 2011 India–Pakistan border skirmish (2011)
- 7 – Bellevue War (1840)
- 2+ – Ontario Biker War (1999–2002)
- 2+ – Rock Machine-Rebels conflict (2009–present)
Charts and graphs
See also
- Casualty recording
- Timeline of wars
- List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll
- List of battles by casualties
- List of number of conflicts per year
- Lists of wars
- List of ongoing armed conflicts
- List of genocides by death toll
- List of countries by refugee population
Notes
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Further reading
- Steven Pinker (2011). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Penguin Books. ISBN 1101544643. pp. 832. (see also: 2016 update)
- Levy, Jack S. (1983). War in the Modern Great Power System: 1495-1975. University Press of Kentucky, USA. ISBN 081316365X.
External links
- An Interactive map of all the battles fought around the world in the last 4,000 years
- Information on 1,500 conflicts since 1800
- Max Roser: 'War and Peace'. (2016). Published online at OurWorldInData.org.