The deadliest wars in history
The top 3 according to 24 votes from people: World War II · Mongol invasions and conquests · Taiping Rebellion. (Updated Apr 27, 2019.)
The wars and conflicts with the highest death tolls according to the estimates in Wikipedia's list of wars by death toll. Many figures are very wide ranges, especially for ancient wars.
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Top 15
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World War II
1939–1945, Global. 70–85 million deaths.
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Mongol invasions and conquests
1206–1368, Asia and Europe. 20–60 million deaths.
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Taiping Rebellion
1850–1864, China. 20–70 million deaths.
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4
Transition from Ming to Qing
1618–1683, China. 25 million deaths.
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World War I
1914–1918, Global. 15–22 million deaths.
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Conquests of Timur
1369–1405, Central, West and South Asia. 7–17 million deaths.
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Russian Civil War
1917–1922, Russia. 7–10 million deaths.
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Chinese Civil War
1927–1949, China. 4–9 million deaths.
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Thirty Years' War
1618–1648, Europe. 4.5–8 million deaths.
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10
Crusades
1095–1291, Europe and the Middle East. 1–9 million deaths.
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French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
1792–1815, Europe. 4–7 million deaths.
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12
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
1533–1572, South America. 7.7 million deaths.
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13
Spanish conquest of Mexico
1519–1530, Mexico. 10.5 million deaths.
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14
Second Congo War
1998–2003, DR Congo. 3–5.4 million deaths.
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Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)
1967–1970, Nigeria. 3–4.1 million deaths.
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16
An Lushan rebellion
754–763, China. 13 million deaths.
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Vietnam War
1955–1975, Indochina. 1.3–4.2 million deaths.
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Three Kingdoms wars
184–280, China. 34 million deaths.
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Comments (1)
La rebelión Taiping, la guerra civil más mortífera de la historia y casi nadie la conoce.