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List of wars by death toll

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 civilians which are the results of war-induced epidemics, famines, atrocities, genocide, etc.

Pre-modern (before 1500 AD) edit

Ancient wars (before 500 AD) edit

War Death
range
Date Combatants Location Notes
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 Persian 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
Chinese Warring States 1,500,000+ c. 475 BC – 221 BC Seven great powers of China China Estimated at 1,500,000 before Qin's wars of unification[1]
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. Persian Empire and various other 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 1,620,000–1,920,000+ 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
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
Second Punic War 770,000+ 218 BC–201 BC Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire Western Europe / North Africa [2] – Part of the Punic Wars
Third Punic War 450,000–750,000+ 149 BC–146 BC Roman Republic vs. Carthaginian Empire Tunisia Part of the Punic Wars
Cimbrian War 410,000–650,000 113 BC–101 BC Roman Republic vs. Cimbri and Teutones Western Europe Part of the Germanic Wars
Roman civil wars from Social War (91–87 BC) to War of Actium 3,000,000+[3] 91 BC– 30 BC Roman civil wars Europe/North Africa/Middle East Fall of the Roman Republic
Gallic Wars 1,000,000+ 58 BC–50 BC Roman Republic vs. Gallic tribes France
Iceni Revolt 150,000+[4] 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[5] 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[5] 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
Three Kingdoms War 36,000,000–40,000,000 184–280 Wei vs. Shu vs. Wu China [6][7] – 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) edit

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, 116 years).

War Deaths
range
Date Combatants Location Notes
Arab–Byzantine Wars 2,000,000+[citation needed] 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 7,000,000 711–1492 Spanish and Portuguese Christian states vs. Spanish and Portuguese Muslim states Iberian Peninsula [8]- Also known as the reconquest of Al-Andalus
Goguryeo–Sui War 300,000+ 598–614 Sui dynasty China and Goguryeo Kingdom Korea China, Korea [9]
An Lushan Rebellion 13,000,000–36,000,000 755–763 Tang dynasty China and Islamic Empire vs. Yan state China [10] – Also known as the An–Shi Rebellion
Goryeo–Khitan Wars 90,000+ 993–1019 Liao Empire vs. Goryeo Kingdom Korea [11]
Song–Đại Việt war 600,000+ 1075–1077 Song Empire vs. Dai Viet Kingdom under Lý dynasty China, Vietnam [12][13]
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") [14]
Albigensian Crusade 200,000–1,000,000 1208–1229 Papal States and France vs. Cathar States France [15][16] – 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 [17][18][19] – 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 2,300,000–3,500,000 1337–1453 House of Valois vs. House of Plantagenet Western Europe [20]
Conquests of Timur 8,000,000–20,000,000 1370–1405 Timurid Empire vs. several middle eastern states Eurasia [21][22]
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 [23][better source needed]

Modern edit

Modern (1500 AD–present) wars with greater than 25,000 deaths edit

War Deaths
range
Date Combatants Location Notes
Mediterranean War 900,000–1,000,000 1470–1574 Republic of Venice, Spain, Republic of Genoa, Papal States, Duchy of Savoy, and Order of Saint John vs. Ottoman Empire Mediterranean [24]
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 (primarily) [24] – Also known as the Great Wars of Italy
Spanish conquest of New Granada 5,000,000–8,000,000+ 1499–1540 Spanish Empire vs. Colombian civilizations Colombia [25][26] - Includes Spanish conquest of the Muisca, part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes death from European disease
Spanish conquest of Mexico 8,000,000–10,000,000+ 1519–1530 Spanish Empire vs. Aztec Empire Mexico [24] – Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes the cocoliztli plagues
Spanish conquest of Yucatán 1,460,000+ 1519–1595 Spanish Empire vs. Mayan states North America [24] – Part of the European colonisation of the Americas, includes deaths due to European disease
Spanish conquest of Nicaragua 575,000+ 1522–1536 Spanish Empire vs. Indigenous peoples of Nicaragua Nicaragua [24] – Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes deaths due to European diseases
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire 8,400,000+ 1533–1572 Spanish Empire vs. Inca Empire Peru [24] – 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 [27]
German Peasants' War 100,000+ 1524–1525 German Peasants vs. Swabian League Germany [28] – Also known as the Great Peasants War
Arauco War 125,000–142,000 1550–1790 Spanish Empire vs. Mapuches Chile [24] – Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes deaths due to European diseases
French Wars of Religion 2,000,000–4,000,000 1562–1598 Protestants vs. France vs. Catholics France [29] – Also known as the Huguenot Wars
Eighty Years' War 600,000–700,000 1568–1648 Dutch Republic, England, and France vs. Spanish Empire Northern Europe (primarily) [24] – Also known as the Dutch War of Independence
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) 106,285+ 1585–1604 Spanish Empire and allies vs. Kingdom of England and allies Americas, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, England, Ireland, Atlantic Ocean English
88,285[30][31]
Spanish
18,000 during the Spanish Armada[31]
Japanese invasions of Korea 1,000,000+ 1592–1598 Kingdom of Great Joseon and Ming China vs. Japan Korea [32][24]
Nine Years' War (Ireland) 130,000+ 1593–1603 Irish rebels vs. Kingdom of England Ireland [24]
Transition from Ming to Qing 25,000,000+ 1616–1683 Qing China vs. Ming China vs. peasant rebels like the Shun dynasty (led by Li Zicheng) and Xi dynasty (led by Zhang Xianzhong) vs. Kingdom of Shu (She-An Rebellion) vs. Evenk-Daur federation (Bombogor) China [33] – Also known as the Ming–Qing transition
Thirty Years' War 4,000,000–12,000,000 1618–1648 Austria and Spain vs. Anti-Habsburg states Europe [34]
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) 200,000+ 1635–1659 France and allies vs. Spain and allies Western Europe [27][31]
Wars of the Three Kingdoms 876,000+ 1639–1651 Royalists vs. Covenanters vs.Union of the Irish vs. Scottish Protestants vs. Parliamentarians British Isles [35][36][37] – Also known as the British Civil Wars
Portuguese Restoration War 80,000 1640–1668 Portugal, France, and England vs. Spain Iberian Peninsula
English Civil War 211,830+ 1642–1651 Royalists vs. Parliamentarians England, Scotland, and Ireland Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War 72,000 1645–1669 Republic of Venice vs. Ottoman Empire Candia, Crete, Dalmatia and Aegean Sea
Deluge 3,000,000 1655–1660 or 1648–1667 Primarily Poland vs. Sweden and Russia Poland [38]
Mughal–Maratha Wars 5,000,000+ 1658–1707 Maratha empire vs. Mughal Empire India-Bangladesh [39][40]
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 [27] – 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) [41]
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.[42]
War of the Spanish Succession 400,000–1,250,000 1701–1714 Grand Alliance vs. Bourbon Alliance Europe / Americas [27]
War of Jenkins' Ear 30,000+ 1739–1748 Spanish Empire vs. British Empire American South, Caribbean, Pacific and Atlantic [43]
Maratha expeditions in Bengal 400,000+ 1741–1751 Maratha Empire vs. Nawab of Bengal India, Bangladesh [44][45]
Seven Years' War 868,000–1,400,000 1756–1763 Great Britain and allies vs. France and allies Worldwide
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 70,000–116,000 1775–1783 United States and allies vs. British Empire and German Mercenaries Worldwide 37,324 battle dead, all sides, all theaters.[27][46][47][48][49] – 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 [27]
Saint-Domingue expedition 135,000+ 1802–1803 France vs. Haiti and UK Haiti [31] – Part of the Haitian Revolution
Napoleonic Wars 3,500,000–7,000,000 1803–1815 Coalition powers vs. French empire and allies Worldwide See: Napoleonic Wars casualties
Peninsular War 1,000,000+ 1808–1814 Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom vs. France, Kingdom of Italy and Duchy of Warsaw Iberian Peninsula [31] – Part of the Napoleonic Wars
Spanish American wars of independence 600,000–1,200,000+ 1808–1833 Spain vs. American Independentists Americas [50]
Colombian War of Independence 250,000–400,000+ 1810–1823 Royalists vs. Patriots Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela (Viceroyalty of New Granada) Part of Spanish American Wars of Independence
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 [51][52][53][54]
French invasion of Russia 540,000+ 1812 French Empire vs. Russia Russia [27] – Part of the Napoleonic Wars
Carlist Wars 200,000+ 1820–1876 Carlist Insurgents vs. Spain Spain [50]
Greek War of Independence 170,000+ 1821–1831 Greek Revolutionaries vs. Ottoman Empire Greece
French conquest of Algeria 595,665–1,095,665 1830–1903 France vs. Algerian resistance Algeria Between 500,000 and 1,000,000, from approximately 3 million Algerians, were killed in the first three decades of the conquest.[55][56] French losses from 1830 to 1851 were 92,329 dead from disease and only 3,336 killed in action.[31][57][58]
French colonial campaigns 110,000+ 1830–1895 France vs. Local forces Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), Mexico, Madagascar, West Africa In all colonial campaigns, France suffered 10,000 killed and 35,000 wounded, primarily in Algeria. From this number, a few thousand soldiers died in Mexico and Vietnam. Disease further compounded the toll, resulting in an estimated total of 110,000 deaths among French and Foreign Legion forces due to battles and disease throughout the entire 19th century.[31]
Taiping Rebellion 20,000,000–70,000,000 1850–1864 Qing China vs. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom China [59][60][61] – Also known as the Taiping Civil War
Crimean War 356,000–615,000 1853–1856 Ottoman Empire and allies vs. Russia Crimean Peninsula
Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856) 1,000,000+ 1854–1856 Qing China vs. Red Turban rebels China
Miao Rebellion 4,900,000 [citation needed] 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 [62] – 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 [63][64][65]
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 [31]
Paraguayan War 300,000–1,200,000 1864–1870 Triple alliance vs. Paraguay South America [66] – 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 and Dominican volunteers[67] Cuba [31] – 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 [68] – Also known as the Infidel War
First Sino–Japanese War 48,311+ 1894–1895 Qing China vs. Japan East Asia
Cuban War of Independence 362,000+ 1895–1898 USA and Cuba vs. Spain Cuba [31]
War of Canudos 30,000+ 1896–1897 First Brazilian Republic vs. Canudos inhabitants Brazil
Thousand Days' War 120,000–180,000+ 1899–1902 Colombian Conservatives vs. Colombian Liberals Colombia Famine and Civilian casualties are included.[69][70]
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 [71]
Philippine–American War 234,000+ 1899–1912 Philippines vs. USA Philippines [72] – Also known as the Philippine War
Russo-Japanese War 101,300–206,100 1904–1905 Russia vs. Japan Northeast Asia
Mexican Revolution 1,000,000–3,500,000 1910–1920 Pro-government vs. Anti-government Mexico [73]
1911 Revolution 220,000 1911 Qing China vs. Revolutionaries China
Balkan Wars 140,000+ 1912–1913 See Balkan wars Balkan Peninsula
World War I 17,000,000-40,000,000 1914–1918 Allied Powers vs. Central Powers Worldwide [27] – Also known as the Great War
Russian Civil War 7,000,000–12,000,000 1917–1922 Red army and allies vs. White army and allies Russia [74]
Kurdish separatism in Iran 15,000–58,000 1918–present Qajar dynasty vs. Shekak (tribe) Iran [75]
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict 138,800–320,100 1918–2003 Kurdistan/Iraqi Kurdistan and allies vs. Iraq and allies Iraq [76][77]
Rif War 90,000 1921–1926 Spain vs. Republic of the Rif Morocco [78]
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 [79]
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.[80] According to the Ethiopian government, at least 275,000 Ethiopians died in the brief war.[80][81] – Also known as the Second Italo–Abyssinian War
Spanish Civil War 500,000–1,000,000 1936–1939 Nationalists vs. Republicans Spain [31]
Second Sino-Japanese War 20,000,000–25,000,000 1937–1945 Republic of China and allies vs. Japan China [82] – Part of World War II
World War II 80,000,000 1939–1945 Allied powers vs. Axis Powers Worldwide [27] – 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 [83][84][85][86]
Kashmir conflict 80,000–110,000 1947–present India vs. Pakistan North India / Pakistan
La Violencia 192,700–300,000 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 [87]
Arab–Israeli conflict 116,074+ 1948–present Arab Countries vs. Israel Middle East [88]
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 [89] American casualties in the Korean War included 54,246 dead and 103,284 wounded.
Algerian War 400,000–1,500,000 1954–1962 Algeria vs. France Algeria [90] – Also known as the Algerian War of Independence
Ethnic conflict in Nagaland 34,000+ 1954–present India and Myanmar vs. Naga People Northeast India [91]
Vietnam War 1,300,000–4,300,000 1955–1975 South Vietnam and allies vs. North Vietnam and allies Vietnam [92][93][94] American casualties in the Vietnam War included 58,226 dead and 304,000 wounded. – 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 [95]
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 [96]
Mozambican War of Independence 63,500–88,500 1964–1974 FRELIMO vs. Portugal Mozambique [97]
Insurgency in Northeast India 25,000+ 1964–present India and allies vs. Insurgent Groups Northeast India [87]
Colombian conflict 220,000-450,000+ 1964–present Colombia and allies vs. Far Left guerillas and Far Right paramilitares Colombia [98]
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 [99]
Communist rebellion in the Philippines 30,000–43,000 1969–present Philippines vs. Communist Party of the Philippines Philippines [100]
Bangladesh Liberation War 400,000–3,600,000+ 1971 India and Bangladesh vs. Pakistan Bangladesh [101] – Also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence

Figure includes 30,000 military dead, 300,000 to 3,000,000 Bengali civilian and 64,000 to 600,000 Bihari civilian deaths [102][103]

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 and Cuba vs. UNITA and South Africa Angola
South African invasion of Angola 50,000+ 1975–1976 Cuba and MPLA vs. South Africa, FNLA, UNITA and Zaire Angola 50,000 Angolans dead (mostly civilians)[31] – Part of the South African Border War and the Angolan Civil War
Indonesian invasion of East Timor 100,000–200,000 1975–1976 Indonesia vs. East Timor East Timor
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 [104]
Ogaden War 60,000 1977–1978 Ethiopia and Cuba vs. Somalia Ethiopia [105]
Afghanistan conflict 1,400,000–2,500,000 1978–present see Afghanistan conflict Afghanistan [106]
Kurdish–Turkish conflict 45,000+ 1978–present Turkey vs. KCK Middle East [107] – 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 [108][109][110] – Part of War in Afghanistan
Salvadoran Civil War 70,000–80,000 1979–1992 El Salvador vs. FMLN El Salvador [111][112]
Iran–Iraq War 500,000–1,500,000 1980–1988 Iran and allies vs. Iraq and allies Middle East [113]
Internal conflict in Peru 70,000+ 1980–present Peru vs. PCP-SL and MRTA Peru [114]
Ugandan Bush War 100,000–500,000 1981–1986 ULNF and Tanzania vs. National Resistance Army Uganda [115][116] – 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 [117]
Somali Civil War 300,000–500,000 1986–present Varying Somali governments vs. insurgent groups Somalia [118][119]
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency 100,000–500,000 1987–present Lord's Resistance Army vs. Central African states Central Africa [120]
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 50,000+ 1988–2024 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 Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Rwandan Civil War 500,000–807,500 1990–1994 Rwandan Patriotic Front rebel forces vs. Rwanda Rwanda – The majority of casualties were civilians killed by Hutu rebels in the Rwandan genocide.
Algerian Civil War 44,000–200,000 1991–2002 Algeria vs. FIS loyalists vs. GIA Algeria [121]
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 [122][123][124] – Also known as the Sha'aban Intifada
Eritrean–Ethiopian War 70,000–300,000 1998–2000 see Eritrean–Ethiopian War Eritrean–Ethiopian border
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 [125]
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 [126][127][128][129] – Also known as the Great War of Africa
Ituri conflict 60,000+ 1999–2003 Lendu Tribe vs. Hemu Tribe and allies Congo [130] – Part of the Second Congo War
War on terror 272,000–1,260,000 2001–2021 Anti-Terrorist Forces vs. Terrorist groups Worldwide [131][132][133][134] – Also known as the Global War on Terrorism
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 212,191+ 2001–2021 See War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Afghanistan [132] – Part of the War on Terror and Afghanistan conflict
Insurgency in the Maghreb 70,000+ 2002–present See Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Algeria, Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mauritania and other Maghreb and Sahel countries Part of the War on Terror. Includes Mali War, Libyan crisis (various factions of Libyan crisis vs Islamists) Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and Jihadist insurgency in Niger.
US Invasion of Iraq 800,000-1,000,000[citation needed] 2003 United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland vs Iraq Iraq The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month
Iraq War (US lead Coalition Invasion of Iraq & subsequent war) 405,000–654,965 2003–2011 See Iraq War Iraq [133][134][132]

– 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 [135]
Kivu Conflict 100,000+ 2004–present see Kivu Conflict Congo – Part of the Second Congo War
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 46,872–79,000 2004–present Pakistan, USA, and UK vs. Terrorist groups Pakistan [132] – Also known as the War in Waziristan

– Part of the War on Terror and War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

Mexican drug war 200,000–400,000+ 2006–present Mexico vs. Drug cartels, including inter-cartel conflicts Mexico [136][137] – Also known as the Mexican War on Drugs
Boko Haram insurgency 350,000+ 2009–present Multinational Joint Task Force vs. Boko Haram Nigeria with spillover into Cameroon, Chad, Mali and Niger 2,400,000 internally displaced
Libyan crisis 30,000–43,000[138][139][140][141] 2011–present First stage: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya vs Anti-Gaddafi forces; Second stage: Libyan National Army vs various militias (including jihadists); Third stage: House of Representatives vs Government of National Accord vs Islamic State and other jihadist militias Libya Includes the First Libyan Civil War, Factional violence in Libya and the Second Libyan Civil War
Syrian civil war 580,000–613,407+ 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[142] Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey
South Sudanese Civil War 383,000+[143] 2013–2020 South Sudan vs. SPLM-IO South Sudan About 190,000 died of violence and 383,000 died if healthcare services disruption and war-caused food scarcity factored in as of 2018
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.
Tigray War 162,000–378,000+ (Total civilian casualties including famine victims, per Ghent University)[144] 2020–2022 UFEFCF vs. Ethiopian and Eritrean Government Ethiopia (Tigray, Afar and Amhara Regions) Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict.
Myanmar Civil War 49,219 2021–present National Unity Government vs. State Administration Council Myanmar Part of the Internal conflict in Myanmar.
Russian invasion of Ukraine 300,000+ 2022–present Russia vs. Ukraine Ukraine Estimates of deaths vary widely.[145][146] The Ukrainian government stopped publishing country's demographic statistics starting from January 2022. Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Hamas–Israel war 38,515–47,464+ 2023–present Israel vs Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups Israel, Gaza Strip, spillover into West Bank, Lebanon, Syria Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Modern wars with fewer than 25,000 deaths by death toll edit

Charts and graphs edit

 
Bubble chart of wars over 1.5M deaths.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ One estimate placed total Spanish deaths from all causes at 18,000. The fatal losses among the Dominican insurgents were estimated at 4,000.[31]
  2. ^ One author estimates Mexican casualties at 1,000 dead, 700 prisoners, and 400 wounded. Desertion and noncombat deaths would significantly increase these numbers. The Texans lost about 600 killed and 350 wounded.
  3. ^ See[215][216][217][218][219]
  4. ^ See[224][225][226][227][228][229][230][231][232][233][234]

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Further reading edit

External links edit

  • An Interactive map of all the battles fought around the world in the last 4,000 years
  • Max Roser: 'War and Peace'. (2016). Published online at OurWorldInData.org.

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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 civilians which are the results of war induced epidemics famines atrocities genocide etc Contents 1 Pre modern before 1500 AD 1 1 Ancient wars before 500 AD 1 2 Medieval wars 500 1500 AD 2 Modern 2 1 Modern 1500 AD present wars with greater than 25 000 deaths 2 2 Modern wars with fewer than 25 000 deaths by death toll 3 Charts and graphs 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 6 1 Works cited 7 Further reading 8 External linksPre modern before 1500 AD editAncient wars before 500 AD edit This section possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed January 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items January 2018 War Deathrange Date Combatants Location Notes 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 Persian 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 Chinese Warring States 1 500 000 c 475 BC 221 BC Seven great powers of China China Estimated at 1 500 000 before Qin s wars of unification 1 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 Persian Empire and various other 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 1 620 000 1 920 000 264 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 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 Second Punic War 770 000 218 BC 201 BC Roman Republic vs Carthaginian Empire Western Europe North Africa 2 Part of the Punic Wars Third Punic War 450 000 750 000 149 BC 146 BC Roman Republic vs Carthaginian Empire Tunisia Part of the Punic Wars Cimbrian War 410 000 650 000 113 BC 101 BC Roman Republic vs Cimbri and Teutones Western Europe Part of the Germanic Wars Roman civil wars from Social War 91 87 BC to War of Actium 3 000 000 3 91 BC 30 BC Roman civil wars Europe North Africa Middle East Fall of the Roman Republic Gallic Wars 1 000 000 58 BC 50 BC Roman Republic vs Gallic tribes France Iceni Revolt 150 000 4 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 5 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 5 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 Three Kingdoms War 36 000 000 40 000 000 184 280 Wei vs Shu vs Wu China 6 7 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 edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items January 2018 This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is limit to wars under a single leader or ruler it is impossible to objectively compare 500 years of intermittent warfare with a given military campaign Please help improve this section if you can May 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 116 years War Deathsrange Date Combatants Location Notes Arab Byzantine Wars 2 000 000 citation needed 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 7 000 000 711 1492 Spanish and Portuguese Christian states vs Spanish and Portuguese Muslim states Iberian Peninsula 8 Also known as the reconquest of Al Andalus Goguryeo Sui War 300 000 598 614 Sui dynasty China and Goguryeo Kingdom Korea China Korea 9 An Lushan Rebellion 13 000 000 36 000 000 755 763 Tang dynasty China and Islamic Empire vs Yan state China 10 Also known as the An Shi Rebellion Goryeo Khitan Wars 90 000 993 1019 Liao Empire vs Goryeo Kingdom Korea 11 Song Đại Việt war 600 000 1075 1077 Song Empire vs Dai Viet Kingdom under Ly dynasty China Vietnam 12 13 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 14 Albigensian Crusade 200 000 1 000 000 1208 1229 Papal States and France vs Cathar States France 15 16 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 17 18 19 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 3 500 000 1337 1453 House of Valois vs House of Plantagenet Western Europe 20 Conquests of Timur 8 000 000 20 000 000 1370 1405 Timurid Empire vs several middle eastern states Eurasia 21 22 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 23 better source needed Modern editModern 1500 AD present wars with greater than 25 000 deaths edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items January 2018 War Deathsrange Date Combatants Location Notes Mediterranean War 900 000 1 000 000 1470 1574 Republic of Venice Spain Republic of Genoa Papal States Duchy of Savoy and Order of Saint John vs Ottoman Empire Mediterranean 24 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 primarily 24 Also known as the Great Wars of Italy Spanish conquest of New Granada 5 000 000 8 000 000 1499 1540 Spanish Empire vs Colombian civilizations Colombia 25 26 Includes Spanish conquest of the Muisca part of the European colonization of the Americas includes death from European disease Spanish conquest of Mexico 8 000 000 10 000 000 1519 1530 Spanish Empire vs Aztec Empire Mexico 24 Part of the European colonization of the Americas includes the cocoliztli plagues Spanish conquest of Yucatan 1 460 000 1519 1595 Spanish Empire vs Mayan states North America 24 Part of the European colonisation of the Americas includes deaths due to European disease Spanish conquest of Nicaragua 575 000 1522 1536 Spanish Empire vs Indigenous peoples of Nicaragua Nicaragua 24 Part of the European colonization of the Americas includes deaths due to European diseases Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire 8 400 000 1533 1572 Spanish Empire vs Inca Empire Peru 24 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 27 German Peasants War 100 000 1524 1525 German Peasants vs Swabian League Germany 28 Also known as the Great Peasants War Arauco War 125 000 142 000 1550 1790 Spanish Empire vs Mapuches Chile 24 Part of the European colonization of the Americas includes deaths due to European diseases French Wars of Religion 2 000 000 4 000 000 1562 1598 Protestants vs France vs Catholics France 29 Also known as the Huguenot Wars Eighty Years War 600 000 700 000 1568 1648 Dutch Republic England and France vs Spanish Empire Northern Europe primarily 24 Also known as the Dutch War of Independence Anglo Spanish War 1585 1604 106 285 1585 1604 Spanish Empire and allies vs Kingdom of England and allies Americas Netherlands Belgium France Portugal Spain England Ireland Atlantic Ocean English88 285 30 31 Spanish18 000 during the Spanish Armada 31 Japanese invasions of Korea 1 000 000 1592 1598 Kingdom of Great Joseon and Ming China vs Japan Korea 32 24 Nine Years War Ireland 130 000 1593 1603 Irish rebels vs Kingdom of England Ireland 24 Transition from Ming to Qing 25 000 000 1616 1683 Qing China vs Ming China vs peasant rebels like the Shun dynasty led by Li Zicheng and Xi dynasty led by Zhang Xianzhong vs Kingdom of Shu She An Rebellion vs Evenk Daur federation Bombogor China 33 Also known as the Ming Qing transition Thirty Years War 4 000 000 12 000 000 1618 1648 Austria and Spain vs Anti Habsburg states Europe 34 Franco Spanish War 1635 1659 200 000 1635 1659 France and allies vs Spain and allies Western Europe 27 31 Wars of the Three Kingdoms 876 000 1639 1651 Royalists vs Covenanters vs Union of the Irish vs Scottish Protestants vs Parliamentarians British Isles 35 36 37 Also known as the British Civil Wars Portuguese Restoration War 80 000 1640 1668 Portugal France and England vs Spain Iberian Peninsula English Civil War 211 830 1642 1651 Royalists vs Parliamentarians England Scotland and Ireland Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Fifth Ottoman Venetian War 72 000 1645 1669 Republic of Venice vs Ottoman Empire Candia Crete Dalmatia and Aegean Sea Deluge 3 000 000 1655 1660 or 1648 1667 Primarily Poland vs Sweden and Russia Poland 38 Mughal Maratha Wars 5 000 000 1658 1707 Maratha empire vs Mughal Empire India Bangladesh 39 40 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 27 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 41 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 42 War of the Spanish Succession 400 000 1 250 000 1701 1714 Grand Alliance vs Bourbon Alliance Europe Americas 27 War of Jenkins Ear 30 000 1739 1748 Spanish Empire vs British Empire American South Caribbean Pacific and Atlantic 43 Maratha expeditions in Bengal 400 000 1741 1751 Maratha Empire vs Nawab of Bengal India Bangladesh 44 45 Seven Years War 868 000 1 400 000 1756 1763 Great Britain and allies vs France and allies Worldwide Sino Burmese War 70 000 1765 1769 Burma vs Qing China Southeast Asia Also known as the Qing invasions of Burma Tay Sơn rebellion 1 200 000 2 000 000 1771 1802 Tay Sơn rebels then dynasty British supports and Chinese pirates vs Nguyễn lords Trịnh lords Le dynasty of Vietnam Siam Qing dynasty of China Kingdom of Vientiane French army Southeast Asia American Revolutionary War 70 000 116 000 1775 1783 United States and allies vs British Empire and German Mercenaries Worldwide 37 324 battle dead all sides all theaters 27 46 47 48 49 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 27 Saint Domingue expedition 135 000 1802 1803 France vs Haiti and UK Haiti 31 Part of the Haitian Revolution Napoleonic Wars 3 500 000 7 000 000 1803 1815 Coalition powers vs French empire and allies Worldwide See Napoleonic Wars casualties Peninsular War 1 000 000 1808 1814 Spain Portugal and United Kingdom vs France Kingdom of Italy and Duchy of Warsaw Iberian Peninsula 31 Part of the Napoleonic Wars Spanish American wars of independence 600 000 1 200 000 1808 1833 Spain vs American Independentists Americas 50 Colombian War of Independence 250 000 400 000 1810 1823 Royalists vs Patriots Colombia Ecuador Panama Venezuela Viceroyalty of New Granada Part of Spanish American Wars of Independence 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 51 52 53 54 French invasion of Russia 540 000 1812 French Empire vs Russia Russia 27 Part of the Napoleonic Wars Carlist Wars 200 000 1820 1876 Carlist Insurgents vs Spain Spain 50 Greek War of Independence 170 000 1821 1831 Greek Revolutionaries vs Ottoman Empire Greece French conquest of Algeria 595 665 1 095 665 1830 1903 France vs Algerian resistance Algeria Between 500 000 and 1 000 000 from approximately 3 million Algerians were killed in the first three decades of the conquest 55 56 French losses from 1830 to 1851 were 92 329 dead from disease and only 3 336 killed in action 31 57 58 French colonial campaigns 110 000 1830 1895 France vs Local forces Algeria Tunisia Morocco French Indochina Vietnam Cambodia and Laos Mexico Madagascar West Africa In all colonial campaigns France suffered 10 000 killed and 35 000 wounded primarily in Algeria From this number a few thousand soldiers died in Mexico and Vietnam Disease further compounded the toll resulting in an estimated total of 110 000 deaths among French and Foreign Legion forces due to battles and disease throughout the entire 19th century 31 Taiping Rebellion 20 000 000 70 000 000 1850 1864 Qing China vs Taiping Heavenly Kingdom China 59 60 61 Also known as the Taiping Civil War Crimean War 356 000 615 000 1853 1856 Ottoman Empire and allies vs Russia Crimean Peninsula Red Turban Rebellion 1854 1856 1 000 000 1854 1856 Qing China vs Red Turban rebels China Miao Rebellion 4 900 000 citation needed 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 62 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 63 64 65 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 31 Paraguayan War 300 000 1 200 000 1864 1870 Triple alliance vs Paraguay South America 66 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 and Dominican volunteers 67 Cuba 31 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 68 Also known as the Infidel War First Sino Japanese War 48 311 1894 1895 Qing China vs Japan East Asia Cuban War of Independence 362 000 1895 1898 USA and Cuba vs Spain Cuba 31 War of Canudos 30 000 1896 1897 First Brazilian Republic vs Canudos inhabitants Brazil Thousand Days War 120 000 180 000 1899 1902 Colombian Conservatives vs Colombian Liberals Colombia Famine and Civilian casualties are included 69 70 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 71 Philippine American War 234 000 1899 1912 Philippines vs USA Philippines 72 Also known as the Philippine War Russo Japanese War 101 300 206 100 1904 1905 Russia vs Japan Northeast Asia Mexican Revolution 1 000 000 3 500 000 1910 1920 Pro government vs Anti government Mexico 73 1911 Revolution 220 000 1911 Qing China vs Revolutionaries China Balkan Wars 140 000 1912 1913 See Balkan wars Balkan Peninsula World War I 17 000 000 40 000 000 1914 1918 Allied Powers vs Central Powers Worldwide 27 Also known as the Great War Russian Civil War 7 000 000 12 000 000 1917 1922 Red army and allies vs White army and allies Russia 74 Kurdish separatism in Iran 15 000 58 000 1918 present Qajar dynasty vs Shekak tribe Iran 75 Iraqi Kurdish conflict 138 800 320 100 1918 2003 Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan and allies vs Iraq and allies Iraq 76 77 Rif War 90 000 1921 1926 Spain vs Republic of the Rif Morocco 78 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 79 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 80 According to the Ethiopian government at least 275 000 Ethiopians died in the brief war 80 81 Also known as the Second Italo Abyssinian War Spanish Civil War 500 000 1 000 000 1936 1939 Nationalists vs Republicans Spain 31 Second Sino Japanese War 20 000 000 25 000 000 1937 1945 Republic of China and allies vs Japan China 82 Part of World War II World War II 80 000 000 1939 1945 Allied powers vs Axis Powers Worldwide 27 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 83 84 85 86 Kashmir conflict 80 000 110 000 1947 present India vs Pakistan North India Pakistan La Violencia 192 700 300 000 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 87 Arab Israeli conflict 116 074 1948 present Arab Countries vs Israel Middle East 88 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 89 American casualties in the Korean War included 54 246 dead and 103 284 wounded Algerian War 400 000 1 500 000 1954 1962 Algeria vs France Algeria 90 Also known as the Algerian War of Independence Ethnic conflict in Nagaland 34 000 1954 present India and Myanmar vs Naga People Northeast India 91 Vietnam War 1 300 000 4 300 000 1955 1975 South Vietnam and allies vs North Vietnam and allies Vietnam 92 93 94 American casualties in the Vietnam War included 58 226 dead and 304 000 wounded 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 95 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 96 Mozambican War of Independence 63 500 88 500 1964 1974 FRELIMO vs Portugal Mozambique 97 Insurgency in Northeast India 25 000 1964 present India and allies vs Insurgent Groups Northeast India 87 Colombian conflict 220 000 450 000 1964 present Colombia and allies vs Far Left guerillas and Far Right paramilitares Colombia 98 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 99 Communist rebellion in the Philippines 30 000 43 000 1969 present Philippines vs Communist Party of the Philippines Philippines 100 Bangladesh Liberation War 400 000 3 600 000 1971 India and Bangladesh vs Pakistan Bangladesh 101 Also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence Figure includes 30 000 military dead 300 000 to 3 000 000 Bengali civilian and 64 000 to 600 000 Bihari civilian deaths 102 103 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 and Cuba vs UNITA and South Africa Angola South African invasion of Angola 50 000 1975 1976 Cuba and MPLA vs South Africa FNLA UNITA and Zaire Angola 50 000 Angolans dead mostly civilians 31 Part of the South African Border War and the Angolan Civil War Indonesian invasion of East Timor 100 000 200 000 1975 1976 Indonesia vs East Timor East Timor 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 104 Ogaden War 60 000 1977 1978 Ethiopia and Cuba vs Somalia Ethiopia 105 Afghanistan conflict 1 400 000 2 500 000 1978 present see Afghanistan conflict Afghanistan 106 Kurdish Turkish conflict 45 000 1978 present Turkey vs KCK Middle East 107 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 108 109 110 Part of War in Afghanistan Salvadoran Civil War 70 000 80 000 1979 1992 El Salvador vs FMLN El Salvador 111 112 Iran Iraq War 500 000 1 500 000 1980 1988 Iran and allies vs Iraq and allies Middle East 113 Internal conflict in Peru 70 000 1980 present Peru vs PCP SL and MRTA Peru 114 Ugandan Bush War 100 000 500 000 1981 1986 ULNF and Tanzania vs National Resistance Army Uganda 115 116 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 117 Somali Civil War 300 000 500 000 1986 present Varying Somali governments vs insurgent groups Somalia 118 119 Lord s Resistance Army insurgency 100 000 500 000 1987 present Lord s Resistance Army vs Central African states Central Africa 120 Nagorno Karabakh conflict 50 000 1988 2024 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 Kuwait Iraq and Saudi Arabia Rwandan Civil War 500 000 807 500 1990 1994 Rwandan Patriotic Front rebel forces vs Rwanda Rwanda The majority of casualties were civilians killed by Hutu rebels in the Rwandan genocide Algerian Civil War 44 000 200 000 1991 2002 Algeria vs FIS loyalists vs GIA Algeria 121 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 122 123 124 Also known as the Sha aban Intifada Eritrean Ethiopian War 70 000 300 000 1998 2000 see Eritrean Ethiopian War Eritrean Ethiopian border 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 125 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 126 127 128 129 Also known as the Great War of Africa Ituri conflict 60 000 1999 2003 Lendu Tribe vs Hemu Tribe and allies Congo 130 Part of the Second Congo War War on terror 272 000 1 260 000 2001 2021 Anti Terrorist Forces vs Terrorist groups Worldwide 131 132 133 134 Also known as the Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan 2001 2021 212 191 2001 2021 See War in Afghanistan 2001 2021 Afghanistan 132 Part of the War on Terror and Afghanistan conflict Insurgency in the Maghreb 70 000 2002 present See Insurgency in the Maghreb 2002 present Algeria Libya Mali Burkina Faso Niger Chad Mauritania and other Maghreb and Sahel countries Part of the War on Terror Includes Mali War Libyan crisis various factions of Libyan crisis vs Islamists Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and Jihadist insurgency in Niger US Invasion of Iraq 800 000 1 000 000 citation needed 2003 United States the United Kingdom Australia and Poland vs Iraq Iraq The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 air and 20 March 2003 ground and lasted just over one month Iraq War US lead Coalition Invasion of Iraq amp subsequent war 405 000 654 965 2003 2011 See Iraq War Iraq 133 134 132 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 135 Kivu Conflict 100 000 2004 present see Kivu Conflict Congo Part of the Second Congo War Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 46 872 79 000 2004 present Pakistan USA and UK vs Terrorist groups Pakistan 132 Also known as the War in Waziristan Part of the War on Terror and War in Afghanistan 2001 present Mexican drug war 200 000 400 000 2006 present Mexico vs Drug cartels including inter cartel conflicts Mexico 136 137 Also known as the Mexican War on Drugs Boko Haram insurgency 350 000 2009 present Multinational Joint Task Force vs Boko Haram Nigeria with spillover into Cameroon Chad Mali and Niger 2 400 000 internally displaced Libyan crisis 30 000 43 000 138 139 140 141 2011 present First stage Libyan Arab Jamahiriya vs Anti Gaddafi forces Second stage Libyan National Army vs various militias including jihadists Third stage House of Representatives vs Government of National Accord vs Islamic State and other jihadist militias Libya Includes the First Libyan Civil War Factional violence in Libya and the Second Libyan Civil War Syrian civil war 580 000 613 407 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 100 000 142 Syrian Kurds fleeing to Turkey South Sudanese Civil War 383 000 143 2013 2020 South Sudan vs SPLM IO South Sudan About 190 000 died of violence and 383 000 died if healthcare services disruption and war caused food scarcity factored in as of 2018 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 Tigray War 162 000 378 000 Total civilian casualties including famine victims per Ghent University 144 2020 2022 UFEFCF vs Ethiopian and Eritrean Government Ethiopia Tigray Afar and Amhara Regions Part of the Ethiopian civil conflict Myanmar Civil War 49 219 2021 present National Unity Government vs State Administration Council Myanmar Part of the Internal conflict in Myanmar Russian invasion of Ukraine 300 000 2022 present Russia vs Ukraine Ukraine Estimates of deaths vary widely 145 146 The Ukrainian government stopped publishing country s demographic statistics starting from January 2022 Part of the Russo Ukrainian War Hamas Israel war 38 515 47 464 2023 present Israel vs Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups Israel Gaza Strip spillover into West Bank Lebanon Syria Part of the Israeli Palestinian conflict Modern wars with fewer than 25 000 deaths by death toll edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items December 2023 22 211 Croatian War of Independence 1991 1995 147 22 000 Dominican Restoration War 1863 1865 a 21 000 Six Day War 1967 148 20 068 Reform War 1857 1860 20 000 Yaqui Wars 1533 1929 27 20 000 War of the Quadruple Alliance 1718 1720 31 20 000 Ragamuffin War 1835 1845 149 20 000 Italo Turkish War 1911 1912 27 20 000 Anglo Spanish War 1727 1729 27 19 619 Rhodesian Bush War 1964 1979 19 000 Mexican American War 1846 1848 27 18 069 20 069 First Opium War 1839 1842 150 17 200 First Anglo Afghan War 1839 1842 151 16 765 17 065 Balochistan conflict 1948 present 152 153 154 16 000 War of the Pacific 1879 1883 16 000 Nepalese Civil War 1996 2006 16 000 Spanish American War 1898 27 15 200 15 300 Peasants War 1798 Part of the French Revolutionary Wars 15 000 Nigerian Sharia conflict 2009 present 155 156 157 15 000 Anglo Spanish War 1654 1660 14 460 14 922 South African Border War 1966 1990 14 077 22 077 Mau Mau rebellion 1952 1960 13 929 Republic of the Congo Civil War 1997 1999 119 13 812 Naxalite Maoist insurgency 1967 present 158 159 13 100 34 000 Kurdish separatism in Iran 1918 present 148 13 073 26 373 1948 Arab Israeli War 1948 1949 160 11 500 12 843 Indo Pakistani War of 1971 Part of the Bangladesh Liberation War 11 342 89 000 Malagasy Uprising 1947 1948 161 162 10 700 14 300 Yom Kippur War 1973 78 10 000 Assam separatist movements 1979 present 10 000 Malayan Emergency 1948 1960 163 10 000 War in Donbas 164 Part of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine 2014 present 10 000 First Italo Ethiopian War 1894 1896 27 10 000 Second Melillan campaign 1909 27 10 000 Hispano Moroccan War 1859 1860 27 10 000 Spanish conquest of Tripoli 1510 165 9 400 Libyan Civil War 2011 2011 166 8 136 Iraqi insurgency 2011 2013 167 7 500 21 741 War of 1812 1812 1815 27 168 7 400 16 200 Yemeni Civil War 2014 present 2014 present 7 050 Portuguese conquest of Goa 1510 169 7 104 Indo Pakistani War of 1947 1948 1947 1949 170 7 000 Chadian Civil War 2005 2010 2005 2010 171 6 800 13 459 Indo Pakistani War of 1965 1965 6 859 2020 Nagorno Karabakh conflict 2020 2024 5 641 6 991 Opposition Islamic State conflict during the Syrian civil war 2014 present 6 543 South Thailand insurgency 2004 present 172 6 295 Central African Republic conflict 2012 present 6 000 Permesta Rebellion 1958 1961 5 641 Sudanese nomadic conflicts 2009 present 173 174 5 100 Gaza Israel conflict 2006 Present Part of the Arab Israeli conflict 5 000 Casamance conflict 1982 2014 175 5 000 Chilean Civil War of 1891 1891 176 5 000 Cuban Revolution 1953 1959 177 5 000 War of the Reunions 1683 1684 4 715 Libyan Civil War 2014 present 2014 present 4 275 Dominican Civil War 1965 178 4 200 Shifta War 1963 1967 179 4 000 10 000 Conflict in the Niger Delta 2004 present 180 4 000 War of Devolution 1667 1668 3 699 Al Qaeda insurgency in Yemen 1992 present 119 3 552 First Schleswig War 1848 1852 3 529 The Northern Ireland Troubles 1966 1998 181 3 366 Insurgency in the North Caucasus 2009 2017 182 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 1948 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 183 184 3 000 5 000 Croatian Slovene Peasant Revolt 1573 185 3 000 1958 Lebanon crisis 1958 3 000 Second Ivorian Civil War 2010 2011 186 3 000 Banana Wars 1914 1933 59 3 000 Dominican War of Independence 1844 2 800 Northern Mali conflict 2012 present 2 781 Iranian Revolution 1978 1979 187 2 751 Third Anglo Afghan War 1919 188 2 557 Sudan internal conflict 2011 present 2011 present 189 190 191 2 394 Sinai insurgency 2011 present 192 2 300 Conflict in the Niger Delta 2003 present 193 194 2 270 2 971 Second Opium War 1856 1860 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 unrest 1997 2 000 Costa Rican civil war 1948 2 000 Six Day War 2000 2000 195 2 000 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes 2010 196 197 198 2 000 Iran crisis of 1946 1946 199 1 817 Mexican Border War 1910 1919 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 2004 present 1 643 2 237 Transnistria War 1992 200 201 202 203 1 600 Texas Revolution 1835 1836 b 1 561 Islamic State related terrorist attacks in Turkey 2013 present 1 500 Irish Civil War 1922 1923 1 480 Ifni War 1957 1958 78 1 444 Taliban ISIL conflict in Afghanistan 2015 present 1 300 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency 1996 present 204 1 295 Siachen conflict 1984 2011 1 229 Basque conflict 1959 2011 205 1 227 5 600 Kargil War 1999 206 207 208 209 1 000 1 500 Cabinda conflict 1994 present 210 1 000 Djiboutian Civil War 1991 1994 1 000 1991 1992 South Ossetia War 1991 1992 211 1 000 Xinjiang conflict 1930 present 1 000 Chincha Islands War 1864 1866 27 1 000 Houthi Saudi Arabian conflict 2015 present Part of the Yemeni Civil War 2014 present 1 000 Second Mafia War 1980 1983 968 Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961 907 Falklands War 1982 212 898 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 818 Korean DMZ Conflict 1966 1969 808 Sino Russian border conflicts 1652 1689 789 1 874 2001 2002 India Pakistan standoff 2001 2002 771 Insurgency in Egypt 2013 present 2013 present 740 Indonesia Malaysia confrontation 1963 1966 213 214 722 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion 2016 2019 700 800 Anglo Aro War 1901 1902 638 838 Operation Just Cause 1989 1990 670 Infighting in the Gulf Cartel 2010 present 659 2 496 Russo Georgian War 2008 650 Infighting in Los Zetas 2010 present 643 1 500 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile 2011 present 191 190 621 Second Ndrangheta war 1985 1991 316 Chiapas conflict 1994 1996 302 Operation Uphold Democracy 1994 1995 300 Islamic Army Al Qaeda conflict 2006 2007 547 Cyprus Emergency 1955 1959 542 East Prigorodny Conflict 1992 500 Anglo Zanzibar War 1896 483 494 2007 Lebanon conflict 422 Franco Thai War 1940 1941 327 RENAMO insurgency 2013 2021 275 569 Second Afar insurgency 1995 2018 Part of the Eritrean Ethiopian border conflict 247 Cortina Troubles 1859 1861 246 353 Korean Expedition 1871 236 Batwa Luba clashes 2013 2018 233 First Ndrangheta war 1974 1976 233 Anglophone Crisis 2017 present c 217 Cuban invasion of the Dominican Republic 1959 213 523 Jebel Akhdar War 1954 1959 220 206 345 Arab separatism in Khuzestan 1922 2022 200 1967 Opium War 1967 200 1935 Yazidi revolt 1935 citation needed 174 194 United States occupation of Veracruz 1914 221 164 Red Sea Crisis 2023 Present 162 Quebec Biker War 1994 2002 159 Islamic State insurgency in Tunisia 2015 2022 141 2006 Sao Paulo violence outbreak 2006 126 Kasese clashes 2016 222 223 125 Attacks on U S bases in Iraq Jordan and Syria 2023 present 115 Pool War 2016 present 112 Operation Urgent Fury 1983 108 Islamist insurgency in Mozambique 2017 present d 102 227 2016 2018 India Pakistan border skirmishes 2016 2018 99 500 Sand War 1963 1964 95 2013 Guinea clashes 2013 235 84 134 2013 Lahad Datu standoff 2013 236 237 82 Quasi War 1798 1800 citation needed 82 North West Rebellion 1885 238 80 Las Cuevas War 1875 71 Paraguayan People s Army insurgency 2005 present citation needed 70 DHKP C insurgency in Turkey 1990 present 63 77 Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986 63 Ten Day War 1991 56 Dissident Irish Republican campaign 1998 present 50 Second Samoan Civil War 1898 1899 46 Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1954 45 2020 2021 China India skirmishes 2020 2021 41 2010 Rio de Janeiro security crisis 2010 39 111 2014 2015 India Pakistan border skirmishes 2014 2015 37 2013 India Pakistan border skirmishes 2013 36 2016 Niger Delta conflict 2016 Present 239 Part of the Conflict in the Niger Delta 20 2024 Ecuadorian conflict 2024 Present 12 61 2017 Afghanistan Pakistan border skirmish 2017 Part of the Afghanistan Pakistan border skirmishes 11 30 2008 Kufra conflict 2008 11 2024 Iran Pakistan border skirmishes 2024 8 16 2011 India Pakistan border skirmish 2011 Charts and graphs edit nbsp 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