This is a list of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll. It covers the lowest estimate of death as well as the highest estimate, the name of the event, the location, and the start and end of each event. Some events may belong in more than one category. In addition, some of the listed events overlap each other, and in some cases the death toll from a smaller event is included in the one for the larger event or time period of which it was part.
These figures of one million or more deaths include the deaths of civilians from diseases, famine, etc., as well as deaths of soldiers in battle and and genocide. Where only one estimate is available, it appears in both the low and high estimates.
Iraq claims: 105,000 KIA + 50,000 in Kurdish Genocide
Others claim 600,000 Iranians killed and 500,000 Iraqis
Event that entail the intentional mass murder of individuals on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or race, or death caused by the forced eviction of individuals on the basis of race, religion or ethnicity.
+thousands to millions more in forced labor and unnumbered wars and massacres in Latin America
(Both Americas)
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47,757
+Siege of Fort Pitt victims
(U.S. only)
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39,193
+Siege of Fort Pitt victims
(U.S. only)
+thousands to millions more in forced labor and unnumbered wars and massacres in Latin America
(Both Americas)
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58,193
+Siege of Fort Pitt victims
(U.S. only)