List of wars by death tool-Modern-(Modern wars with greater than 25,000 deaths by death toll)

Modern wars with greater than 25,000 deaths by death toll

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1991 Iraqi coup d'état attempt	85,000–235,000	141,333	1991	Iraq vs various rebels	Iraq	[102][103][104] – Also known as the Sha'aban Intifada
Aceh War	97,000–107,000	101,877	1873–1914	Kingdom of the Netherlands vs. Aceh Sultanate	Indonesia	[55] – Also known as the Infidel War
Algerian Civil War	44,000–200,000	93,808	1991–2002	Algeria vs. FIS loyalists vs. GIA	Algeria	[101]
Algerian War	400,000-1,500,000	724,569	1954–1962	Algeria vs. France	Algeria	[76] – Also known as the Algerian War of Independence
American Civil War	650,000–1,000,000	806,226	1861–1865	United States vs. Confederate States	USA	[51][52][53]
American Revolutionary War	37,324+	37,324	1775–1783	United States and allies vs. British Empire and German Mercenaries	Worldwide	37,324 battle dead, all sides, all theaters.[21][40][41][42][43] – Also known as the American War of Independence
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)	138,285+	138,285	1585–1604	Spanish Empire and allies vs. Kingdom of England and allies	Europe / Americas	English 88,285[24] Scots/Irish 50,000
Angolan Civil War	504,158+	504,158	1975–2002	MPLA vs. UNITA	Angola
Angolan War of Independence	82,991–102,991	92,452	1961–1974	Angola vs. Portugal and South Africa	Angola
Arab–Israeli conflict	116,074+	116,074	1948–present	Arab League vs. Israel and USA	Middle East	[74]
Balkan Wars	140,000+	140,000	1912–1913	see Balkan wars	Balkan Peninsula	[21]
Bangladesh Liberation War	3,000,000+	3,000,000	1971	India and Bangladesh vs. Pakistan	Bangladesh	[87] – Also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence
Boko Haram insurgency	51,567+	51,567	2009–present	Multinational Joint Task Force vs. Boko Haram	Nigeria	2,400,000 internally displaced
Bosnian War	97,214–104,732	100,903	1991–1995	Bosnia and Herzegovinian governments and allies vs. Republika Srpska and allies	Bosnia
Burundian Civil War	300,000+	300,000	1993–2005	Burundi vs. Hutu rebels vs. Tutsi rebels	Burundi	[105]
Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent	200,000+	200,000	1521–1566	Ottoman Empire vs. several Balkan, African, and Arabian States	Eastern Europe / Middle East / North Africa	[21]
Carlist Wars	200,000+	200,000	1820–1876	Carlist Insurgents vs. Spain	Spain	[44]
Chaco War	85,000–130,000	100,000	1932–1935	Bolivia vs. Paraguay	Gran Chaco
Chinese Civil War	8,000,000–11,692,000	9,671,401	1927–1949	ROC vs. PRC	China	[63]
Colombian conflict	220,000+	220,000	1964–present	Colombia and allies vs. Far Left guerillas and Far Right paramilitares	Colombia	[84]
Congo Crisis	100,000+	100,000	1960–1965	DRC, USA, and Belgium vs. Simba and Kwilu Rebels	Congo	[81]
Conquest of the Desert	30,000–35,000	32,404	1870s–1884	Argentina vs. Mapuche people	Patagonia
Continuation War	387,333+	387,333	1941–1944	Finland and Germany vs. Soviet Union	Northern Europe	– Part of World War II
CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion	30,000–43,000	35,917	1969–present	Philippines vs. Communist Party of the Philippines	Philippines	[86]
Crimean War	356,000–410,000	382,047	1853–1856	Ottoman Empire and allies vs. Russia	Crimean Peninsula
Cuban War of Independence	362,000+	362,000	1895–1898	USA and Cuba vs. Spain	Cuba	[28]
Dungan Revolt	8,000,000–12,000,000	9,797,959	1862–1877	Qing China vs. Hui vs. Kashgaria	China	– Also known as the Tongzhi Hui Revolt
Eighty Years' War	600,000–700,000	648,074	1568–1648	Dutch Republic, England, Scotland, and France vs. Spanish Empire	Worldwide	[20] – Also known as the Dutch War of Independence
English Civil War	356,000–735,000	511,527	1642–1651	Royalists vs. Parliamentarians	England	[32] – Part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Ethiopian Civil War	500,000–1,500,000	866,025	1974–1991	Derg, PEDR, and Cuba vs. Anti-Communist rebel groups	Ethiopia
Ethnic conflict in Nagaland	34,000+	34,000	1954–present	India and Myanmar vs. Naga People	Northeast India	[77]
First Congo War	250,000–800,000	447,214	1996–1997	Zaire and allies vs. AFDL and allies	Congo
First Indochina War	400,000+	400,000	1946–1954	France vs. Việt Minh, Lao Assara, and Khmer Issarak	Southeast Asia	– Also known as the Indochina War
First Sino–Japanese War	48,311+	48,311	1894–1895	Qing China vs. Japan	East Asia
First Sudanese Civil War	500,000+	500,000	1955–1972	Sudan vs. South Sudanese Rebels	Sudan
Franco-Dutch War	220,000+	220,000	1672–1678	France and allies vs. Dutch Republic and allies	Western Europe	[21] – Also known as the Dutch War
Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)	200,000+	200,000	1635–1659	France and Allies vs. Spain and Allies	Western Europe	[21][28]
French campaign in Egypt and Syria	65,000+	65,000	1798–1801	France vs. Ottoman Empire and Great Britain	Middle East / North Africa	[21]
French conquest of Algeria	300,000+	300,000	1829–1847	France vs. Ottoman Empire	Algeria	Including 15,000 French[46]
French intervention in Mexico	49,287+	49,287	1862–1867	Mexican Republicans vs. France and Mexican Empire	Mexico	[28]
French invasion of Russia	540,000+	540,000	1812	French Empire vs. Russia	Russia	[21] – Part of the Napoleonic Wars
French Wars of Religion	2,000,000–4,000,000	2,828,427	1562–1598	Protestants vs. France vs. Catholics	France	[23] – Also known as the Huguenot Wars
German Peasants' War	100,000+	100,000	1524–1525	German Peasants vs. Swabian League	Germany	[22] – Also known as the Great Peasants War
Great Northern War	350,000+	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.[35]
Great Turkish War	120,000+	120,000	1683–1699	Ottoman Empire vs. European Holy League	Eastern Europe	[21] – Also known as the War of the Holy League
Greco-Italian War	27,080+	27,080	1940–1941	Greece vs. Italy	Southeast Europe	– Part of World War II
Greek Civil War	158,000+	158,000	1946–1949	Greek Government army vs. DSE	Greece	[67][68][69][70]
Gulf War	25,456–40,456	32,091	1990–1991	Iraq vs. Coalition Forces	Iraq	– Also known as the First Iraq War
Indian annexation of Hyderabad	29,212–242,212	84,116	1948	Dominion of India vs. Hyderabad	India	– Also known as Operation Polo
Indian Rebellion of 1857	800,000–10,000,000	2,828,427	1857–1858	Sepoy Mutineers vs. British East India Company	India	[50] – Also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Indian First War of Independence
Insurgency in Laos	100,000+	100,000	1975–2007	Laos and Vietnam vs. "Secret army" and Hmong people	Laos	[88]
Insurgency in Northeast India	25,000+	25,000	1964–present	India and allies vs. Insurgent Groups	Northeast India	[73]
Internal conflict in Myanmar	130,000–250,000	180,278	1948–present	Myanmar vs. Burmese Insurgent Groups	Myanmar	[73]
Internal conflict in Peru	70,000+	70,000	1980–present	Peru vs. PCP-SL and MRTA	Peru	[94]
Iran–Iraq War	289,220–1,100,000	564,041	1980–1988	Iran and allies vs. Iraq and allies	Middle East
Iraq War	151,000-461,000	190,000	2003–2011	See Iraq War	Iraq	[114][115][113] – Also known as the Second Gulf War – Part of the War on Terror See: Casualties of the Iraq War
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)	195,000-200,000+	197,500	2014–2017	Iraq and allies vs. ISIL	Iraq
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict	138,800–320,100	210,784	1918–2003	Kurdistan/Iraqi Kudistan and allies vs. Iraq and allies	Iraq	[61][62]
Italian Wars	300,000–400,000	346,410	1494–1559	Holy Roman Empire, Spain, and some Italian States vs. France, Ottoman Empire, and some Italian states	Southern Europe	[20] – Also known as the Great Wars of Italy
Ituri conflict	60,000+	60,000	1999–2003	Lendu Tribe vs. Hemu Tribe and allies	Congo	[111] – Part of the Second Congo War
Japanese invasions of Korea	1,000,000+	1,000,000	1592–1598	Kingdom of Great Joseon and Ming China vs. Japan	Korea	[25]
Kashmir Conflict	80,000–110,000	93,808	1947– present	India vs. Pakistan	North India / Pakistan
Kivu Conflict	100,000+	100,000	2004–present	see Kivu Conflict	Congo	– Part of the Second Congo War
Korean War	1,500,000-4,500,000	3,000,000	1950–1953	South Korea and allies vs. North Korea and allies	Korea	[75]
Kurdish rebellions in Turkey	100,000+	100,000	1921–present	Turkey vs. Kurdish people	Middle East
Kurdish–Turkish conflict	45,000+	45,000	1978–present	Turkey vs. KCK	Middle East	[90] – Part of the Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
La Violencia	192,700–194,700	193,697	1948–1958	Colombian Conservative Party vs. Colombian Liberal Party	Colombia
Lebanese Civil War	120,000–150,000	134,164	1975–1990	various groups	Lebanon
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency	100,000–500,000	223,607	1987–present	Lord's Resistance Army vs. Central African states	Central Africa	[100]
Malagasy Uprising	11,342–89,000	35,000	1947–1948	France vs. Malagasy Insurgents	Madagascar	[71][72]
Maratha expeditions in Bengal	400,000+	400,000	1741–1751	Maratha Empire vs. Nawab of Bengal	India	[36][37]
Mexican Drug War	150,000-250,000	200,000	2006–present	Mexico vs. Drug cartels	Mexico	[117][118] – Also known as the Mexican War on Drugs
Mexican Revolution	500,000–2,000,000	1,000,000	1910–1920	Revolutionary Forces vs. Anti-Revolutionary Forces	Mexico	[59]
Mfecane	1,500,000–2,000,000	1,732,051	1815–1840	Ethnic communities in south Africa	Southern Africa	[45]
Moro Conflict	120,000+	120,000	1969–2019	Philippines vs. Jihadist Groups vs. Bangsamoro	Philippines	[85]
Mozambican War of Independence	63,500–88,500	74,965	1964–1974	FRELIMO vs. Portugal	Mozambique	[83]
Mughal–Maratha Wars	5,000,000+	5,600,000	1658-1707	Maratha empire vs. Mughal Empire	India-Bangladesh	[33][34]
Nagorno-Karabakh War	38,000+	38,000	1988–1994	Artsakh and Armenia vs. Azerbaijan and allies	Caucasus region	– Also known as the Artsakh Liberation War
Napoleonic Wars	3,500,000–7,000,000	4,949,747	1803–1815	Coalition powers vs. French empire and allies	Worldwide	See: Napoleonic Wars casualties
Nigerian Civil War	1,000,000-3,000,000	1,732,051	1967–1970	Nigeria vs. Biafra	Nigeria	– Also known as the Biafran War
North Yemen Civil War	100,000–200,000	141,421	1962–1970	Kingdom of Yemen and Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen Arab Republic and United Arab Republic	Yemen	[82]
Panthay Rebellion	890,000–1,000,000	943,398	1856–1873	Qing China vs. Hui	China	– Also known as the Du Wenxiu Rebellion
Paraguayan War	300,000–1,200,000	600,000	1864–1870	Triple alliance vs. Paraguay	South America	[54] – Also known as the War of the Triple Alliance
Philippine–American War	234,000+	234,000	1899–1912	Philippines vs. USA	Philippines	[58] – Also known as the Philippine War
Russian Civil War	5,000,000–9,000,000	6,708,204	1917–1922	Red army and allies vs. White army and allies	Russia	[60]
Rwandan genocide	800,000	800,000	April – July 1994	Hutu people vs. Tutsi Rebels	Rwanda	[106]
Saint-Domingue expedition	135,000+	135,000	1802–1803	France vs. Haiti and UK	Haiti	[28]
Second Congo War	2,500,000–5,400,000	3,674,235	1998–2003	See Second Congo War	Central Africa	[107][108][109][110] – Also known as the Great War of Africa
Second Italo-Ethiopian War	278,350+	278,350	1935–1936	Ethiopian Empire vs. Italy	Ethiopia	According to Italian government statistics, the Italians suffered 1,148 KIA, 125 DOW, and 31 MIA.[64] According to the Ethiopian government, at least 275,000 Ethiopians died in the brief war.[64][65] – Also known as the Second Italo–Abyssinian War
Second Italo-Senussi War	40,000+	40,000	1923–1932	Italy vs. Senussi Order	Libya
Second Sino-Japanese War	20,000,000–25,000,000	22,360,680	1937–1945	Republic of China and allies vs. Japan	China	[66] – Part of World War II
Second Sudanese Civil War	1,000,000–2,000,000	1,414,214	1983–2005	Sudan vs. South Sudanese rebels	Sudan
Seven Years' War	868,000–1,400,000	1,102,361	1756–1763	Great Britain and allies vs. France and Allies	Worldwide	[38][39]
Sierra Leone Civil War	50,000-300,000	122,474	1991-2002	see Sierra Leone Civil War	Sierra Leone
Sino-Burmese War (1765–69)	70,000+	70,000	1765–1769	Burma vs. Qing China	Southeast Asia	– Also known as the Qing invasions of Burma
Somali Civil War	300,000–500,000	387,298	1986–present	Varying Somali governments vs. insurgent groups	Somalia	[98][99]
South African War (Second Boer War)	73,000–90,000	81,056	1899-1902	United Kingdom and allies vs. South African Republic and Orange Free State	South Africa	[57]
Soviet–Afghan War	600,000–2,000,000	1,095,445	1979–1989	Soviet Union and Afghanistan vs. Insurgent groups	Afghanistan	[91][92][93] – Part of War in Afghanistan
Soviet–Japanese War	33,420–95,768	56,574	1945	Soviet Union and Mongolia vs. Japan	Manchuria	– Part of World War II
Spanish American Wars of Independence	600,000+	600,000	1808–1833	Spain and Portugal vs. American Independentists	Americas	[44]
Spanish Civil War	500,000–1,000,000	707,107	1936–1939	Nationalists vs. Republicans	Spain	[28]
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire	24,300,000+	24,300,000	1519–1632	Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Aztec Empire	Mexico	[20] – Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes the cocoliztli plagues
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire	8,400,000+	8,400,000	1533–1572	Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Inca Empire	Peru	[20] – Part of the European colonization of the Americas, includes deaths due to European diseases
Spanish conquest of Yucatán	1,460,000+	1,460,000	1519–1595	Spanish Colonial Empire vs. Mayan States	North America	[20] – Part of the European colonisation of the Americas, includes deaths due to European disease
Sri Lankan Civil War	80,000–100,000	89,443	1983–2009	Sri Lanka vs. Tamil Tigers	Sri Lanka	[97]
Syrian Civil War	570,000+	570,000	2011–present	Syrian Arab Republic vs. Republic of Syria vs. ISIL vs. Syrian Democratic Forces	Syria	See: Casualties of the Syrian civil war
Taiping Rebellion	20,000,000-100,000,000	44,721,359	1850–1864	Qing China vs. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom	China	[47][48][49] – Also known as the Taiping Civil War
Ten Years' War	241,000+	241,000	1868–1878	Spain vs. Cuba	Cuba	[28] – Also known as the Great War
Thirty Years' War	3,000,000–11,500,000	5,873,670	1618–1648	Pro-Habsburg states vs. Anti-Habsburg states	Europe	[27]
Thousand Days' War	120,000+	120,000	1899–1902	Colombian Conservatives vs. Colombian Liberals	Colombia	[56]
Transition from Ming to Qing	25,000,000+	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	[26] – Also known as the Ming–Qing transition
Ugandan Bush War	100,000–500,000	223,607	1981–1986	ULNF and Tanzania vs. National Resistance Army	Uganda	[95][96] – Also known as the Luwero War
Venezuelan War of Independence	228,000+	228,000	1810–1823	Spain vs. Venezuelan states	Venezuela	– Part of Spanish American Wars of Independence
Vietnam War	2,400,000–4,300,000	3,144,837	1955–1975	South Vietnam and allies vs. North Vietnam and allies	Vietnam	[78][79][80] – Also known as the Second Indochina War
War in Afghanistan	1,240,000–2,000,000	1,574,802	1978–present	see War in Afghanistan	Afghanistan	[89]
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)	47,246–61,603	53,949	2001–present	see War in Afghanistan (2001–present)	Afghanistan	[113] – Part of the War on Terror and War in Afghanistan
War in Darfur	300,000+	300,000	2003–present	SRF and allies vs. Sudan and allies vs. UNAMID	Sudan	[116]
War in North-West Pakistan	45,852–78,946	60,165	2004–present	Pakistan, USA, and UK vs. Terrorist groups	Pakistan	[113] – Also known as the War in Waziristan – Part of the War on Terror and War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
War of the Spanish Succession	400,000–1,251,000	707,390	1701–1714	Grand Alliance vs. Bourbon Alliance	Europe / Americas	[21]
War on Terror	272,000–1,260,000	585,423	2001–present	Anti-Terrorist Forces vs. Terrorist groups	Worldwide	[112][113][114][115] – Also known as the Global War on Terrorism
Wars of the Three Kingdoms	876,000+	876,000	1639–1651	Royalists vs. Covenanters vs.Union of the Irish vs. Scottish Protestants vs. Parliamentarians	British Isles	[29][30][31] – Also known as the British Civil Wars
Winter War	153,736–194,837	173,071	1939–1940	Finland vs. Soviet Union	Finland	– Part of World War II
World War I	16,000,000–30,000,000+ (the higher estimate includes related Spanish flu epidemic. Neither includes the subsequent Russian Civil War)	23,568,559	1914–1918	Allied Powers vs. Central Powers	Worldwide	[21] – Also known as the Great War
World War II	56,125,162–85,000,000	69,069,811	1939–1945	Allied powers vs. Axis Powers	Worldwide	[21] - Largest and deadliest war in human history
Yemeni Civil War	91,600+	91,600+	2015-present	Yemen’s Supreme Political Council Vs Hadi Government and Saudi-led Coalition	Yemen