Wars & Conflicts
Database3,505 RECORDS
Total Records
3,505
Battles, sieges, wars & operations
Entry Types
1,241 battles816 sieges462 operations353 campaigns72 wars
Data Coverage
With casualties81
With location2,954
Total casualties291.9M
Deadliest Entries by Recorded Casualties
| # | Conflict | Period | Casualties | Relative Scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | World War II | 1939 – 19456Y | 70,000,000 | |
| 02 | Mongol Conquests | 1206 – 1368162Y | 40,000,000 | |
| 03 | An Lushan Rebellion | 755 – 7638Y | 36,000,000 | |
| 04 | Taiping Rebellion | 1850 – 186414Y | 30,000,000 | |
| 05 | Qing Dynasty Conquest of Ming | 1618 – 168365Y | 25,000,000 | |
| 06 | World War I | 1914 – 19184Y | 20,000,000 | |
| 07 | Thirty Years' War | 1618 – 164830Y | 8,000,000 | |
| 08 | Chinese Civil War | 1927 – 194922Y | 7,000,000 | |
| 09 | Napoleonic Wars | 1803 – 181512Y | 5,400,000 | |
| 10 | Second Congo War | 1998 – 20035Y | 5,000,000 |
Only 81 of 3,505 records have casualty data
| Name | Period | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trojan War | 1257 BC – 1179 BC | Troy | \u2014 |
| Fall of Harran | 609 BC – 608 BC | Harran | \u2014 |
| Siege of Tyre | 585 BC – 572 BC | Tyre | \u2014 |
| Name | Period | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punic Wars | 264 BC – 146 BC | Mediterranean (Rome, Carthage, Spain, North Africa) | 1.5M |
| Greco-Persian Wars | 499 BC – 449 BC | Greece, Persia, Ionia | 300K |
| Wars of Alexander the Great | 335 BC – 323 BC | Greece, Persia, Egypt, India | 200K |
| Peloponnesian War | 431 BC – 404 BC | Greece | 100K |
| Siege of Plataea | 428 BC – 426 BC | Plataea | \u2014 |
| Siege of Akragas | 405 BC | Akragas | \u2014 |
| Siege of Rhegium | 387 BC – 386 BC | Reggio Calabria | \u2014 |
| Philip II's Illyrian Campaigns | 357 BC – 336 BC | Illyria | \u2014 |
| Siege of Tyre | 331 BC | Tyre | \u2014 |
| Indian campaign of Alexander the Great | 326 BC – 324 BC | Indus Valley | \u2014 |
| Conquest of the Nanda Empire | 320 BC – 319 BC | Nanda Empire | \u2014 |
| First Siege of Babylon | 310 BC | Babylon | \u2014 |
| Name | Period | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mongol Conquests | 1206 – 1368 | Asia, Europe, Middle East | 40.0M |
| An Lushan Rebellion | 755 – 763 | China | 36.0M |
| Hundred Years' War | 1337 – 1453 | France, England, Low Countries | 3.5M |
| Crusades | 1095 – 1291 | Middle East, North Africa, Europe | 1.0M |
| Harrying of the North | 1069 – 1070 | Northern England | 100K |
| Siege of Isfahan | 1387 | Isfahan | 40K |
| Siege of Panormus | 535 | Panormus | \u2014 |
| Siege of Rome | 537 – 538 | Rome | \u2014 |
| Siege of Milan | 538 – 539 | Milan | \u2014 |
| Siege of Ariminum | 538 | Ariminum | \u2014 |
| Siege of Urbinus | 538 | Urbino | \u2014 |
| Siege of Ravenna | 539 – 540 | Ravenna | \u2014 |
| Name | Period | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qing Dynasty Conquest of Ming | 1618 – 1683 | China | 25.0M |
| Thirty Years' War | 1618 – 1648 | Central Europe (Holy Roman Empire) | 8.0M |
| French Wars of Religion | 1562 – 1598 | France | 2.0M |
| Deluge (Poland) | 1655 – 1660 | Poland-Lithuania | 2.0M |
| Seven Years' War | 1756 – 1763 | Global (Europe, Americas, India, Philippines) | 1.4M |
| French Revolutionary Wars | 1792 – 1802 | Europe, Egypt, Caribbean | 1.0M |
| War of the Spanish Succession | 1701 – 1714 | Europe, Americas | 700K |
| Siege of Yorktown | 1781 | Yorktown | 397 |
| Siege of Fredriksten | 1718 | Fredriksten | 209 |
| Battle of Novara | 1500 | Milan | \u2014 |
| Siege of the Castle of Saint George | 1500 – 1501 | Fortress St. George | \u2014 |
| Malacca–Majapahit conflict | 1500 | Riau | \u2014 |
| Name | Period | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|
| World War II | 1939 – 1945 | Global (Europe, Pacific, Africa, Asia) | 70.0M |
| Taiping Rebellion | 1850 – 1864 | China | 30.0M |
| World War I | 1914 – 1918 | Global (Europe, Middle East, Africa) | 20.0M |
| Chinese Civil War | 1927 – 1949 | China | 7.0M |
| Napoleonic Wars | 1803 – 1815 | Europe, Atlantic, Americas | 5.4M |
| Russian Civil War | 1917 – 1922 | Russia | 4.0M |
| Dungan Revolt | 1862 – 1877 | China (Northwest) | 3.0M |
| Second Sino-Japanese War | 1937 – 1945 | China | 2.5M |
| Mexican Revolution | 1910 – 1920 | Mexico | 1.0M |
| American Civil War | 1861 – 1865 | United States | 750K |
| Crimean War | 1853 – 1856 | Crimea, Black Sea, Balkans | 650K |
| War of the Triple Alliance | 1864 – 1870 | South America (Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay) | 500K |
| Name | Period | Location | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Congo War | 1998 – 2003 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.0M |
| Vietnam War | 1955 – 1975 | Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) | 3.8M |
| Korean War | 1950 – 1953 | Korean Peninsula | 3.0M |
| Ethiopian Civil War | 1974 – 1991 | Ethiopia | 1.5M |
| Afghan Civil War | 1978 – 2021 | Afghanistan | 1.5M |
| Iran-Iraq War | 1980 – 1988 | Iran, Iraq | 1.3M |
| Biafran War | 1967 – 1970 | Nigeria | 1.2M |
| 1994 Genocide against Tutsi | 1994 | Rwanda | 1.0M |
| Sudanese Civil Wars | 1955 – 2020 | Sudan, South Sudan | 900K |
| Mozambican Civil War | 1977 – 1992 | Mozambique | 800K |
| Somali Civil War | 1991 | Somalia | 620K |
| Syrian Civil War | 2011 – Present | Syria | 500K |