Death toll

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A death toll is a presentation of the number of dead as a result of war, violence, accidents, natural distasters, extreme weather and disease.

Below is a list of death tolls as found in other Wikipedia articles. Most are estimates and are often in dispute. The number listed is the highest number in a range.

Some events overlap categories.

Table of contents

1 War and military actions
2 Genocide and Democide
3 Terrorism
4 Criminal violence
5 Riots
6 Earthquakes
7 Volcanoes
8 Hurricanes and Cyclones
9 Extreme weather
10 Fires
11 Disease
12 Famine
13 Aviation
14 Maritime
15 Space
16 Accidents
17 Sporting events
18 By occupying powers
19 See also
20 External links

War and military actions

50,000,000 - World War II, (see World War II casualties)
20,000,000 - World War I
10,000,000+ - Sino-Japanese War (1931 - 1942)
6,194,000 - Chinese Civil War (1928 - 1949) (excludes World War II casualties)
5,000,000 - Russian Civil War (1917 - 1921)
1,900,000 - Vietnam War (Second Indochina War) (1960-1975)
1,200,000 - Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
1,000,000 - Sudanese Civil War (1983 - 2002)
1,000,000 - Ethiopian Civil War (1974 - 1991)
1,000,000 - Biafran War (1967-1970)
900,000 - Mozambique Civil War (1976 - 1993)
800,000 - Congo Civil War (1991 - 1997)
644,000 - Korean War
558,052 - American Civil War
550,000 - Somalian Civil War (1988 - )
500,000 - Angolan Civil War (1975 - 2002)
500,000 - Ugandan Civil War (1979 - 1986)
500,000 - Pakistan - Bangladesh Civil War (1971)
300,000 - First Burundi Civil War (1972)
220,000 - Liberian Civil War (1989 - )
200,000 - Sierra Leone Civil War (1991 - 2000)
150,000 - North Yemen Civil War (1962 - 1970)
150,000 - Russo-Japanese War (1904 - 1905)
75,000 - Ethiopia - Eretria War (1998 - 2000)
30,000 - Vietnam - China Conflict (1979)
13,000 - South Yemen Civil War (1986)
5,000 - Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)
(figure needed) - Gulf War (1991)
(figure needed) - Kosovo War (1996 - 1999)
(figure needed) - 2003 invasion of Iraq (2003)
3,000 - Ivorian Civil War (2002 - )
2,750 - Sabra and Shatila Massacre (Lebanon, 1982)
537 - Operation Just Cause (Panama, 1989)
300 - Wounded Knee Massacre (South Dakota, 1890)

Genocide and Democide

31,000,000 - Cultural Revolution (China, 1966 - 1976)
21,000,000 - Great Leap Forward (China, 1958 - 1961)
20,000,000 - Great Purge (Soviet Union, 1930s)
6,000,000 - 12,000,000 - Nazi internments and holocaust in Europe
1,700,000 - Pol Pot's communalisation program (Cambodia, 1976-1979)
1,500,000 - Second Armenian Genocide (Turkey, 1915 - 1916)
800,000 - Rwanda (Rwanda, 1994)
300,000 - Idi Amin's dictatorship (Uganda, 1971-1979)
300,000 - Nanjing Massacre (China, 1937-1938)
264,000 - Greeks killed in Asia Minor (Turkey, 1912 - 1923)
70,000 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (France, 1572)
8,000 - Trail of Tears (United States, 1838-39)
2,000 - 2002 Gujarat violence (India, 2002)

Terrorism

2,995 - September 11, 2001 attacks, (New York, Washington, DC, 2001) (see Casualties)
225 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, (Tanzania, Kenya, 1998)
202 - 2002 Bali terrorist bombing, (Indonesia, 2002)
190 - 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks, (Spain, 2004)
170 - Moscow Theatre Siege, (Russia, 2003)
168 - Oklahoma City bombing, (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1995)
29 - Israeli Embassy Attack in Buenos Aires, (Argentina, 1992)
6 - World Trade Center bombing, (New York, 1993)
3 - Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing, (Australia, 1978)

Criminal violence

2000+ - Bhopal Disaster India (Criminal charges brought, no conviction to date)
35 - Port Arthur Massacre, Australia (1996)
18 - Dunblane Massacre, Scotland, UK (1996)
16 - Postal shooting, Edmond, Oklahoma (1986)
15 - Columbine High School massacre (Colorado, 1999)

Riots

87,000 - Tibetan riots against Chinese Government (Tibet, China) 1959
30,000 - Nika riots (Constantinople, 532)
500 -- 2,600 - Aftermath of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (China, 1989)
100 - New York Draft Riots, 1863
50 -- 60 - L.A. riot 1991
43 - Attica Prison riots (New York, 1971)
34 - Watts Riot (Los Angeles, 1965)

Earthquakes

400,000 - Tangshan earthquake (China, 1976)
140,000 - Great Kanto earthquake (Japan, 1923)
100,000 - 1755 Lisbon earthquake (Portugal, 1755)
45,000 - Bam earthquake (Iran, 1906)
700 - 1906 San Francisco earthquake (California, 1906)
258 - Napier earthquake (New Zealand, 1931)
27 - 1872 Lone Pine earthquake (California, 1872)
13 - Newcastle earthquake (Australia, 1989)

Volcanoes

92,000 - Mount Tambora (Indonesia, 1815) (see also Year Without a Summer)

Hurricanes and Cyclones

6000 -- 12,000 - Galveston Hurricane (Texas, United States September 7, 1900)
1182 - Hurricane Hazel (Grenada, Bahamas, United States, Canada, 1954)
1100 - Hurricane Mitch Central America 1998)
400 - Cyclone Mahina (Australia, 1899)
65 - Cyclone Tracy (Australia, 1974)
40 - Hurricane Isabel (United States, 2003)
26 - Hurricane Andrew (Bahamas, United States, 1992)
23 - Hurricane Alicia (United States, 1983)
14 - Cyclone Ada (Australia, 1970)
7 - Cyclone Justin (Australia, 1997)
3 - Cyclone Winifred (Australia, 1986)

Extreme weather

3,700,000 - flood Huang He river (1931)
15,000 - mudslide in Venezuela (1999) (see Extreme weather)
13,000 - European Heat Wave of 2003 (Europe, 2003)
10,000 - cyclone in Orissa, India (1999) (see Extreme weather)
4,000 - heat waves in Texas, Middle East and India (1998) (see Extreme weather)
739 - Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 (Chicago, 1995)
271 - heat waves in Midwest and Northeast (1999) (see Extreme weather)
16 - Brisbane flood (Australia, 1974)

Fires

300 - Great Chicago Fire (Chicago, 1871)
100 - The Station nightclub fire (Rhode Island, 2003)
76 - "Ash Wednesday" bushfires (Australia, 1983)
71 - "Black Friday" bushfires (Australia, 1939)
62 - Hobart bushfire (Australia, 1967)
4 - Canberra bushfire (Australia, 2003)

Disease

(figure needed) - AIDS (1981 - )
25 - 40,000,000 - Spanish Flu (Worldwide, 1918 - 1919)
25,000,000 - Black Death (Europe, 1300s)
10,000,000 - Bubonic Plague (China, 1892 - 1896)

Famine

1,200,000 - North Korean famine (North Korea, 1995 - 1998)
1,100,000 - Irish potato famine 1846-1849

Aviation

583 - Tenerife disaster (Tenerife, 1977)
270 - Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie, 1988)
230 - TWA Flight 800 (Long Island, 1996)
225 - China Airlines Flight 611 (Penghu Islands, 2002)
83 - Singapore Airlines Flight 6 (Singapore, 2000)
35 - Hindenburg disaster (New Jersey, 1937)

Maritime

1,518 - RMS Titanic, 1912
1,198 - RMS Lusitania, 1915

Space

7 - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (Texas, 2003)
7 - Space Shuttle Challenger (Florida, 1986)

Accidents

3000 - North Korean fuel train explosion (North Korea, 2004)
568 - Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
75 - Tay Rail Bridge (Scotland, 1878)
48 - Vostok rocket explosion (Soviet Union, 1980)
21 - Brazilian rocket explosion (Brazil, 2003)