Death toll

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

Below is a list of death tolls for infamous incidents. Most are estimates and are often in dispute. The number listed is the best estimate.

Some events overlap categories.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it (http://en.BambooWeb.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_wars_and_disasters_by_death_toll&action=edit).

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Deaths caused by humans

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War and military action

50,000,000-60,000,000 - World War II (1937-1945), (see World War II casualties) note that this figure includes well over 10 million genocide victims
3,000,000-60,000,000 - Mongol Conquests (13th century)
33,000,000-36,000,000 - An Lushan Rebellion (756-763)
25,000,000 - Manchu Conquest of Ming China (1616-1644)
20,000,000 - Taiping Rebellion (1851 - 1864)
15,000,000 - 20,000,000 - World War I (1914-1918) (see World War I casualties)
17,000,000 - Timur Lenk's conquests (1370?1405)
10,000,000+ - Sino-Japanese War (1931 - 1942)
7,500,000 - Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648)
6,194,000 - Chinese Civil War (1928 - 1949) note that this figure excludes World War II casualties
- 300,000-3,100,000 before 1937
- 1,000,000-3,000,000 after World War II
5,000,000 - Russian Civil War (1917 - 1921)
4,000,000 - Napoleonic Wars (1804 - 1815)
3,800,000 - Second Congo War (1998-2004) (this figure is mainly deaths due to disease and starvation)
2,500,000-3,500,000 - Korean War (1950-1953)
1,750,000-3,100,000 - Vietnam War (entire war 1945-1975)
- 300,000-1,300,000 - First Indochina War (1945-1954)
- 100,000-300,000 - Vietnamese Civil War (1954-1960)
- 1,200,000-2,100,000 - American phase (1960-1973)
- 170,000 - Final phase (1973-1975)
- 175,000-1,150,000 - Secret War (1962-1975)
300,000-3,000,000 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
1,500,000-2,000,000 - Afghanistan (1979-2001)
- 1,000,000-1,500,000 Soviet intervention (1979-1989)
300,000-2,000,000 - Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1920)
230,000-1,400,000 - Ethiopian Civil War (1974 - 1991)
1,000,000 - Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
1,000,000 - Sudanese Civil War (1983 - 2002)
1,000,000 - Biafran War (1967-1970)
1,000,000 - Aztec conquests (1427-1519)
100,000-1,000,000 - Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962)
900,000-1,000,000- Mozambique Civil War (1976 - 1993)
800,000 - Congo Civil War (1991 - 1997)
200,000-800,000 - Warlord era in China (1917-1928)
558,052 - American Civil War (1861-1865)
550,000 - Somalian Civil War (1988 - )
500,000 - Angolan Civil War (1975 - 2002)
500,000 - Ugandan Civil War (1979 - 1986)
300,000 - First Burundi Civil War (1972)
220,000 - Liberian Civil War (1989 - )
200,000 - Sierra Leone Civil War (1991 - 2000)
200,000 - Guatemaltec Civil War (1960-1996)
150,000 - North Yemen Civil War (1962 - 1970)
150,000 - Russo-Japanese War (1904 - 1905)
30,000-100,000 - American invasion and occupation of Iraq (2003 - )
100,000 - Gulf War (1991)
75,000 - Ethiopia - Eritrea War (1998 - 2000)
35,000 - Finnish Civil War (1918)
30,000 - Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
13,000 - South Yemen Civil War (1986)
7,000 - Kosovo War (1996 - 1999) (disputed)
5,000 - Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974)
3,000 - Northern Ireland conflict. 1969 - 1998
3,000 - Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire (2002 - )
1.500 - Romanian Revolution (December 1989)
1,000 - Zapatista uprising in Chiapas (1994)
1,000 - Falklands War (1982)
537-3,000 - Operation Just Cause (Panama, 1989)

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Individual battles and massacres

800,000-1,600,000 - Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
300,000 - Battle of the Somme (1916)
50,000-350,000 - Rape of Nanking (1937)
250,000 - Battle of Verdun (1916)
200,000 - Siege of Tenochtitlan (1520-1521)
150,000 - Battle of Passchendaele (1917)
75,000 - Battle of Arras (1917)
57,000 - Battle of Waterloo (1815)
51,000 - Battle of Gettysburg (Adams County July 1–3, 1863)
26,000 - Katyn Massacre (Russia, 1940)
23,746 - Battle of Shiloh (Hardin County, Tennessee April 6-7, 1862)
23,110 - Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland September 16–18, 1862)
22,180 - Second Battle of Bull Run (Prince William County 1862)
19,233 - Battle of Vicksburg (Warren County, Mississippi May 18 - July 4, 1863)
4,700 - First Battle of Bull Run (Fairfax County and Prince William County July 21, 1861)
622 - Jamestown Massacre (Virginia, 1622)
300 - Wounded Knee Massacre (South Dakota, 1890)

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Genocide and democide

40,000,000-400,000,000-Population history of Africans stolen from Africa for slavery
8,400,000-112,500,000 - Destruction of Native Americans (after 1492) combination of disease, inter-tribal warfare and wars with Europeans
20,000,000 - Great Purge (Soviet Union, 1930s) (Estimates range from 3.5 to 60 million)
250,000-20,000,000 - Cultural Revolution (China, 1966 - 1976 most estimates are around 1 to 2 million)
6,000,000-12,000,000 - Nazi internments and Holocaust in Europe
- 6,000,000 - Jews
- 2,600,000-4,000,000 Soviet POWs
- 1,000,000+ - Political prisoners
- 250,000-1,000,000 Roma
- 70,000-275,000 Handicapped
- 10,000-220,000 Homosexuals
5,000,000-10,000,000 - Congo Free State, (1877 - 1908)
1,000,000-3,000,000 Armenian Massacres (1895-1923) Heavily Disputed. Most cited number is 1.5 million. The Turkish government denies the genocide and accuses the Armenians of killing Turks instead
- 30,000-300,000 - Hamidian (First Armenian) Massacre (1895-1896)
- 6,000-30,000 - 1909
- 600,000-2,000,000 - Second Armenian Massacre (1915-1918)
- 250,000-500,0000 - (1919-1923)
1,700,000 - Pol Pot's communalisation program (Cambodia, 1976-1979)
500,000-1,500,000 - Degars killed in Vietnam, (Vietnam,1975 - present)
800,000-1,000,000 - Partition of India and Pakistan, (1947-1948)
800,000 - Genocide in Rwanda (Rwanda, 1994)
300,000 - Idi Amin's dictatorship (Uganda, 1971-1979)
264,000 - Greeks killed in Asia Minor (Turkey, 1912 - 1923)
182,000 - Al-Anfal Campaign (Iraq, 1986-1989)
40,000-100,000 - Herero massacre, (Namibia, 1904-1908)
30,000 - Dictatorship of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, (Haiti, 1964 - 1971)
10,000-30,000 228 Incident, (Taiwan, 1947)
10,000-30,000 Argentina's Dirty War, (Argentina, 1976 - 1983)
15,000-18,000 - Dicatorship of Fidel Castro, (Cuba, 1959 - present)
14,000 - Haitians massacred by Rafael Leónidas Trujillo's government. (Dominican Republic, 1937)
3,000 - Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (Chile, 1973 - 1990)

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Individual massacres and concentration camps

1,100,000 - Auschwitz concentration camp
70,000 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (France, 1572)
12,000 - La matanza (El Salvador, 1931)
5,000-12,000 - Massacre of Indians and Arabs in Zanzibar (Zanzibar, 1964)
5,000-7,000 - Halabja poison gas attack (Halabjah, Iraq, 1988)
379-1,000 - Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (Amritsar, India, 1919)
900 - El Mozote massacre (El Salvador, 1981)
268 - Plan de Sánchez massacre (Guatemala, 1982)
36 - 200 - Kristallnacht (Germany, 1938)
45 - 60 Acteal massacre (Mexico, 1997)

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Terrorism

Note that any number of individual non-noteworthy attacks by various groups are not listed here. Generally these have been in the low to mid tens of deaths.

2,992 - September 11, 2001 attacks, (New York, Washington, DC, 2001) (see Casualties)
330 - Beslan School Siege, (Beslan, Russia, 2004)
329 - Air India flight 182 (Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland, 1985)
299 - US and French barracks bombings, (Beirut, Lebanon, 1983)
270 - Pan Am Flight 103, (Lockerbie, Scotland, 1988)
257 - 1993 Mumbai bombings (Mumbai, India, 1993)
225 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, (Tanzania, Kenya, 1998)
202 - 2002 Bali terrorist bombing, (Indonesia, 2002)
191 - 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks, (Spain, 2004)
171 - UTA Flight UT-772, (1989)
170 - Moscow Theatre Siege, (Russia, 2002)
168 - Oklahoma City bombing, (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1995)
116 - Superferry 14 bombing, (Philippines, 2004)
90 - Central Bank Bombing, (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1996)
89 - Russian airplane bombings, (Russia, 2004)
86 - AMIA Bombing, (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1994)
63 - April 1983 US Embassy bombing, (Beirut, Lebanon, 1983)
57 - 2003 Istanbul Bombings, (Turkey, 2003)
52 - 2003 Mumbai bombings, (Mumbai, India, 2003)
40 - Wall Street bombing, (New York City, 1920)
33 - Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, (Ireland, 1974)
29 - Israeli Embassy Attack in Buenos Aires, (Argentina, 1992)
29 - Omagh Bombing, (Northern Ireland, 1998)
26 - Riyadh Compound Bombings, (Saudi Arabia, 2003)
21 - Maxim restaurant suicide bombing, (Israel, 2003)
19 - Birmingham pub bombing, (United Kingdom, 1974)
9 - Bloody Friday, (Northern Ireland, 1972)
6 - World Trade Center bombing, (New York, 1993)
3 - Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing, (Australia, 1978)

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Murder (other than through terrorism)

400 - Abadan theater arson (Abadan, Iran, 1978)
323 - Circus arson, (Niteroi, Brazil, 1961)
215 - Dr. Harold Shipman, Hyde, United Kingdom, (1970s?-1998)
189 - Subway arson (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
140 - Luis Garavito, Colombia, (1992-1998)
97 - DuPont Plaza Hotel arson, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
87 - Happyland Fire, New York City, (1990)
53 - Andrei Chikatilo, Ukraine, (1982-1990)
52 - Anatoly Onopriyenko, Ukraine, (1996)
48 - Gary Ridgway, Green River Killer, Washington State, USA (1980s)
45 - Bath School Disaster, Bath, Michigan, USA (1927)
35 - Port Arthur Massacre, Australia (1996)
33 - John Wayne Gacy, Chicago, (1970s)
23 - Ted Bundy, Florida, (1970s)
22+ - Robert Pickton, (Vancouver, 1990s)
21 - Yoo Young-Chul, (Seoul, 2003-2004)
21 - James Oliver Huberty, McDonald's massacre, San Ysidro, California, USA (1984)
18 - Dunblane Massacre, Scotland, United Kingdom (1996)
17 - Jeffrey Dahmer, Milwaukee, (1978-1991)
17 - Hungerford Massacre, England, (1987)
16 - Charles Whitman, University of Texas sniper, Austin, Texas (1966)
16 - Postal shooting, Edmond, Oklahoma (1986)
16 - Erfurt massacre, Erfurt, Germany (2002)
15 - Columbine High School massacre (Colorado, 1999)
14 - Montreal Massacre, Montreal, Canada, (1989)
13 - Howard Unruh, Camden, New Jersey, (1949)
13 - Hatfield-McCoy feud West Virginia/Kentucky (1860 - 1891)
12 - Fred West, Gloucester, England, (1973 - 1987)
5+ - Jack the Ripper, London, England (1888)

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Religious sacrifice

2,000,000 - Thuggee cult
80,000 ('classic' estimate) - 3,000 (modern estimate) - temple of Huitzilopochtli
913 - Jonestown mass suicide (Guyana, 1978)

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Riot or political demonstration

87,000 - Tibetan riots against Chinese Government (Tibet, China 1959)
30,000 - Nika riots (Constantinople, 532)
11,000 - Romanian Peasants' Revolt, 1907
300-5,000 - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, (China, 1989)
500 -- 2,600 - Aftermath of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (China, 1989)
400 - Iranian pilgrim riot, (Mecca, 1987)
300 - Tulsa Race Riot
200-300 - Tlatelolco massacre (Mexico, 1968)
285 - Gordon riots, (1780)
184 - May 13 Incident, ( Kuala Lumpur, 1969)
100 - Napoleon's "whiff of grapeshot", (Paris, 1795)
100 - New York Draft Riots, (1863)
95 - Riots in Palestine of May, 1921, (Tel Aviv, 1921)
94 - Jerusalem Riots of 1947
84 - Riot and crushing during mass arrests (Narathiwat province, Thailand, 2004)
50-60 - L.A. riot (1992)
7-60 - Massacre in Côte d'Ivoire by French troops (Côte d'Ivoire, 2004)
50 - Champ-de-Mars massacre, (Paris, 1791)
43 - Attica Prison riots (New York, 1971)
43 - 12th Street Riot (Detroit, 1967)
40-50 - Newton Rebellion (Newton, Northamptonshire, UK, 1607)
34 - Watts Riot (Los Angeles, 1965)
25 - Corpus Christi Massacre (Mexico City, 1971)
14 - Bloody Sunday (1972)
11 - Peterloo massacre (England, 1819)
4 - Kent State shootings (United States, 1970)

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Deaths caused by natural disasters

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Earthquake

830,000 - Shansi earthquake (China, 1556)
400,000 - Tangshan earthquake (China, 1976)
200,000 - Xining earthquake (China, 1927)
200,000 - Gansu earthquake (China, 1920)
155,000 - (UN estimate, ongoing) - Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunamis (outside Indonesia, 2004)
140,000 - Great Kanto earthquake (Japan, 1923)
100,000 - Messina earthquake (Italy, 1908)
100,000 - 1755 Lisbon earthquake (Portugal, 1755)
80,000 - Shemakha earthquake (Caucasus, 1667)
77,000 - Tabriz earthquake (Iran, 1727)
70,000 - Gansu earthquake (China, 1932)
66,000 - Peru earthquake (1970)
60,000 - Sicily earthquake (1693)
60,000 - Quetta earthquake (Pakistan, 1935)
50,000 - Calabria earthquake (Italy, 1783)
50,000 - Iran earthquake (1990)
32,700 - Erzincan earthquake (Turkey, 1939)
31,000 - Bam earthquake (Iran, 2003)
25,000 - Spitak earthquake (Armenia, 1988)
24,000 - Chi-Chi earthquake (Taiwan, 1999)
23,000 - Guatemala earthquake (1976)
20,000 - Gujarat earthquake (India, 2001)
20,000 - Valparaíso earthquake (Chile, 1960)
17,118 - Izmit earthquake (Turkey, 1999)
15,621 - Tonghai earthquake (China, 1970)
11,000 - Naples earthquake, (Italy, 1857)
10,700 - Bihar earthquake (India, 1934)
10,000 - Agadir earthquake (Morocco, 1960)
9,748 - India earthquake (India, 1993)
9,500 - Michoacan earthquake (Mexico, 1985)
6,433 - Great Hanshin earthquake, (Kobe, Japan, 1995)
1,570 - Romania earthquake (Romania, 1977)
700 - 1906 San Francisco earthquake (California, 1906)
571 - Morocco earthquake (Al Hoceima Province, 2004)
258 - Napier earthquake (New Zealand, 1931)
66 - Loma Prieta earthquake (California, 1989)
65+ - Sylmar earthquake (California, 1971)
57 - Northridge earthquake (California, 1994)
27 - 1872 Lone Pine earthquake (California, 1872)
13 - Newcastle earthquake (Australia, 1989)

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Extreme weather

1,000,000-3,700,000 - flood Huang He river (China, 1931)
900,000-2,000,000 - flood Huang He river (China, 1887)
100,000 - flood, (North Vietnam, 1971)
35,000 - European Heat Wave of 2003 (Europe, 2003)
15,000 - torrential rains and mudslides in Venezuela (1999)
12,000 - Great Smog of 1952, (United Kingdom, 1952)
10,000 - Great Iran Flood, (Iran, 1954)
4,000 - heat waves in Texas, Middle East and India (1998)
4,000 - blizzard, (Iran, 1972)
2,000 - storm surge, (Netherlands, United Kingdom, 1953)
1,909 - Vajont Dam disaster, (Italy, 1963)
1,605 - 3,363 - spring flooding in Haiti and Dominican Republic (2004)
739 - Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 (Chicago, 1995)
695 - Tri-State Tornado, (1925)
669 - heavy storms ("Winnie") (and 695 missing), (Philippines, 2004)
271 - heat waves in Midwest and Northeast (1999)
16 - Brisbane flood (Australia, 1974)

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Hurricane and cyclone

500,000 - Bhola cyclone (Bangladesh, 1970)
138,000 - cyclone, (Chittagong Bangladesh, 1991)
60,000 - typhoon, (China, 1922)
60,000 - typhoon, (India, 1864)
50,000 - typhoon, (China, 1912)
40,000 - typhoon, (India, 1942)
30,000 - cyclone (Bangladesh, June 1, 1965)
22,000 - Great Hurricane of 1780, (Barbados, Martinique, St. Eustatius 1780)
22,000 - cyclone (Pakistan, 1963)
20,000 - cyclone (India, 1977)
17,000 - cyclone (Bangladesh, May 11, 1965)
6,000 - 12,000 - Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (Texas, United States September 8, 1900)
11,000 - Hurricane Mitch (Central America 1998)
10,000 - cyclone (Karachi, Pakistan, 1965)
10,000 - cyclone in Orissa, India (1999)
10,000 - typhoon with tsunami (Hong Kong, 1906)
9,574 - cyclone (India, 1999)
8,000 - cyclone (Dominican Republic, 1930)
8,000 - Hurricane Fifi (Honduras, 1974)
7,200 - Hurricane Flora (Haiti, Cuba, 1963)
6,000 - Typhoon Thelma (Philippines, 1991)
6,000 - cyclone, (Pakistan, 1960)
5,000 - Typhoon Vera (Japan, 1958)
4,170 - Hurricane of Independence, (U.S., Canada, 1776)
3,037 - Hurricane Jeanne, (Haiti, 2004)
2,334 - Typhoon Iris (China, 1959)
1,836 - hurricane (Florida, 1928)
1,600 - Typhoon Mary, (China, 1960)
1,500 - Hurricane Hazel (Grenada, Bahamas, Haiti, U.S., Canada, 1954)
1,300 - Typhoon Ike, (Philippines, 1984)
1,200 - Hurricane David, (Dominican Republic, U.S., 1980)
1,130 - Hurricane Gordon (Haiti, U.S., 1994)
1,000 - cyclone (India, 1998)
650 - hurricane (Cuba, 1926)
650 - New England Hurricane, (U.S., 1938)
600 - hurricane (Florida, Louisiana, Texas, 1919)
500 - Hurricane Janet, (Honduras, Mexico, 1955)
408 - Labor Day Hurricane (Florida, 1935)
400 - Cyclone Mahina (Australia, 1899)
400 - Hurricane Hattie, (Belize, 1961)
256 - Hurricane Camille, (U.S., 1969)
228 - Hurricane Allen (Caribbean, U.S. 1980)
200 - Hurricane Hilda (Mexico, 1955)
120 - Hurricane Ivan, (Caribbean, USA, 2004)
86 - Hurricane Hugo (Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, US mainland, 1989)
65 - Cyclone Tracy (Australia, 1974)
57 - Hurricane Floyd, (Bahamas, U.S., 1999)
41 - Tropical Storm Allison (U.S.. 2001)
40 - Hurricane Isabel (United States, 2003)
26 - Hurricane Andrew (Bahamas, United States, 1992)

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Tsunami

155,000 (UN estimate, ongoing) - Indian Ocean earthquake with tsunami, (Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Somalia, Myanmar, and other countries (http://en.BambooWeb.org/articles/2/0/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake#Damage_and_casualties)) 2004
100,000 - 1755 Lisbon earthquake, tsunami, earthquake and fire, 1755, Portugal and Morocco
100,000 - Awa, Japan, 1703
70,000 - Messina, Italy, earthquake and tsunami, 1908
40,000 - South China Sea, 1782, including deaths in Taiwan
36,000 - Krakatoa volcano explosion, 1883
30,000 - Tokaido-Nankaido, Japan, 1707
27,000 - Japan, 1826
26,000 - Sanriku, Japan, 1896
25,674 - Chile, 1868
15,030 - Southwest Kyushu, Japan, 1792
13,486 - Ryukyu Trench, 1771
5,233 - Tokaido-Kashima, Japan, 1703
5,000 - Nankaido, Japan, 1605
5,000 - Moro Gulf, Philippines, 1976
3,000 - Papua New Guinea, 1998
3,008 - Sanriku, Japan, 1933
2,000 - Great Chilean Earthquake, deaths in Chile, U.S. (Hawaii), Philipines and Japan, 1960
165 - Aleutian Island earthquake, deaths in Hawaii and Alaska, U.S., 1946
122 - Good Friday Earthquake, Alaska and Hawaii, U.S., 1964
27 or 51 - Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 1929

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Volcanic eruption

92,000 - Mount Tambora, (Indonesia, 1815) (see also Year Without a Summer)
40,000 - Mount Pelée, (Martinique, 1902)
36,000 - Krakatoa, (Indonesia, 1883)
23,000 - Nevado del Ruiz, (Colombia, 1985)
18,000 - Mount Vesuvius, (1631)
15,000 - Unzen, (Japan, 1792)
10,000 - Kelut, (Indonesia, 1586)
9,350 - Laki, (Iceland, 1783)
3,600 - Mount Vesuvius, (79)
1,680 - Soufrière, (St. Vincent, West Indies, 1902)
1,000 - Cotopaxi, (Ecuador, 1887)
700 - Mount Pinatubo (Philippines, 1991)
245 - Nyiragongo, (Congo, 2002)
57 - Mount St. Helens (Washington, 1980)

(The 'Supervolcano' that erupted at Lake Toba, 74000 years ago is thought to have reduced the global modern human population to less than 10 thousand individuals).

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Disease

300,000,000+ - Smallpox (20th Century)
100,000,000 - Justinian Plague (Europe 540-590) (disputed)
55,000,000 - Black Death (Europe, Asia 1300s)
25,000,000-50,000,000 - Spanish Flu (worldwide, 1918 - 1919)
19,000,000 - AIDS (worldwide, 1981 - )
10,000,000 - Bubonic Plague (China, 1892 - 1896)
1,000,000 - Asian Flu pandemic (worldwide, 1957)
1,000,000 - Hong Kong Flu pandemic (worldwide, 1968)
775 - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (Mostly East Asia, few cases in Europe, Canada and United States, 2002-2003)
676 - West Nile Virus outbreak (North America, 1999 - 2004)

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Famine

some of these famines may be partially or completely caused by humans

1,000,000-43,000,000 - Great Leap Forward (China, 1958 - 1961) (most estimates are between 25 and 35 million)
24,000,000 Chinese Famine of 1907
5,000,000 Chinese Famine of 1936
5,000,000 Ukraine and Volga Famine (USSR 1921-1922)
3,000,000 Chinese Drought 1941
3,000,000 Chinese Famine of 1928-1930
3,000,000 Indian Drought of 1900
1,500,000 - 3,000,000 Bengal Famine (India, 1943)
1,500,000 Indian Drought of 1965-1967
1,200,000 - North Korean famine (North Korea, 1995 - 1998)
1,100,000 - Irish potato famine (1846-1849)
1,000,000 - Ethiopian famine (1984)
30,000 - Dutch famine of 1944

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Death from other causes

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Sporting events

340 - Moscow soccer match crush (Moscow, 1982)
300 - Peru vs. Argentina soccer game riot (Lima, Peru, 1964)
123 - Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko soccer match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001)
96 - Hillsborough disaster crush (England, 1989)
84 - Guatemala and Costa Rica soccer match crush (Guatemala City, 1988)
82 - 24 hours of Le Mans disaster (France, 1955)
80 - soccer match crush (Katmandu, Nepal, 1988)
66 - Second Ibrox disaster crush (Glasgow, 1971)
56 - Bradford City soccer stadium fire (Bradford, England, 1985)
39 - Heysel Stadium disaster soccer stadium hooliganism (Bruxelles, Belgium, 1985)
26 - First Ibrox disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, 1902)
21 - Olympiacos stampede at the old Karaiskaki stadium (Piraeus, Greece, 1981)

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Other Accidents

15,000+ - Bhopal Disaster India (1984)
4,000 - mass panic, (Chongqing, China, 1941)
3,000 - Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 2004)
2,200 - Johnstown Flood (Pennsylvania, 1889)
ca. 1,700 "Queen of the Sea" train disaster, Telwatta, Sri Lanka caused by the tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
1,635 - Halifax Explosion, (Nova Scotia, 1917)
1,549 - Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
800+ - train wreck, (Bihar, India, 1981)
568 - Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
400 - St. Francis Dam failure, (California, 1928)
300 - subway fire, (Baku, Azerbaijan, 1995)
270 - Great Sheffield flood, (England, 1864)
144 - Aberfan mine disaster (Wales, 1966)
126 - Nedelin catastrophe, (USSR, 1960)
105 - mine elevator failure, (South Africa, 1995)
101 - ICE high-speed train disaster, (Germany, 1998)
75 - Tay Rail Bridge (Scotland, 1878)
48 - Vostok rocket explosion (Soviet Union, 1980)
21 - Brazilian rocket explosion (Brazil, 2003)
21 - Boston Molasses Disaster (Boston, 1919)

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Nuclear accidents

31 - Chernobyl accident (Soviet Union, 1986, uncertain number of later casualties from cancer and other radiation-induced sickness.
3 - SL-1 (US Army)
1 - Tokaimura nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan, 1986)

See List of nuclear accidents

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External links

Wars of the 20th Century (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/war-list.htm)
Death Toll from Disasters, War, Terrorists (http://www.geocities.com/dtmcbride/hist/disasters-war.html)

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Sporting events

Other Accidents

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