List of wars by death toll

This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by the war. These numbers usually include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of battle or other military wartime actions, as well as the wartime/war-related deaths of soldiers which are the results of war-induced epidemics, famines, atrocities, genocide, etc.

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

Generally considered after 1500 CE.

War	Death range	Date	Combatants	Location	Notes
Kaltariezh Civil War	39,800+	1497-1505	Staynes and Azenorites vs Kirusites	Kaltariezh	- Personal union between Staynes and Kaltariezh, later forming the Imperial Kingdom of Morstaybishlia in 1515
First Crusades	450,000-500,000	1930-1931	Iphelklori vs Central Arcturia Alliance	Sokalan archipelago, South Eastern Arcturia	- Defeat of Iphelklori, concessions paid to CAA members for 30 years
War of the Tretridian Succession	100,000+	1650-1658	Supporters of Eadgyð I vs Supporters of Ælfheah III	Tretrid	- Start of the Tretridian Anarchy
Caven Wars	320,000+	1698-1704	Kingdom of Morstaybishlia and Peregrinia vs Caven Empire	Cereneria	- Large loss of Caven Empire territories
Ulvriktruar Wars of Religion	300,000-600,000	1767-1810	Tretrid vs Norgsveldet	Novaris/Concord	-
First Draken War	64,800 - 104,500	1769-1772	Norgsveldet vs Vistaraland	Gondwana and the Concordian Ocean	- Start of the Vistari Years of Crisis
12 Years' War	416,000-556,800	1785-1797	Suvania vs Vistaraland	Kromentrum	- Vistari loss of Autern and Adelisia, start of the Suvani Golden Age
Second Draken War	256,700-360,500	1844-1851	Vistaraland vs Norgsveldet	Gondwana and the Concordian Ocean	- Norgsveltian loss of Chibilaba and end of elven slavery in Vistaraland
Great War	65,000,000-90,000,000	1904-1917	Imperial Powers vs Cerenerian Coalition	Worldwide	- Largest and deadliest war in history
War of Imperial Succession	3,900,000-4,400,000	1909-1926	Milbaists vs Aiserists vs Populists	Vistaraland	- Largest Civil War in history, with fighting on four continents
Cukish Revolution	50,000	1920	Democracy supporters backed by Norgsveldet and Alksearia against Great Morstaybishlia and Oligarchy supporters	New Leganés	- The Cooperative Commonwealth would turn into a democratic regime and most of the former leaders would be killed or imprisoned
Third Durakan-Dwarvern War	114,998+	1930-1933	Durakia vs Dwarvern Tribes	Durakia, Irnac	- Saw the end of Martovist expansion in Irnac
Durakan Civil War	541,000 - 789,000	1934-1937	Liberty Front vs Martovist Durakia	Durakia, Irnac	- Saw the independance of Vakarastan and the establishment of the Miner's Republic of Durakia
Nagatoian Revolutionary War	120,000+	1941-1950	West Nagato vs East Nagato	Gondwana	- Largest revolutionary war on Gondwana in the 20th century
Oscrelian Civil War	500,000-1,000,000	1942-1948	Republicans vs Thorntonists	Oscrelia	-
Toscanan-Emilian War	1,205,000	1960-1973	Toscani vs Third Fortunan Alliance	Fortuna	-
Auroran Imperial War	29,250,000+	1970-1975	Bursil Accords vs Ribenstadt Pact	Aurora	- Aurora's deadliest war
Tieresh Independence War	620,000+	1972-1980	Tieresh Nationalists vs Norgsveldet and Tieresh Loyalists	Tiervan and Dvalheim	- Contributed to the rise of Norgsveltian decolonisation
Great War of Fódlan	1,570,000+	1980-1986	Fódlan Resistance Army, Faerghus Militia, & Leicester Militia vs Adrestian Empire	Gondwana	-
Lyrevale Civil War	76,500 - 85,000	1985-1986	North Lyrevale and Ethalria vs South Lyrevale	Aurora	-Resulted in the formation of United Lyrevale and the subsequent Lyrevale Continuation War
Lyrevale Continuation War	54,100 - 56,800	1986-1987	United Lyrevale vs Noroist Axdel	Aurora	-Resulted in the Lyrevalian and Axdelian act of federation 1987
Chibian Insurgency	79,000-98,000	1989-1993	Vistaraland & the KNF vs Chibian Revolutionaries	Gondwana	- Part of a much wider array of conflicts in North Gondwana
Meremaa Civil War	955,000+	1990-1994	Monarchist Faction vs Republican Faction	Gondwana	- Part of a much wider array of conflicts in North Gondwana and contributed to continued to rivalry between Morstaybishlia and Norgsveldet
Salovian Civil War	7,300,000–8,400,000	1985-2005	Various Factions	Salovia	- Resulted in the dissolution of Salovia and the displacement of approximately 11 million Salovians. The deadliest civil war on Aurora, one of the deadliest in history.
Auroran-Cerenerian War	388,343+	2017	Bursil Allies vs Ribenstadt Allies	Aurora and the Cerenerian Ocean	- Largest war on Aurora since the Auroran Imperial War
Rodenian Revolution	155,000-167,000	2018-2019	Santon Revolutionaries vs Rodenian Government	Rodenia	- Would contribute to the end of the decade long Rodenian economic crisis
Meagharian Civil War	7,500,500-15,000,000	1982-2019	Holy State of Milofia vs Meagharite Revolutionaries	Meagharia	- A 40 year struggle that would define Modern Meagharia. Also the Deadliest Civil War in history.
Banian Civil War	9,000,000+	1939-1954	Various socialist paramilitary groups vs Nationalist government security forces	Bana	- Ended in stalemate and ceasefire, devastated Bana for generations
Northern Monarchist Revolt	44,700+	1925-1926	Volkian federal government vs. Monarchist rebel groups	Volkia	Government victory, ended significant monarchist unrest in Volkia.
Third Tavari-Banian War	450,000+	1645-1651	Kingdom of Tavaris vs Bana	Tavaris, Bana, the Strait of Vaklori	- Ended largely in status quo ante bellum
Fourth Tavari-Banian War	1,500,000-3,000,000	1670-1683	Kingdom of Tavaris vs Bana and August Empire of Ni-Rao	Tavaris, Bana, northern Ni-Rao, the Strait of Vaklori	- Tavari city of East Harbor destroyed. Established Tavari military supremacy over Bana and Ni-Rao, bankrupted Bana, Ni-Rao de facto cedes Emerald Coast (modern North Ni-Rao) to Tavaris
Helslandr Civil War	74,441-75,090	2021-ongoing	Helslandr Nationalists vs Helslandr Royalists vs Helslandr Republicans	Helslandr	- Though officaly threeway civil war, it mostly been seen by experts as being fought between royalists and republican alliance vs nationalists

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

• 2,000-4,000 - First Tavari-Banian War (1617-1618)
• 1,603 - Second Tavari-Banian War (1624)
• 2,414 - Fifth Tavari-Banian War (1712-1714)
• 12,000-15,000 - Sixth Tavari-Banian War, part of the Great War (1908-1919)
• 0 - Ethal-Zetian War (1910-2020)
• 7,832 - First Durakan-Dwarvern War (1924-1926)
• 4,815 - Second Durakan-Dwarvern War (1928-1929)
• 19,450 - Helslandr Military Coup (1965)
• 11,084 - Ethal-Salovi War of 1966-1967 (1966-1967)
• 1,964 - Kost-Tuva War (2009-2010)
• 863 - Tuva-Avutili Conflict (2011-2016)
• 8,419 – Annexation of Kireitarenu'a - Part of 2019 Kyrlot Arachnist Expansion (2019)
• 2,606 – Annexation of Izria – Part of 2019 Kyrlot Arachnist Expansion (2019)
• 24,356 - Tieresh One Month War (2020)
• 13,000 - Fortunan-Ambravian War (2020)
• 284-620 - 2020 Adelisian border conflict (2020)
• 8,000-12,000 - Rusanru'at Civil War (2020)
• 279+ - 2020-2021 Thalria-Tuvaltastan border skirmishes (2020-ongoing)