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 |
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Caltharus Throne War | 39,800+ | 1515 | Staynes and Caltharusian loyalists vs Republic of Caltharus | Caltharus | - Union of the Thrones of Staynes and Caltharus to form the Kingdom of Morstaybishlia |
Meri Lauluan Coalition War | 87,000-150,000 | 1617-1620 | Meri Lauluan Coaltion vs Morstaybishlian Empire | Sokalan archipelago, South Eastern Arcturia | - Annexation of Meri Laulu, Durdneel, and Diyu |
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 | Worldwide | - Large loss of Caven Empire territories |
Asatruar 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 Pacific 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 | - |
Auroran Imperial War | 29,250,000+ | 1970-1975 | Bursil Accords vs Rivendale 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 | - |
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 |
Auroran-Pacific War | 388,343+ | 2017 | Bursil Allies vs Rivendale Allies | Aurora and the Pacific Ocean | - Largest war on Aurora in the 21st century |
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. |
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. |
Modern wars with fewer than 25,000 deaths by death toll
- 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)
- 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)
- 284-620 - 2020 Adelisian border conflict (2020)
- 1,964 - Kost-Tuva War (2009-2010)
- 863 - Tuva-Avutili Conflict (2011-2016)