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The greatest wars in the history of humanity
Here is the list of the greatest wars in the history of humanity, in terms of the proportion of the world population of the respective period:
With the name of the war, the dates, the country, the number of dead people.
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| War | Dates | Country | First belligerant | Second belligerant | World population percentage (soldiers involved) | Dead | ||
| First World War | July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918 | Europe, Africa, Middle East | 42,959,850 French, English, Russian, American | 25,248,321 German, Austrian, Hungarian | 3.90% | 38,880,500 | ||
| Second World War | September 1st, 1939 - September 2nd, 1945 | World | 49,024,000 Russian, American, English, French | 20,000,000 German, Japanese, Italian | 3.00% | 73,000,000 | ||
| Celtic Wars | 295 - 57 av. AD | Italy, France, Switzerland | 7,640,000 Celts | 180,000 Romans | 0.62% | 2,249,000 | ||
| Sino-Japanese War | July 7, 1937 - September 9, 1945 | China | 5,600,000 Chinese | 4,100,000 Japanese | 0.42% | 21,830,000 | ||
| Chinese Civil War | April 12, 1927 - October 1, 1949 | China | 4,300,000 Republicans | 4,000,000 communists | 0.40% | 9,394,000 | ||
| Wars of the Three Kingdoms | 220 - 290 | China | 320,000 wus, sun quans, gongsuns | 545,000 weis, shus, koguryo | 0.39% | 104,000 | ||
| Wars of the French Revolution | 1792 - 1802 | Europe, Egypt | 1,500,000 French | 1 800 000 Austrian, Prussian, English | 0.34% | 680,000 | ||
| Roman wars | 496 BC J. - C. - July 552 | Europe | 3,593,200 romans | 11 334 100 Celts, Cathaginian, Gaulish, ... | 0.33% | 6,098,087 | ||
| Napoleonic wars | 1805-1870 | Europe | 2,822,198 French, Italian, Polish | 4,088,835 Russian, German, Prussian, ... | 0.31% | 6,201,038 | ||
| Civil War | April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865 | United States | 2,200,000 Americans | 1,064,000 Confederates | 0.26% | 720,000 | ||
| Seleucid Wars | June 22, 217 - 164 BC AD | Israel, Turkey | 637,000 seleucids | 200,000 ptolemaics | 0.21% | 72,500 | ||
| Zhuge Dan Rebellion | May 257 - winter 258 | China | 260 000 weis | 180,000 zhuge in, wus | 0.20% | - | ||
| Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor | Summer 806 | Turkey | 135,000 Abbasids | 308 000 Byzantines | 0.20% | 226,290 | ||
| Thirty Years War | 1618 - 1648 | Europe | 661,000 Swedish, French | 450,000 Spanish, German | 0.20% | 7,000,000 | ||
| Persian war | 547 - 20 January 330 BC AD | Turkey, Greece, Iran | 815,000 Persians | 368,000 Greek, lydies, Macedonians | 0.16% | 322,992 | ||
| Russian imperial wars | August 970 - Winter 1917 | Russia, France, Turkey | 6,055,855 Russian | 3,989,500 Ottomans, French, Austrian | 0.15% | 6,352,584 | ||
| Conquest of Shu by the Wei | September - November 263 | China | 180 000 weis | 142,000 shus | 0.15% | 104,000 | ||
| Prussian Imperial Wars | July 27, 1214 - November 27, 1870 | France, Germany | 2,788,000 Prussians | 3,797,000 French, Austrian, Russian | 0.15% | 12,382,831 | ||
| Crimean War | October 4, 1853 - March 30, 1856 | Ukraine | 673,000 Ottomans, French, British | 1,200,000 Russians | 0.15% | 689,200 | ||
| Carthaginian wars | 265 - 146 BC J.-C | Italy, Tunisia, Spain | 454 500 Carthaginians | 376,000 Roman mercenaries | 0.14% | 338,200 | ||
| Russian-Japanese War | February 8, 1904 - September 5, 1905 | Korea | 1,300,000 Russians | 1 008 360 Japanese | 0.14% | 156,000 | ||
| War of Devolution | May 24, 1667 - May 4, 1668 | Netherlands, France | 230,000 French | 400,000 Spanish, English | 0.12% | 4,180 | ||
| Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878 | April 24, 1877 - March 3, 1878 | Balkans, Armenia | 915,855 Russian, Romanian, Serbian | 281,000 Ottomans | 0.11% | 228,912 | ||
| Revolt of the Maccabees | 175 - 140 BC AD | Israel | 200,000 seleucids | 10,000 Jews | 0.11% | 5,800 | ||
| Vietnam War | November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975 | Vietnam | 1,504,000 South Vietnamese, Americans | 1,280,000 North Vietnamese, Chinese | 0.10% | 1,914,891 | ||
| American wars (excluding world wars) | 1754 - ongoing | United States, South Korea | 7,900,030 Americans | 3,608,846 Korean, Chinese, Iraqi | 0.10% | 8,206,452 | ||
| Ancient Egyptian wars | May 9, 1457 - September 2, 31 BC J.-C | Egypt, Greece | 223,000 Egyptians | 248,000 Romans, Hittites | 0.10% | 23,000 | ||
| Korean War | June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953 | Korea | 1,139,518 Korean, American | 1,066,000 Korean, Chinese | 0.09% | 2,051,000 | ||
| Ancient Greek wars | 547 BC J. - C. - 106 | Greece, Turkey | 943,650 Macedonians, greek, lydies | 1,477,550 Persians, Achaemenids, Romans | 0.09% | 525,060 | ||
| Austrian royal wars | August 26, 1278 - June 24, 1859 | Germany, France | 2 662 635 Austrians | 3,506,600 French, Ottoman, Swedish | 0.08% | 5,553,103 | ||
| French royal wars | 535 - February 7, 1783 | France, Netherlands, Germany | 2,693,270 French | 2,788,733 English, Austrian, Dutch | 0.08% | 11,375,933 | ||
| Great Northern War | 1700 - 1721 | Europe | 310,000 Russian, Polish, Danish | 187,000 Swedish, Ottomans | 0.08% | 110,000 | ||
| Chinese imperial wars | 1122 BC J. - C. - August 15, 1281 | China | 3 780 240 qins, wus, zhaos, shangs | 3,558,400 weis, qins, yuans | 0.08% | 2,324,000 | ||
| War of the Augsburg League | September 24, 1688 - September 1697 | Europe | - Dutch, English, Austrian | 490,000 French, English | 0.08% | 680,000 | ||
| Seven Years War | 1754, 1756 - 1763 | Europe | 177,000 Prussian and English | 323,670 French, Austrian, Roman and Russian | 0.08% | 1,300,000 | ||
| Spanish royal wars (until 1900) | January 2, 1492 - August 12, 1898 | Spain, France, Philippines | 966,000 Spanish | 3,809,570 Austrian, French, American | 0.07% | 9,428,886 | ||
| War of Algeria | November 1, 1954 - September 9, 19621 | Algeria, France | 200,000 Algerians | 1,593,000 French, harkis | 0.07% | 581,700 | ||
| Second Italian-Ethiopian war | October 3, 1935 - May 9, 1936 | Ethiopia | 800,000 Ethiopians | 600,000 Italians | 0.06% | 283,731 | ||
| Spanish War | July 18, 1936 - April 1, 1939 | Spain | 490,000 Republicans | 700,000 nationalists | 0.05% | 451,000 | ||
| Tianshui revolt | 228 | China | 50,000 weis | 60,000 shus | 0.05% | 16,000 | ||
| Hundred Years War | 1337 - 1453 | France | 371,000 French, Castilian and Breton | 217,500 English and Burgundian | 0.05% | 162,800 | ||
| English royal wars (until 1900) | September 25, 1066 - August 15, 1900 | France, United States, China | 1,160,817 English | 4,241,380 French, American, Chinese | 0.05% | 6,725,565 | ||
| Amorium bag | August 838 | Turkey | 30,000 Byzantines | 80,000 Abbasids | 0.05% | 70,000 | ||
| Campaign against the Wu Cao Pi | September 222 - 225 | China | 100,000 weis | 5,000 sun quans | 0.05% | - | ||
| Byzantine Wars | Summer 528 - July 7, 1345 | Turkey, Egypt, Bulgaria | 1 233 000 Byzantines | 837 812 Bulgarian, Pechenegs, Fatimids | 0.04% | 590,960 | ||
| Spanish-American War | April 25 - August 12, 1898 | Caribbean, Pacific | 330,000 Americans | 339 783 Spanish | 0.04% | 74,586 | ||
| Ottoman wars | April 6 1326 - October 1921 | Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece | 2,998,620 Ottomans | 4,571,255 Russian, English, French, Austrian | 0.04% | 6,952,610 | ||
| Indochina War | December 19, 1946 - July 21, 1954 | Vietnam | 400,000 French, American | 450,000 North Vietnamese, Chinese | 0.04% | 1,460,000 | ||
| Great Turkish War | 1683 - 1699 | Hungary, Balkans | 150,000 Ottomans | 70,000 Austrians | 0.03% | 106,329 | ||
| United States War of Independence | April 19, 1775 - April 11, 1783 | United States | 87,000 Americans, French, Spanish | 138,000 English | 0.03% | 49,000 | ||
| Gulf War | August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991 | Iraq | 956,600 Americans, Kuwaiti | 650,000 Iraqis | 0.03% | 44,546 | ||
| Goth War | 535 - 553 | Italy | 35,000 Byzantines | 75,000 Ostrogoths, francs | 0.03% | 6,000 | ||
| Night attack in Târgovişte | June 17, 1462 | Romania | 30 000 valachies | 90,000 Ottomans | 0.03% | 20,000 | ||
| First Crusade | 1096 - 1099 | Israel | 37,000 Crusaders and Byzantines | 40,000 Fatimids | 0.03% | 25,000 | ||
| Haitian Revolution | August 22, 1791 - January 1, 1804 | Haiti | 60,000 French | 186,000 Spanish, English and Haitian | 0.03% | 205,000 | ||
| Six Days War | June 5 - 10, 1967 | Israel, Egypt | 264,000 Israelis | 547,000 Egyptians, Syrians, Jordanians | 0.02% | 22,279 | ||
| Bangladesh Liberation War | March 26 - December 16, 1971 | Bangladesh | 425,000 Indians | 340,000 Pakistani | 0.02% | 300,000 | ||
| Umayyad wars | October 10, 680 - August 5, 939 | Spain, France | 188,000 Umayyads | 93 072 Visigoths, Aquitaine | 0.02% | 31,560 | ||
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