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| # | Conflict | Dates | Era | Casualty treatment | Tier | Cover type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Trojan WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | c. 12th century BCE | Ancient | Whether a "Trojan War" occurred as a discrete historical event. | Tier 3 | Historical reconstruction |
| 2 |  Neo-Assyrian ConquestsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 911–609 BCE | Ancient | Any aggregate death toll for the 300-year conquest period. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 3 |  Greco-Persian WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 499–449 BCE | Ancient | All Persian army sizes and casualty figures in Herodotus. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 4 |  Peloponnesian WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 431–404 BCE | Ancient | Any aggregate death toll for the war. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 5 |  Wars of Alexander the GreatHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 336–323 BCE | Ancient | Any aggregate death toll for the campaigns. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 6 |  Wars of the DiadochiHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 322–281 BCE | Ancient | Any aggregate death toll for the wars. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 7 |  Punic WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 264–146 BCE | Ancient | Cannae's exact death toll (range 10,500–70,000 in the literature). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 8 |  Kalinga WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | c. 261 BCE | Ancient | The 100,000 killed / 150,000 deported figures beyond Ashoka's own account. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 9 |  Qin Wars of UnificationHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 230–221 BCE | Ancient | Changping casualty totals (450,000 / 250,000) beyond Sima Qian. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 10 |  Han–Xiongnu WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 133 BCE–89 CE | Ancient | Any aggregate death toll for the war. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 11 |  Gallic WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 58–50 BCE | Ancient | The 1,000,000 killed / 1,000,000 enslaved figures (Caesar's self-report via Plutarch). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 12 |  Roman Civil Wars, Caesar to AugustusHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 49–31 BCE | Ancient | Any aggregate death toll for the 49–31 BCE civil wars. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 13 |  First Jewish–Roman WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 66–73 CE | Ancient | Josephus's 1,100,000 figure (rejected as stated; Rogers's 20,000–30,000 is the leading alternative for Jerusalem). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 14 |  Dacian WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 101–106 CE | Ancient | The 500,000 prisoners figure (single ancient claim). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 15 |  Bar Kokhba RevoltHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 132–136 CE | Ancient | Dio's 580,000 figure as settled fact (defended by some, doubted by others — the debate is the finding). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 16 |  Gothic Wars and the Fall of Western RomeHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 376–476 CE | Ancient | Any aggregate death toll for the 376–476 period. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 17 |  Byzantine–Sassanian WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 602–628 | Medieval | Aggregate claims circulating in tertiary sources (e.g., 200,000+ dead per side) are UNVERIFIED: no scholarly consensus figure exists for total war deaths. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 18 |  Early Muslim ConquestsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 629–750 | Medieval | No defensible aggregate death toll exists. Ideological claims circulating online of 100–300 million deaths are methodologically unusable and are UNVERIFIED — rejected, not merely caveated. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 19 |  An Lushan RebellionHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 755–763 | Medieval | Safest treatment: 13–36 million claimed/inferred, UNVERIFIED, with explicit warning that the upper bound conflates missing registrations with deaths. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 20 |  Viking Age WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 793–1066 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: any aggregate death toll for the Viking Age; precise battle figures presented without caveat. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 21 |  Norman ConquestHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1066 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: total deaths in the Harrying of the North; any aggregate conquest death toll; literal readings of Orderic Vitalis. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 22 |  The CrusadesHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1095–1291 | Medieval | No reliable aggregate death toll exists. Popular estimates range from several hundred thousand to 1–3 million; the aggregate is UNVERIFIED. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 23 |  Mongol ConquestsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1206–1368 | Medieval | The popular aggregate of 20–60 million deaths is widely repeated but methodologically criticized; the underlying censuses and extrapolations are disputed. The entire range is UNVERIFIED. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 24 |  Wars of Scottish IndependenceHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1296–1357 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: any total for the wars as a whole; precise Bannockburn figures presented without ranges. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 25 |  Hundred Years' WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1337–1453 | Medieval | A tertiary summary figure of ~185,250 combat deaths / ~556,000 total military deaths was found in search; the underlying source must be checked before use — treat as UNVERIFIED pending verification. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 26 |  Hussite WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1419–1434 | Medieval | No reliable total-war death toll was found; the aggregate is UNVERIFIED. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 27 |  Wars of the RosesHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1455–1487 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: any aggregate death toll; the higher Towton figures taken literally. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 28 |  Sengoku PeriodHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1467–1615 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: any aggregate toll for the Sengoku period; precise Sekigahara figures without ranges. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 29 |  ReconquistaHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 711–1492 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: any aggregate death toll for the Reconquista as a whole; chronicler battle figures taken literally. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 30 |  Timur's ConquestsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1370–1405 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: any aggregate death toll for Timur's conquests; the 17-million figure taken literally; per-city figures taken literally. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 31 |  Byzantine–Ottoman Wars to the Fall of ConstantinopleHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1299–1453 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: aggregate casualties across 154 years of intermittent war; the exact date of Bapheus (1299 vs 1302) — revive the 1299 dating via a 2017 re-reading of Pachymeres, but consensus is unsettled (see IJHSS 2017 study). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 32 |  Imjin WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1592–1598 | Medieval | UNVERIFIED: any single aggregate death toll — the 1-million and 1–2-million figures are tertiary compilations, not scholarly consensus counts; Korean claims of 185,000 military dead are from Korean national sources and not independently corroborated; Japanese figures are unknown, not zero. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 33 |  Eighty Years' WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1568–1648 | Early Modern | Any aggregate death total for the war (100,000–500,000 surfaced figure included). | Tier 3 | Historical reconstruction |
| 34 |  French Wars of ReligionHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1562–1598 | Early Modern | Any aggregate death total for the full 1562–1598 wars. | Tier 3 | Historical reconstruction |
| 35 |  Anglo-Spanish WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1585–1604 | Early Modern | Any aggregate death total for the full 1585–1604 war. | Tier 3 | Historical reconstruction |
| 36 |  Thirty Years' WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1618–1648 | Early Modern | Any precise death total (4.5–8 million is a modern estimate band). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 37 |  Great Northern WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1700–1721 | Early Modern | The 200,000+/400,000+/1,000,000+ aggregate (compiled figure; named scholarly source not found). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 38 |  War of the Spanish SuccessionHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1701–1714 | Early Modern | The 400,000–700,000 and 1.25M aggregate death figures (no named scholarly source). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 39 |  Seven Years' WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1756–1763 | Early Modern | The 900,000–1,400,000 aggregate (compiled figure; named casualty scholar not found). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 40 |  American Revolutionary WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1775–1783 | Early Modern | Precise American/British/German/Loyalist death totals (compilation figures; named scholarly audit not found). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 41 |  Haitian RevolutionHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1791–1804 | Early Modern | Any single settled death total (Scheina's 400,000 vs. the Encyclopedia's ~300,000 conflict). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 42 |  French Revolutionary and Napoleonic WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1792–1815 | Early Modern | Any single settled total (3–7M band reflects genuine scholarly disagreement, not precision). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 43 |  Latin American Wars of IndependenceHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1810–1826 | Early Modern | Any continent-wide death total (1–1.5M claims are unsourced extrapolations). | Tier 3 | Historical reconstruction |
| 44 |  Greek War of IndependenceHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1821–1829 | Early Modern | Any aggregate death total (specialists consider estimation impossible). | Tier 3 | Historical reconstruction |
| 45 |  Opium WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1839–1842; 1856–1860 | Early Modern | Any combined death total for both wars. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 46 |  Anglo-Afghan WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1839–1842; 1878–1880; 1919 | Early Modern | Precise death toll of the 1842 Kabul retreat (4,500 + 12,000 column size is consistent; deaths not directly documented). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 47 |  Taiping RebellionHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1850–1864 | Early Modern | Any precise total (20–30M is a speculative census-based band). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 48 |  Crimean WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1853–1856 | Early Modern | The high-end Russian totals (450,000–630,000) — inclusion criteria unclear. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 49 |  Indian Rebellion of 1857Historical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1857–1858 | Early Modern | The 800,000 Indian-death demographic estimate (methodology caveat; not a count). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 50 |  American Civil WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1861–1865 | Early Modern | Any precise total (650,000–850,000 is a census-based band). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 51 |  Franco-Prussian WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1870–1871 | Early Modern | Civilian death totals for the siege of Paris and the provinces. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 52 |  Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878Historical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | Early Modern | The 96,733–111,166 and 90,000–120,000 bands' underlying scholarship. | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction | |
| 53 |  Mahdist WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1881–1899 | Early Modern | Any war-wide death total (1881–1899). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 54 |  First Sino-Japanese WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1894–1895 | Early Modern | Chinese loss totals (1911 Britannica: "impossible to estimate"). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 55 |  Spanish–American WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1898 | Early Modern | Cuban civilian deaths from reconcentration (pre-war and wartime figures conflated in popular accounts). | Tier 2 | Historical reconstruction |
| 56 |  Second Boer WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1899–1902 | Early Modern | Precise African camp death toll (13,000–20,000 is an estimate range; records were not kept). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 57 |  Russo-Japanese WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1904–1905 | 20th Century | Exact casualty totals: sources disagree; no single agreed figure. The 130,000–170,000 combined military-dead range is a commonly cited band, not a settled count. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 58 |  Balkan WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1912–1913 | 20th Century | Ottoman Muslim civilian deaths: 632,000–1,500,000 — contested, politically charged, unverifiable. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 59 |  World War IHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1914–1918 | 20th Century | No single agreed total casualty figure: ranges span 15–22 million deaths depending on source and inclusion criteria (influenza, post-war conflicts, Armenian genocide). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 60 |  Russian Civil WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1917–1922 | 20th Century | Total deaths: 7–12 million is the commonly cited band, not a settled figure; civilian vs. military attribution uncertain. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 61 |  Chinese Civil WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1927–1949 | 20th Century | No settled total: estimates span 1.8–7.5 million depending on phase coverage and definitions. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 62 |  Chaco WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1932–1935 | 20th Century | The Standard Oil/Royal Dutch Shell orchestration theory: no definitive proof; UNVERIFIED as a cause. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 63 |  Spanish Civil WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1936–1939 | 20th Century | Total deaths: 500,000–1,000,000 band only; no agreed figure. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 64 |  Second Sino-Japanese WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1937–1945 | 20th Century | Total Chinese deaths: 10.2 million (Rummel) to 20.6 million (Bian Xiuyue) — no consensus. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 65 |  Winter WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1939–1940 | 20th Century | Exact Soviet death toll: 126,875–167,976 is the post-Soviet scholarly band; the 1940 official figure (48,475) is considered an undercount; Khrushchev's figure unverifiable. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 66 |  World War IIHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1939–1945 | 20th Century | Exact total: 60–85 million depending on source and inclusion of famine/disease deaths. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 67 |  Indonesian National RevolutionHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1945–1949 | 20th Century | Exact Indonesian deaths: 97,421–100,000 (fighting/civilian) vs. 250,000 total human cost — different definitions, no single settled figure. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 68 |  Arab–Israeli WarsHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1948–1973 | 20th Century | Arab military deaths in every war: estimated, never officially announced; 1948 Arab/Palestinian deaths range from ~2,000 regulars to ~15,000 Palestinians across sources. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 69 |  First Indochina WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1946–1954 | 20th Century | Việt Minh total deaths: 175,000–300,000 (Western) vs. 191,605 (Hanoi) — no reconciled figure. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 70 |  Korean WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1950–1953 | 20th Century | Total deaths: 1.5–4.5 million across sources — no settled figure. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 71 |  Algerian War of IndependenceHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1954–1962 | 20th Century | Algerian total deaths: 300,000–1.5 million — no reconciled figure; the 1.5 million state figure is politically contested. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 72 |  Vietnam War / Second Indochina WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 1955–1975 | 20th Century | Total deaths: 1.35–3.8 million across reputable studies — no settled figure. | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 73 |  Nigerian Civil WarHistorical reconstruction · Read dossier ↗ | 6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970 | 20th Century | Exact famine death toll (500,000 to 3,000,000 range — no single authoritative survey). | Tier 1 | Historical reconstruction |
| 74 |  Cambodian Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2 April 1967 – 17 April 1975 | 20th Century | Exact civil-war death toll (275,000–310,000 is an estimate range, not a count). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 75 |  Bangladesh Liberation WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 26 March – 16 December 1971 | 20th Century | Total death toll (range 300,000–3,000,000; each endpoint contested). | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 76 |  Ethiopian Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 12 September 1974 – 28 May 1991 | 20th Century | Precise famine death toll (400,000–1,200,000 range). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 77 |  Angolan Civil WarContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 11 November 1975 – 4 April 2002 | 20th Century | Precise total death toll (500k vs. 800k). | Tier 1 | Context photograph |
| 78 |  Lebanese Civil WarContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 13 April 1975 – 13 October 1990 | 20th Century | Exact death toll within the 90k–150k range. | Tier 1 | Context photograph |
| 79 |  Soviet–Afghan WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 24 December 1979 – 15 February 1989 | 20th Century | Precise Afghan civilian deaths (562,000–2,000,000 cited range). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 80 |  Iran–Iraq WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 22 September 1980 – 20 August 1988 | 20th Century | Precise death tolls on each side (500k–1M+ range). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 81 |  Gulf WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991 | 20th Century | Iraqi military and civilian death tolls (order-of-magnitude uncertainty). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 82 |  Rwandan Civil War and GenocideHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1 October 1990 – 18 July 1994 | 20th Century | Precise genocide death toll (500,000–1,000,000+ range across sources). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 83 |  Yugoslav WarsHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1 March 1991 – 13 August 2001 | 20th Century | Exact all-wars total (130,000–140,000+ range; HLC's 130,000+ is the documented floor). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 84 |  Sierra Leone Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 23 March 1991 – 18 January 2002 | 20th Century | Precise death toll and amputation counts (no systematic count). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 85 |  Algerian Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | December 1991 – 2002 | 20th Century | Exact death toll (no official statistics). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 86 |  Chechen Wars — First (11 December 1994 – 31 August 1996) and SecondHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 26 August 1999 – 16 April 2009 | 20th Century | Precise death tolls (military and civilian, both wars). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 87 |  Second Congo WarContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2 August 1998 – 18 July 2003 | 20th Century | Total excess mortality (1M–5.4M methodological range; Mack declined to give an alternative). | Tier 2 | Context photograph |
| 88 |  Kosovo WarContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 28 February 1998 – 11 June 1999 | 20th Century | Yugoslav military deaths from NATO bombing (1,008–5,000 range across Serbian vs. NATO claims). | Tier 1 | Context photograph |
| 89 |  Kashmir conflictHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1947–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Total death toll of the Kashmir insurgency (range 40,000–100,000+, source-dependent). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 90 |  Baloch insurgencyHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1948–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | BLA/BLF self-reported kill counts (929 casualties incl. 647 deaths in BLF's 2025 annual report; "Operation Herof II" claims). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 91 |  Papua conflictContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1962–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Total death toll since the 1960s. | Tier 2 | Context photograph |
| 92 |  Colombian armed conflictContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1964–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact current strength of ELN/dissident factions (figures vary 2,000–6,000+). | Tier 1 | Context photograph |
| 93 |  Naxalite–Maoist insurgency, IndiaContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1967–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Precise total death toll 1967–2026. | Tier 1 | Context photograph |
| 94 |  Moro conflictContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1968–2019 | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact total death toll 1968–2019 (~120,000–150,000 cited without single authoritative source). | Tier 1 | Context photograph |
| 95 |  Communist rebellion in the PhilippinesHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1969–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Total death toll since 1969 (~40,000+ commonly cited, no authoritative count). | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 96 |  Kurdish–Turkish conflictHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1978–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | PKK's self-reported 25,922 fighter death toll (Aug 2026; unverified independently). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 97 |  War in AfghanistanHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2001–2021 | 21st Century & Ongoing | Indirect/excess deaths (estimates to 360,000 additional per Costs of War methodology — modeled, not counted). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 98 |  Iraq War and insurgencyHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2003–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact total death toll 2003–present (estimates span ~200,000 to 600,000+ depending on method). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 99 |  War in Darfur / Sudanese conflictsHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2003–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Total Darfur death toll 2003–2010 (200,000–400,000 range, method-dependent). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 100 |  Mexican Drug WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2006–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact total death toll attributable to the drug war (350,000–450,000+ range; motive classification unavailable). | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 101 |  Somali Civil War / Al-Shabaab insurgencyHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1991–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Total death toll since 1991 (300,000–500,000+ range; famine vs. violence attribution unclear). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 102 |  Boko Haram insurgencyHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2009–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact direct death toll since 2009 (35,000–50,000+ range). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 103 |  Libyan Civil WarsHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2011–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact death tolls for the 2011 war (10,000–30,000 range) and 2014–2020 war. | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 104 |  Syrian Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2011–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact total death toll (500,000–600,000+ range; no consolidated count). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 105 |  Sinai insurgencyContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 5 February 2011 – 25 January 2023 | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact overall death toll (sources give 5,000+ to composite estimates; no consolidated count). | Tier 2 | Context photograph |
| 106 |  Sahel insurgencies — Mali, Burkina Faso, NigerContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2012–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Cumulative death toll since 2012 (no consolidated tracker total retrieved). | Tier 1 | Context photograph |
| 107 |  Central African Republic Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2012–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Consolidated death toll (13,594+ figure's methodology not verified in this pass). | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 108 |  South Sudanese Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 15 December 2013 – 2020 | 21st Century & Ongoing | Exact total deaths 2013–2020 (LSHTM covers to April 2018; no authoritative full-period total). | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 109 |  War in Donbas / Russo-Ukrainian WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2014–present; full-scale invasion 2022–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Military deaths on both sides (all figures contested; none adopted). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 110 |  Yemeni Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2014–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Consolidated death toll (no verified single figure; ranges span 28,700 to 377,000 depending on method). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 111 |  Anglophone Crisis, CameroonHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2017–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Consolidated death toll beyond ICG's 6,000+. | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 112 |  Cabo Delgado insurgency, MozambiqueHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 5 October 2017–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Civilian vs. combatant breakdown (ACLED reports total fatalities; the ~2,500 civilian figure is lower-confidence). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 113 |  Oromo conflict, EthiopiaContext photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2018–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Consolidated death toll since 2018. | Tier 2 | Context photograph |
| 114 |  Tigray WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 3 November 2020 – 2 November 2022 | 21st Century & Ongoing | The true death toll (600,000 is the top estimate from a named envoy; lower estimates ~200,000; none independently verifiable). | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 115 |  Second Nagorno-Karabakh WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 27 September – 10 November 2020 | 21st Century & Ongoing | Who fired first on 27 September 2020. | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 116 |  Myanmar Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 1 February 2021–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Civilian vs. combatant breakdown of the 100,114. | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 117 |  M23 / Congo conflict resurgence, DRCHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 2022–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Conflict-wide death toll for the 2022–2026 M23 resurgence. | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 118 |  Gaza WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 7 October 2023–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Cumulative death toll October 2023–September 2026 (no verified consolidated figure retrieved). | Tier 2 | Historical photograph |
| 119 |  Sudanese Civil WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 15 April 2023–present | 21st Century & Ongoing | Consolidated death toll (ranges span 29,582 to 150,000+). | Tier 1 | Historical photograph |
| 120 |  Iran–Israel Twelve-Day WarHistorical photograph · Read dossier ↗ | 13–24 June 2025 | 21st Century & Ongoing | Iran's death toll (610 from a weak secondary source — UNVERIFIED; do not present as fact). | Tier 3 | Historical photograph |