Since the end of the Holocaust in 1945
55 million civilians have perished
in more than 89 major genocides
around the world

NATION

YEARS OF EPISODES SINCE 1945

CUMULATIVE CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL

GROUP AFFECTED

MAJOR KILLERS

Africa Region
Sudan – South,      Nuba Region 1956 – 1972 500,000 Nuer, Dinka, Christians, Nuba, southerners Khartoum Government, NIF Government, Militias, Rebels
1983 – 2005 1,500,000
Sudan - Darfur 2001 - present 250,000+ Zaghawa, Fur, Massaleit, and  Black Africans Janjaweed Arab Militias, Sudan Government
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1945 – 1960 1,000’s Africans Colonial Forces
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1994 – 1997 80,000 Hutus, Banyamulenge,  Kabila/ Rwandan army, Ugandan, Rwandan armies, rebels, DRCongo, allied armies
2,000,000 (civil war)
1994 – present 40,000 Hema,Lendu Ethnic militias
1997 – present 1,000,000 (civil war) War-lord led militias, DRC army
1994-present 500,000+ Women (mass rape) Rwandan  interhamwe militias, Congolese militias, army
Somalia 1988 – present 100,000 Somalis, Isaaq clan Warlord/clan militias
2006 - present 40,000 Islamists, gov’t supporters Ethiopian army; Al-Shabaab Terrorists
Ethiopia 1945 – 1974 150,000 Oromo, Eritreans, Somali Selassie Monarchy
1974 – 1985 750,000 Class enemies, Oromo Derg Communists
1994 – 2000 125,000 Eritrea war Army (Ethiopian Defence Forces)
2001 – present 25,000+ Ethnic minorities Army (EDF)
2001 – present 20,000 Ogadeni (Somalis) Army (EDF)
Equatorial Guinea 1975 – 1979  50,000 Bubi,  Nguema foes Macias Nguema Regime, Successor
2001 - present
Uganda 1972 – 1979 300,000 Acholi, Lango, Karamoja Amin gov’t army, police
1980 – 1986 250,000 Baganda,, Banyarwanda Obote gov’t army, police
Zimbabwe 1982 – 84 20,000 Matabele Government Army 5th Brigade, Milithias
1998 – present 10,000+ MDC supporters, Matabele, urban poor, white farmers Government Police, Army, ZANU-PF Militias
Eritrea 1961 – 1991  570,000 Eritreans (independence war with Ethiopia)  Ethiopian Armies, Police
1998 -- 2000 125,000 Border war with Ethiopia
Burundi 1959 – 1962 50,000 Hutus  Tutsi Government
1972 150,000 Hutus Tutsi Army
1988 25,000 Hutus Tutsi Army
1993 – 1995 50,000 Tutsis Hutu Rebels
100,000 Hutus Tutsi Army
1996 – 2006 100,000 Tutsi, Hutu Rebels, Army
Nigeria 1966 – 1970  1,000,000 Ibos Nigerian Army
Algeria 1954 – 1963 160,000 OAS, Harkis, settlers French Legions, OAS, Rebels
1991 -- 2005 200,000 Gov’t officials, Berbers Islamic Armed Group (GIA)
Sierra Leone 1991 – 2003 200,000  Sierra Leone civilians Revolutionary United Front, Other Militias
Rwanda 1959 – 1963, 1993 10,000's Tutsi Hutu Government
1994 800,000 Tutsi Hutu Power Government, Interhamwe
1995 – present 1,000's Hutus Rwandan Government
Angola 1961 -- 1962 40,000 Kongo Colonial Army
1975 – 2003 500,000 Umbundu, Ovimbundu Government, UNITA Armies, Allies
Liberia 1990 – 2003 200,000 Krahn, Gio, Mano, etc. Doe Government Army, Taylor Rebels, Government, Rebels
Mozambique 1975 – 1994 1,000,000 MPLA, Renamo Renamo, MPLA
Egypt 2012 - present 10,000+ Copts Muslim Fundamentalists

Americas Region
Colombia 1948 -- 1958 180,000 Liberals vs. Conservatives Political parties
Brazil 1945 -- 1964 300,000 Vargas foes, Indians Gov’t police, settler militias
Guatemala 1950’s –1980’s 200,000 Mayans Gov’t army, death squads
Haiti 1957 – 1971 60,000 Mulattos, Christians and political opposition Papa Doc Duvalier, Army, police
Argentina 1976 – 1980 20,000 leftists Army, police
Chilé 1973 – 1976 10,000’s leftists Army, police
Nicaragua 1970 – 1979 30,000 Sandinistas Gov’t army
1980 – 1989 30,000 Contras Sandinista army
El Salvador 1980 – 1992 75,000 leftists Army, militias
Peru 1980 -- 1992 69,000 State authorities Shining Path Maoists
Mexico 1945 – 2001 10,000’s Indians, gov’t foes Army, police
Chiapas 1945 -- 2001 10,000’s  Mayans Army, police

Asia Region
North Korea 1995-1997 1,000,000+ North Korean civilians State created famine
Afghanistan 1978-1993 50,000+ Pro-Soviet Agfhans Mujahadin
1993 – 1996 30,000 (civil war) Warlords
1996 – 2001 50,000+ Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazara Taliban,Al Qaeda
1996 – 2001 10,000+ Pashtuns NorthernAlliance
Pakistan 1947 (partition)  61,000 Hindus Muslim mobs
Bangladesh 1971 1,500,000 Bengalis & Hindus West Pakistani army
Frontier provinces 2003-present 10,000's Government supporters Islamists, Al-Queda
Burma (Myanmar) 1962-2007 100,000 Shan, Karen, NDU SLORC, SPDC
Myanmar (Formerly Burma) 2017-present 430,000 Muslim Rohingya Government, Rakhine Buddhists
Peoples  Republic of  China 1949 – 1977 35,000,000+   “class enemies”, religious minorities, Uighurs Muslims, Christians Maoist communist gov’t, PRC army, Red Guards, police
Nepal 1996 – present 20,000 anti-Maoists Maoist rebels
10,000’s rebels Nepal army
Indonesia 1965 500,000 communists  Suharto gov’t  & successors
1984 -- present 100,000+ West Papua/ Irian Jayans Indonesian army
India 1947 (partition)  100,000’s  Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs Hindu, Muslim, Sikh mobs
Kashmir 1989 -- present 40,000+ Kashmiri Muslims Indian police
Sri Lanka 1983 – 2009 60,000 Tamil  Anti-Tamil mobs
Sinhalese civilians Tamil Tiger rebels
Azerbaijan 1988 – 1994 10,000’s  Armenians Azeri
Tajikistan 1992 -- 1997 50,000+ Tajik & Uzbek opposition Ex-Communists
Cambodia 1966 – 1975 15,000 Vietnamese Lon Nol gov’t
1968 – 1975 360,000 pro-gov’t Khmer Rouge
1975 – 1979 1,700,000 – 2,200,000 class enemies, Cham Muslims, city people, Vietnamese, Eastern Zone Khmer Rouge
Laos 1945 – 1960 10,000's leftists Royalists,French
1960 – 1975 100,000 anti-communists Pathet Lao
East Timor 1965 – 2000 200,000 Timorese Indonesian army, militias
Russia –Chechnya, Ingushetia 1994 – 1996 50,000 Chechens Russian Army
1999 -- present 25,000 Chechens Russian Army
Yugoslavia: Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia 1941 – 1945 650,000 Serbs Croatian Fascists   (Ustashi)
1941 – 1945 100,000 Croats, Muslims                 Serb Partisans   (Chetniks)       
1945 – 1987 1,000,000 Tito foes Tito gov’t
Bosnia 1992 – 1998 100,000 Muslims, Croats Bosnian Serbs 
Serbs Croats, Muslims
Croatia 1991 – 1995 50,000 Bosnian Muslims Croat army, militias, Serbs, 
Serbs, Croats Bosnian Muslims

Middle East Region
Iraq 1961 – 2003 190,000 Kurds, Shiites, Kuwaitis Iraqi army, presidential guard, Baathists
2003 – present 115,000 Shiites, Sunni “collaborators”, Kurds, Coptics, Insurgents Fedayeen, Al Queda, insurgent terrorists, Mahdi Army, Iraqi and coalition forces, ISIL
2014 – 2019 5,000 Yazidis ISIL in the Islamic State controlled territory of Northern Iraq
Yemen 1962 --1970 150,000 North Yemen Saudi-backed royalists vs. Marxist republicans Egyptian and Yemeni republican troops, backed by USSR
Lebanon 1974 – 1991 55,000 Christians, Muslims, Druze Religious militias, Hezbollah, Phalangists
Iran 1953 – 1978 26,000 Shah foes Secret police 
1978 – 1992 60,000 Kurds, monarchists, Bahai Iranian army, revolution guards
Syria 1981 – 1982 21,000 Kurds, Sunni Muslims Syrian army, police
2012-present 174,000 Kurds, Sunni Muslims Syrian army, police