How many people have died as a result of war in the history of the world ?

Answer 1

Wikipedia has compiled a list . The total probably exceeds five hundred million and may be as high as a billion. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_toll
The numbers from earlier times can not match modern war, even though the wars were devastating, because the populations were much smaller before the population explosion in the last 200 years. In 9000 B.C. when societies began to organize, earth held an estimated five million people. In 1 AD The Roman empire had 45 million people and the estimate for the world was less than 300 million. Today there are over 6 billion.

Answer 2

Throughout man's history, untoled multitudes have been layed low upon the battlefield. If I were to put a # on it, I suppose it would be 15.000.000. Add a few more million for civilian casuties and a few million more for ethnic cleansing - 20.000.000 all together.

Sobering question; thanks.

Anthony Bernstein!

Answer 3

Hundreds of billions. Look at how many have died just in the 20th century alone.

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstatx.htm

Answer 4

a silly astronomical amount. the only answer is 'how long is a piece of string'? its being added too every minute of the day. Very sad and rotten.

Answer 5

Not too many. The vast majority die of other things. It is statically insignificant.

Answer 6

you want a number..?
let me count them..
1..2..3..4..5..still counting after a century..

Lots, lots, lots.. just imagine those that weren't written down..

Answer 7

2. The others were just a big misunderstanding.

Answer 8

that is going to take a while to research unless someone has the answer on the net..........................wow what an outrageous question to ask, good one

Answer 9

Far too many.

Answer 10

LOT, BUT IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPE WOULD BE HERE OTHERWISE.