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The class of violent deaths documented in this article is intentional killing of others outside of war. Deaths occurring during situations of civil unrest are a grey area. Map of countries by their intentional homicide rate per 100,000 people. Source (labeled on map): United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. [14]
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: List of rampage killers (familicides in Africa), List of rampage killers (familicides in the Americas), List of rampage killers (familicides in Asia), List of rampage killers (familicides in China), List of rampage killers (familicides in Europe), List of rampage killers (familicides in Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia).
The exact death toll is unknown, although scholarly sources estimate the number of Arabs killed to be between 13,000 and more than 20,000. [164] [165] 25% or more of the Arab population (50,000 people) of Zanzibar were killed by the end of 1964. [164] Maya genocide: Guatemala: 1962 1996 166,000 [167] 166,000 [168]
List of mass executions and massacres in Yugoslavia during World War II; List of massacres in the Bosnian War; List of massacres in the Croatian War of Independence; List of massacres in the Czech Republic; List of massacres in the Dominican Republic; List of massacres in the Philippines; List of massacres in the Solomon Islands
List of disasters in Canada by death toll; List of disasters in Croatia by death toll; List of disasters in Estonia by death toll; List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll; List of disasters in Japan by death toll; List of disasters in Malta by death toll; List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
Ironically, as this country gets closer to abolishing death as a punishment, that progress does not bode well for the inmates on death row who will ask to have their lives spared in 2025.
The # symbol indicates the massacre's ranking by number of deaths (since this list is sorted by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties). The W column gives a basic description of the weapons used: F – Firearms and other ranged weapons.
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .