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. 2002 Feb 9;324(7333):346–349. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.346

Table 1.

Ten most deadly conflicts originating in the 1990s, range of values for deaths from major published sources

Conflict Years Estimated No of deaths (range)
1 Rwanda 1994 500 000-1 000 000
2 Angola 1992-4 100 000-500 000
3 Somalia 1991-9 48 000-300 000
4 Bosnia 1992-5 35 000-250 000
5 Liberia 1991-6 25 000-200 000
6 Burundi 1993 30 000-200 000
7 Chechnya 1994-6 30 000-90 000
8 Tajikistan 1992-9 20 000-120 000
9 Algeria 1992-9 30 000-100 000
10 Gulf war 1990-1 4 300-100 000