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Unrelated: if there were there a chart that shows the number of people killed by each country per year in this millennia -- what countries do you think will "in

by d0mine 6y ago

Unrelated: if there were there a chart that shows the number of people killed by each country per year in this millennia -- what countries do you think will "in the lead" by an order of magnitude at least from the rest?

Paradigma11 6y ago
That would be interesting, as long as you focus on civilian deaths and normalize for population. My guess would be iran due to their heavy involvement in both the iraqi and syrian civil war. The saudis are also contenders with their yemen war. Then I would guess the US, turkey and russia. We are moving into a multipolar world and interesting times.
AnimalMuppet 6y ago
This millennium? Probably Syria.
- ardy42 6y ago
  >> Unrelated: if there were there a chart that shows the number of people killed by each country per year in this millennia -- what countries do you think will "in the lead" by an order of magnitude at least from the rest? > This millennium? Probably Syria. How did you come to that conclusion? Though the question is far to ambiguous (what does "killed by" mean, exactly?), I'd assume Germany would be ahead of Syria, given that any reasonable count would include those killed in the Holocaust plus allied casualties from WWI and WWII (where all cases where there's clearly established intent to kill by the regime). The Syrian civil was was bad, but not that bad. I'm not aware of anything of similar magnitude there after 1900, and the numbers of anything before would be lessened by lower populations and less effective military technology.
  - AnimalMuppet 6y ago
    I presumed that "this millennium" meant "since 2000". That removes Germany.
    - ardy42 6y ago
      Ah, now I see. I'm just stuck in the 20th century. I suppose I should be glad I still don't accidentally write "19" for the century on my checks.
tim333 6y ago
Not sure about millenia but in the last century the communists have done well, about 65 million for China and 20 for the Soviet Union.

by d0mine 6y ago

Paradigma11 6y ago

That would be interesting, as long as you focus on civilian deaths and normalize for population. My guess would be iran due to their heavy involvement in both the iraqi and syrian civil war. The saudis are also contenders with their yemen war. Then I would guess the US, turkey and russia. We are moving into a multipolar world and interesting times.

AnimalMuppet 6y ago

This millennium? Probably Syria.

ardy42 6y ago
>> Unrelated: if there were there a chart that shows the number of people killed by each country per year in this millennia -- what countries do you think will "in the lead" by an order of magnitude at least from the rest? > This millennium? Probably Syria. How did you come to that conclusion? Though the question is far to ambiguous (what does "killed by" mean, exactly?), I'd assume Germany would be ahead of Syria, given that any reasonable count would include those killed in the Holocaust plus allied casualties from WWI and WWII (where all cases where there's clearly established intent to kill by the regime). The Syrian civil was was bad, but not that bad. I'm not aware of anything of similar magnitude there after 1900, and the numbers of anything before would be lessened by lower populations and less effective military technology.
- AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  I presumed that "this millennium" meant "since 2000". That removes Germany.
  - ardy42 6y ago
    Ah, now I see. I'm just stuck in the 20th century. I suppose I should be glad I still don't accidentally write "19" for the century on my checks.

tim333 6y ago

Not sure about millenia but in the last century the communists have done well, about 65 million for China and 20 for the Soviet Union.