Table 1 Genocides since World War 1
From: The long-term health consequences of genocide: developing GESQUQ - a genocide studies checklist
Event | Country | Start (year) | End (year) | Lowest estimate | Highest estimate | % affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herero and Namqua genocide | German South-West Africa | 1904 | 1908 | 34,000 | 110,000 | No information |
Seyfo | Ottoman Empire | 1915 | 1923 | 275,000 | 750,000 | No information |
Armenian genocide | Ottoman Empire | 1915 | 1922 | 800,000 | 1,500,000 | 75% of Armenians in Turkey |
Holocaust | Nazi- controlled Europe | 1933 | 1945 | 4,900,000 | 6,200,000 | 78% of Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe |
Porajmos | Nazi- controlled Europe | 1935 | 1945 | 130,000 | 500,000 | 25% of Romani people in Europe |
Cambodian genocide | Cambodia | 1975 | 1979 | 1,700,000 | 3,000,000 | 21–33% of total population of Cambodia |
Bosnian genocide | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992 | 1995 | 9373 | 25,609 | No information |
Rwandan genocide | Rwanda | 1994 | 1994 | 500,000 | 1,000,000 | 70% of Tutsis in Rwanda |
Genocide of Yazidis | Iraq and Syria | 2014 | ongoing | ? | ? | No information |