WAR

 

 

Throughout human history, the average number of people killed by war has fluctuated relatively little, ranging from 1 to 10 per 100,000.However, major wars over shorter periods have resulted in much higher casualty rates, with 100–200 casualties per 100,000 over a few years. While conventional wisdom holds that casualties have increased in recent times due to technological improvements in warfare, this is not generally true. For instance, the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) had about the same number of casualties per capita as World War I, although it was higher during World War II. That said, overall, the number of casualties from war has not significantly increased in recent times. On the contrary, on a global scale, the time since WWII has been unusually peaceful.