Statistics for Most Murderous Dictators in World History

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VictimsDictatorRegimeCountryYears in Reign% Correct
30 Million victims of Lebensraum and ethnic cleansingAdolf HitlerFascist dictatorshipGermany1933-45
99%
40 Million starved, purged and perished in prison campsJosef StalinCommunistUSSR1929-53
97%
60 Million Chinese starved, murdered and tortured to deathMao ZedongCommunistChina1949-76
95%
250,000 Ethiopians, Libyans, Jews, political opponentsBenito MussoliniFascist dictatorshipItaly1922-45
76%
1.7 Million political opponentsPol PotCommunistCambodia1975-79
72%
30,000 political opponentsFidel CastroCommunistCuba1959-2006
69%
600,000 Shi'ites, Kirds, Kuwaitis, political opponentsSaddam HusseinBa'ath party dictatorshipIraq1989-2003
66%
35,000 political opponentsGeneral Francisco FrancoFascist/military dictatorshipSpain1939-75
63%
8 Million Congolese enslavedKing Leopold IIColonialBelgium1886-1909
63%
570,000 political opponentsJosip Broz TitoCommunistYugoslavia1945-80
56%
1.6 Million political opponents/civiliansKim Il SungCommunistNorth Korea1948-94
55%
200,000 political opponents, South VietnameseHo Chi MinhCommunistNorth Vietnam1945-69
51%
300,000-500,000 political/personal opponentsIdi AminPersonal dictatorshipUganda1971-79
51%
3,000 political opponentsGeneral Augusto PinochetMilitary dictatorshipChile1973-1990
49%
15,000 political/tribal opponents (still counting)Robert MugabePersonal dictatorshipZimbabwe1982-
49%
5 Million victims of Japanese occupation during WWIIHideki TojoMilitary dictatorshipJapan1941-45
42%
20,000 political/religious opponentsAyatollah KhomeiniIslamist dictatorshipIran1979-1989
34%
500,000 commnistsSukarnoNationalist dictatorshipIndonesia1945-66
21%
220,000 political/military opponents and civiliansCharles TaylorPersonal dictatorshipLiberia1989-96
18%
50,000 political opponentsRafael TrujilloPersonal dictatorshipDominican Republic1930-61
15%
2 Million Armenians, Greeks and AssyruansIsmail Enver PashaMilitary dictatorshipOttoman Empire1915-20
14%
400,000 political/religious opponentsMullah OmarTalibanAfghanistan1996-2001
10%
13,000 left-wing political opponentsGeneral Jorge VidelaMilitary dictatorshipArgentina1976-83
8%
300,000 Benglis in East PakistanGeneral Yahya KhanMilitary dictatorshipPakistan1970-1971
8%
1.5 Million political opponents/EritreansMengistu Haile MariamCommunist military dictatorshipEthiopia1974-78
7%
70,000 peasants, political opponentsEfrain Rios MonttMilitary dictatorshipGuatemala1982-83
1%
210,000 political opponentsFoday SankohPersonal dictatorshipSierra Leone1991-2000
1%
150,000 HutusMichel MicomberoPersonal dictatorshipBurundi1966-76
1%
1 Million Bifrans starved and soldiers killed in civil warYakubu GowanMilitary dictatorshipNigeria1967-70
1%
800,000 TutsisJean KambandaTribal dictatorshipRwanda1994
0%

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