In terms of sheer numbers of death it is World War Two. The lowest estimate on the number of deaths sit at 56.1 million, the highest at 85 million. 69 million corresponds to the Geometric mean here.
The closest wars in terms of death to WWII seems to be the Qing conquest of the Ming dynasty (25 million + killed), the Taping Rebellion (24.5 million deaths), the Second Sino-Japanese War (22.4 million killed) and then World War I (13.4 million).
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