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  • Communist regimes are identified as the most murderous, with an estimated 148 million people killed by Communist democide from 1900 to 1987, revised upward due to additional information about the Great Chinese Famine. Fascist regimes, though less durable, still accounted for about 27.8 million deaths during the same period. Democratic governments also contributed to this total, particularly through actions like indiscriminate bombing during World War II, which resulted in significant civilian casualties. The breakdown of these killings includes various types of democide, such as forced labor, concentration camp victims, extrajudicial summary killings, and mass deaths due to governmental acts of criminal omission and neglect, such as famines. This total of 262 million deaths does not include battle deaths from wars and excludes post-1987 democides by regimes such as Iraq, Iran, Burundi, Serbia, Bosnia, Sudan, Somalia, and others. The data highlight the significant role of government power in mass killings and emphasize the importance of fostering freedom and democracy to prevent such atrocities.