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The Second Congo War is estimated to have had killed up to 5.4 million people, although not directly through violence. Do casualties include wounded (so not just deaths?), because in that case a few more wars would fit the bill.
5.4 million is the upper estimate - and my "5-10 million since WW2" is really "10 million per world population in 2015 of 7.2 billion", which is 10 million * (6.7/7.2) = 9.3 million in 2008 and 10 million * (5.97/7.2) = 8 million in 1998; both are above 5.4 million.
It's not stated in the paper what they mean by "victims", but they count 70 million or so victims of WW2, which has a death toll ranging from 50-80 million, so it seems that "victim" means "dead".