How many Armenians died during the Armenian Genocide?

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Uncovering the history of the Armenian Genocide — Armenian Genocide Overview of the history and controversy surrounding the Armenian Genocide.

Conservative estimates indicate that between 600,000 and more than 1,000,000 Armenians were slaughtered or died during the Armenian Genocide.123

These deaths occurred as a result of a systematic campaign of mass murder and forced deportations from Eastern Anatolia toward concentration camps in the Syrian desert. During these marches, which began in 1915, many Armenians were killed by irregular forces, local groups, or died from starvation and disease. By the end of World War I, more than 90 percent of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire had been eliminated.1324