French Conquest of Algeria

AD – MPE: 0.1

ND – MPE: 0.6

White cites estimates for the number of people killed during the French conquest of Algeria, which range from 0.54 to 0.83 million. The higher number is the result of a more rigorous study by Historian Ben Kiernan, who analyzed the French conquest from 1830 to 1875. I choose 0.7 million as the most plausible estimate for the number of innocent people killed. France was an advanced democracy for only 7 out of 45 years in this time period.

Plausible estimates for the number of people killed by a nondemocracy range from 0.4 to 0.8 million. I choose 0.6 million as the most plausible estimate. Plausible estimates for the number of people killed by an advanced democracy range from 0.05 to 0.15 million. I choose 0.1 million as the most plausible estimate.