Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr · Aired Oct 28, 2026
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Between 1% and 2% of the world population died from violent deaths during the 20th century.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Carr includes world wars, camps and Chinese and Russian famines in a 1-2% violent-death figure. The initial explanation cited estimates of 0.7% for combat and 3% with broader deaths, then certified the intermediate number simply because it lay between them. That is not a calculation. The result needs a defined numerator and a population or total-deaths denominator that matches the hunter-gatherer comparison.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Between 1% and 2% of the world population died from violent deaths during the 20th century?
We can't say yet. Carr includes world wars, camps and Chinese and Russian famines in a 1-2% violent-death figure. 7% for combat and 3% with broader deaths, then certified the intermediate number simply because it lay between them. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr, aired Oct 28, 2026, at 2:24:36. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. No supporting source was captured, so don't treat this as a sourced conclusion.
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