As a result of famine and fatigue, many refugees suffered from disease, especially dysentery.
The total population of Persia may have dropped from 2,500,000 to 250,000 as a result of mass extermination and famine.
However I hasten to add that the people suffering as a result of famine are not to blame for this mess.
In African countries, people starved as the result of civil strife and famine.
Others came as a result of famine.
More than 300,000 Somalis have died as a result of fighting and famine.
Roughly two million people have died as a result of war, famine and disease caused by the conflict.
It formed as a result of the 2011 East Africa drought and famine.
More than 500,000 people are believed to have died in Ethiopia since 1974 as a result of war and famine.
In 1901 the population was 285,363, showing a decrease of 12% in the decade, due to the results of famine.
