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[–] WhiteHawk 31 points 11 months ago

While it has proven difficult to accurately estimate the pre-colonial population and the amount by which it changed under the Congo Free State, estimates for the Congolese population decline during Leopold's rule range from 1 million to 15 million.

That's a lot, but not even close to Mao