5.4 million is the upper estimate—and my “5-10 million since WW2” is really “10 million per world population in 2015 of 7.2 billion”, which is 10 million (6.7/7.2) = 9.3 million in 2008 and 10 million (5.97/7.2) = 8 million in 1998; both are above 5.4 million.
It’s not stated in the paper what they mean by “victims”, but they count 70 million or so victims of WW2, which has a death toll ranging from 50-80 million, so it seems that “victim” means “dead”.
5.4 million is the upper estimate—and my “5-10 million since WW2” is really “10 million per world population in 2015 of 7.2 billion”, which is 10 million (6.7/7.2) = 9.3 million in 2008 and 10 million (5.97/7.2) = 8 million in 1998; both are above 5.4 million.
It’s not stated in the paper what they mean by “victims”, but they count 70 million or so victims of WW2, which has a death toll ranging from 50-80 million, so it seems that “victim” means “dead”.