What has Blackwell, Texas got in common with James Bond? The British agent has used his license to kill to bump off a population the same size as its 354 inhabitants since the films began in 1962.

The launch of Skyfall is sure to increase that number. James Bond films are famous for two things: one is his awesome sex life; the other is the sheer numbers of people who get shot, poisoned, eaten by sharks or sliced up by a circular saw.

How violent are Bond's films? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the body counts are extremely controversial, with several sites with competing counts and methodology.

Argument reigns, for example, over whether Sean Connery's 1983 Never Say Never Again is actually a real Bond film at all: it wasn't made by Eon Productions, which has produced the films out of Pinewood since 1962. There was also the 'first' Bond film: Casino Royale in 1954 (which had Barry Nelson playing Bond as, gulp, American) and another Casino Royale in swinging 1967, starring Peter Sellers, David Niven and Woody Allen.

But the modern series starting with Dr No is well-documented by fans. There are two good sources: Commander Bond.net and the rather wonderful All Outta Bubble Gum which compiles body counts for hundreds of movies.

So, here's the data. And it shows a total of 1,299 deaths in all the official Bond films (excluding both the early Casino Royale's and Never Say Never Again). Of those, 352 kills were by Bond (354 if you include Never…) and 947 by others.

That's an average death per movie of 16 people killed by Bonds - and 59 from all causes.

Sean Connery's You Only Live Twice was the most deadly film: 196 deaths. Compare that to the first film, Dr No with only 12, four of them by Bond.

However the deadliest Bond was Pierce Brosnan - he killed 135 people in four films, an average of 33.8 per movie.

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Data summary

KIlls per Bond movie Click heading to sort table. Download this data Film Official Bond Year Bond actor Bond kills Others' kills Total Dr. No Official 1962 Sean Connery 4 8 12 From Russia With Love Official 1963 Sean Connery 11 16 27 Goldfinger Official 1964 Sean Connery 9 68 77 Thunderball Official 1965 Sean Connery 20 90 110 You Only Live Twice Official 1967 Sean Connery 21 175 196 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Official 1969 George Lazenby 5 37 42 Diamonds Are Forever Official 1971 Sean Connery 7 42 49 Live and Let Die Official 1973 Roger Moore 8 5 13 The Man with the Golden Gun Official 1974 Roger Moore 1 5 6 The Spy Who Loved Me Official 1977 Roger Moore 31 116 147 Moonraker Official 1979 Roger Moore 12 69 81 For Your Eyes Only Official 1981 Roger Moore 18 36 54 Octopussy Official 1983 Roger Moore 15 43 58 A View to a Kill Official 1985 Roger Moore 5 57 62 The Living Daylights Official 1987 Timothy Dalton 13 29 42 Licence to Kill Official 1989 Timothy Dalton 10 13 23 GoldenEye Official 1995 Pierce Brosnan 47 25 72 Tomorrow Never Dies Official 1997 Pierce Brosnan 30 24 54 The World is Not Enough Official 1999 Pierce Brosnan 27 43 70 Die Another Day Official 2002 Pierce Brosnan 31 20 51 Casino Royale Official 2006 Daniel Craig 11 11 22 Quantum of Solace Official 2008 Daniel Craig 16 15 31 TOTALS 352 947 1299 AVERAGE 16 43 59

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