Title: Casualties | WW 1
Headings: World War 1 casualties
World War 1 casualties
Content: After the war, the number of those disabled from the war in the Slovenian part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes amounted to 11,467, and about 30,000 war widows had to take care of around 49,000 war orphans. Data on civilian casualties from WWI are very limited and uncertain, suggesting an estimated 6 million casualties among the civilian population. The highest death rate was caused by hunger, deprivation and disease, while we should not neglect the civilian casualties suffered during military occupation and retaliation (Belgium, Serbia, Galicia, Isonzo Front), among which the Armenian genocide in Turkey, which claimed between 1 and 2 million dead Armenians, stands out. Entente Powers
Population (million)
Mobilised soldiers
Dead soldiers
Civilian casualties
Total number of dead
Great Britain and Ireland
46.1
6,100.000
750,000
600,000
1.350,000
Belgium
7.6
292,000
38,000
50,000
88,000
France
39.0
8.100,000
1,327,000
600,000
1,927,000
Greece
4.9
449,000
25,000

25,000
Italy
36.0
4.300,000
460,000
700,000? 1,160,000
Japan
53.0
30,000
1000

1000
Montenegro
0.2
50,000
13,000

13,000
Portugal
6.1
100,000
7,000

7,000
Romania
7.6
750,000
250,000
300,000
550,000
Russia
164
15.800,000
1,811,000 to
2,254,369
500,000
(borders from 1914)
2,311,000 to
2,754,369
Serbia
3.1
750,000
275,000
300,000
525,000
United States of America
98.8
2.100,000
117,000

117,000
Australia
4.5
349,000
61,966

61,966
New Zealand
1.1
100,00
18,052

18,052
Central Powers
Population (million)

Dead soldiers
Direct civilian casualties
Total number of dead
Austro-Hungarian Empire
52.6

1,460,000
400,000? 1,860,000
Bulgaria
4.7

88,000
300,000
388,000
Germany
67.8

2,037,000
700,000
2,737,000
Turkey
17.3

325,000
2.000,000
2,325,000
Source: Brill`s Encyclopedia of the First World War. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2012.