Title: 
Headings: World War I casualties
World
 
War
 
I
 
casualties
 

Classification
 
of
 
casualty
 
statistics
  

Allies
 
of
 
World
 

War
 
I
 

(millions)
 
Military
 
deaths
 
Civilian
 
deaths
 
Total
 
deaths
 
Deaths
 
as
 
%
 
of
 
population
 

 
New
 
Zealand
 

Military
 
wounded
 

 
United
 
Kingdom
 
s
 

East
 
Africaa
 

 
United
 
States
 

Central
 
Powers
 

Population
 
(millions)
 
Military
 
deaths
 
Civilian
 
deaths
 
Total
 
deaths
 
Deaths
 
as
 
%
 
of
 
population
 

Ottoman
 

x
Empire
 
 

Neutral
 
nations
 
Military
 
wounded
 

Footnotes
 


  
Australia
  

2.
 
Belgium
 

3.
 
Canada
  

4.
 
France
  

5.
 
Greece
  

6.
 
Indian
 
Empire
 

7.
 
Italy
 

8.
 
Japan
  

10.
 
Montenegro
 

11.
 
New
 
Zealand
 

12.
 
Newfoundland

13.
 
Portugal
 

14.
 
Romania
  

15.
 
Russian
 
Empire

16.
 
Kingdom
 
of
 
Serbia

17.
 
South
 
Africa

18.
 
UK
 
and
 
Colonies

19.
 
United
 
States

20.
 
Austria-Hungary
 

21.
 
Bulgaria
 

22.
 
German
 
Empire
 

23.
 
Ottoman
 
Empire
 

24.
 
Denmark

25.
 
Norway
 
and
 
Sweden

5.-
 
TERMS
 
OF
 
USE:
 


Content: Most
 
of
 
the
 
casualties
 
during
 
WWI
 
are
 
due
 
to
 
war
 
related
 
famine
 
and
 
disease. Civilian
 
deaths
 
due
 
to
 
the
 
Spanish
 
flu
 
have
 
been
  
excluded
  
from
  
these
  
figures,
  
whenever
  
possible. Moreover,
  
civilian
  
deaths
  
include
  
the
 
Armenian
 
Genocide. &
 ©
Deaths
 
by
 
alliance
 
and
 
military/civilian
Deaths
 
of
 
the
 
Allied
 
powers. Deaths
 
of
 
the
 
Central
 
powers. Allies
 
of
 
World
 
Population
 
War
 
I
 
(millions)
 
Military
 
deaths
 
Civilian
 
deaths
 
Total
 
deaths
 
Deaths
 
as
 
%
 
of
 
population
 
Australia
 
b
 
 
Canada
 
d
 
 
Indian
 
g
Empire
 
 
 
New
 
Zealand
 
l
Military
 
wounded
 
4.5
 
7.2
 
315.1
 
61,928
 
64,944
 
74,187
 
1.1
 
 
18,050
 
 
Newfoundland
 
m
 
 
South
 
Africa
 
r
 
 
United
 
Kingdom
 
s
 
Sub-total
 
for
 
British
 
Imperial
 
Forces
 
East
 
Africaa
 
0.2
 
 
1,204
 
6.0
 
 
9,463
 
45.4
 
 
885,138
 

 
1,114,914
 
2,000
 
109,000
 
111,000
 
61,928
 
66,944
 
74,187
 
18,050
 
1,204
 
9,463
 
994,138
 
1,225,914
 
1.38%
 
0.92%
 
0.02%
 
1.64%
 
0.6%
 
0.16%
 
2.19%
 
152,171
 
149,732
 
69,214
 
41,317
 
2,314
 
12,029
 
1,663,435
 

 
2,090,212
 
Belgium
 
c
 
France
 
e
 
Greece
 
f
 
Italy
 
h
 
Empire
 
of
 
Japan
 
i
 
 
Luxembourg
 
j
 
 
Montenegro
 
k
 
Portugal
 
n
 
Romania
 
o
 
Russian
 
p
Empire
 
 
Serbia
 
q
 
 
United
 
States
 
t
 
Total
 
(Entente
 
Powers)
 
7.4
 
39.6
 
4.8
 
35.6
 
53.6
 
0.3
 
0.5
 
6.0
 
7.5
 
175.1
 
4.5
 
92.0
 
58,637
 
1,397,800
 
26,000
 
651,000
 
415
 
See
footnote
 
3,000
 
7,222
 
250,000
 
1,811,000
 
275,000
 
116,708
 
62,000
 
300,000
 
150,000
 
589,000
 
82,000
 
430,000
 
1,500,000
 
450,000
 
757
 
See
 
footnote
 
120,637
 
1,697,800
 
176,000
 
1,240,000
 
415
 
3,000
 
89,222
 
680,000
 
3,311,000
 
725,000
 
117,465
 
1.63%
 
4.29%
 
3.67%
 
3.48%
 
0%
 
0.6%
 
1.49%
 
9.07%
 
1.89%
 
16.11%
 
0.13%
 
44,686
 
4,266,000
 
21,000
 
953,886
 
907
 
10,000
 
13,751
 
120,000
 
4,950,000
 
133,148
 
205,690
 
806.0
 
5,711,696
 
3,674,757
 
9,386,453
 
1.19%
 
12,809,280
 
Central
 
Powers
 
Population
 
(millions)
 
Military
 
deaths
 
Civilian
 
deaths
 
Total
 
deaths
 
Deaths
 
as
 
%
 
of
 
population
 
Austria-
Hungary
 
u
 
 
Bulgaria
 
v
 
German
 
Empire
 
w
 
Ottoman
 
x
Empire
 
 
Total
 
(Central
 
Powers)
 
Neutral
 
nations
 
Military
 
wounded
 
51.4
 
5.5
 
64.9
 
21.3
 
1,100,000
 
87,500
 
2,050,897
 
771,844
 
467,000
 
100,000
 
426,000
 
2,150,000
 
1,567,000
 
187,500
 
2,476,897
 
2,921,844
 
3.05%
 
3.41%
 
3.82%
 
13.72%
 
3,620,000
 
152,390
 
4,247,143
 
400,000
 
143.1
 
4,010,241
 
3,143,000
 
7,153,241
 
          
5%
 
8,419,533
 
Denmark
 
y
 
Norway
 
z
 
Sweden
 
z
 

2.7
 
2.4
 
5.6
 

 



722
 
1,892
 
877
 

722
 
1,892
 
877
 

0.03%
 
0.08%
 
0.02%
 

Grand
 
total
 

960.0
 

9,721,937
 

6,821,248
 
16,543,185
 

6,821,248
 
16,543,185
 

1.75%
 
21,228,813
 

Table
 
sources
 
The
  
main
  
sources
  
used
  
for
  
military
  
and
  
civilian
  
deaths
  
(unless
  
stated
  
otherwise
  
in
  
the
 
footnotes
 
below)
 
are
 
as
 
follows: (en)
 
The
 
Commonwealth
  
War
  
Graves
  
Commission
 
(CWGC)
  
Annual
  
Report
  
2007–
2008
 
is
 
the
 
source
 
of
 
the
 
military
 
dead
 
for
 
the
 
British
 
Empire. The
 
war
 
dead
 
totals
 
listed
 
in
  
the
  
report
  
are
  
based
  
on
  
the
  
research
  
by
  
the
  
CWGC
  
to
  
identify
  
and
  
commemorate
 
Commonwealth
  
war
  
dead. The
  
statistics
  
tabulated
  
by
  
The
  
Commonwealth
  
War
  
Graves
 
Commission
  
are
  
representative
  
of
  
the
  
number
  
of
  
names
  
commemorated
  
for
  
all
 
servicemen/women
  
of
  
the
  
Armed
  
Forces
  
of
  
the
  
Commonwealth
  
and
 
former
  
UK
 
Dependencies,
  
whose
  
death
  
was
  
attributable
  
to
  
their
  
war
  
service. Some
  
auxiliary
  
and
 
civilian
 
organizations
 
are
 
also
 
accorded
 
war
 
grave
 
status
 
if
 
death
 
occurred
 
under
 
certain
 
specified
 
conditions.