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The chart below provides estimates of the number of soldiers killed, wounded, and reported missing during World War I. Exact numbers are often disputed and are nearly impossible to determine for a variety of reasons. Different countries used different methods to count their dead and injured, and some methods were more reliable than others. Records of some countries were destroyed during the war and its aftermath. Also, some countries may have changed the number of casualties in their official records for political reasons. The numbers of civilians from each country killed during the war are even more difficult to estimate. The numbers in the chart reflect the estimates made by most historians today. Country
Total mobilized forces
Killed or died
1
Wounded
Prisoners or missing
Total casualties
Allied Powers: Russia
12,000,000
1,700,000
4,950,000
2,500,000
9,150,000
British Empire
8, 904,467
908,371
2,090,212
191,652
3,190,235
France
2
8,410,000
1,357,800
4,266,000
537,000
6,160,800
Italy
5,615,000
650,000
947,000
600,000
2,197,000
United States
4,734,991
116,516
204,002
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320,518
Japan
800,000
300
907
3
1210
Romania
750,000
335,706
120,000
80,000
535,706
Serbia
707,343
45,000
133,148
152,958
331,106
Canada
3
424,000
59,694
172,000
3,800
4
235,494
Belgium
267,000
13,716
44,686
34,659
93,061
Greece
230,000
5,000
21,000
1,000
27,000
Portugal
100,000
7,222
13,751
12,318
33,291
Montenegro
50,000
3,000
10,000
7,000
20,000
TOTALS
42,612,810
5,211,809
13,003,004
4,124,890
22,165,291
Central Powers: