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

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Content: World War I casualties
World
 
War
 
I
 
casualties
 
The
 
total
 
number
 
of
 
military
 
and
 
civilian
 
casualties
 
in
 
World
 
War
 
I,
 
was
 
around
 
40
 
million. There
 
were
 
20
 
million
 
deaths
 
and
 
21
 
million
 
wounded. The
 
total
 
number
 
of
 
deaths
 
includes
 
9.7
  
million
  
military
  
personnel
  
and
  
about
  
10
  
million
  
civilians. The
 
Entente
  
Powers
 
(also
 
known
  
as
  
the
  
Allies)
  
lost
  
about
  
5.7
  
million
  
soldiers
  
while
  
the
 
Central
  
Powers
 
lost
  
about
  
4
 
million. Classification
 
of
 
casualty
 
statistics
  
Estimates
 
of
 
casualty
 
numbers
 
for
 
World
 
War
 
I
 
vary
 
to
 
a
 
great
 
extent
 
Military
 
casualty
 
statistics
 
listed
 
here
 
include
 
combat
 
related
 
deaths
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
military
 
deaths
 
caused
 
by
 
accidents,
 
disease
 
and
 
deaths
 
while
 
prisoners
 
of
 
war. 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.