Title: World War I casualties - Wikipedia
Headings: World War I casualties
World War I casualties
Contents
Classification of casualty statistics
Casualties in the borders of 1914–1918
Casualties by post-war (1924) borders
Footnotes
^ a East and Central Africa
^ b Australia
^ c Belgium
^ d Canada
^ e France
^ f Greece
^ g India (British)
^ h Italy
^ i Japan
^ k Montenegro
^ l New Zealand
^ m Newfoundland
^ n Portugal
^ o Romania
^ p Russian Empire
^ q Serbia
^ r South Africa
^ s United Kingdom
^ t United States
^ u Austria-Hungary
^ v Bulgaria
^ w German Empire
^ x Ottoman Empire
^ y Denmark
^ j Luxembourg
^ z Norway
^ az Qajar Persia
^ bz Sweden
Sources
See also
References
Further reading
Other languages
External links

Content: First World War civilian deaths are "hazardous to estimate" according to Michael Clodfelter who maintains that "the generally accepted figure of noncombatant deaths is 6.5 million." Casualties in the borders of 1914–1918
( when the number of deaths in a country is disputed, a range of war losses is given)
( sources and details of figures are provided in the footnotes)
Nation
Population (millions)
Combat deaths and missing in action (included in total military deaths)
Total military deaths (from all causes)
Civilian deaths (military action and crimes against humanity)
Increase in civilian deaths (malnutrition and disease excluding Influenza pandemic )
Total deaths
Deaths as % of population
Military wounded
Allies and co-belligerents of World War I
Australia b
5.0
61,527
59,330
to 62,149


59,330
to 62,149
1.2%
to 1.2%
152,171
Canada d
7.2
56,638
56,639
to 64,996
1,963

58,639
to 66,996
0.8%
to 0.9%
149,732
India g
315.1
64,449
64,449
to 73,905


64,449
to 73,905
0%
to 0%
69,214
New Zealand l
1.1
18,166
16,711
to 18,060


16,711
to 18,060
1.5%
to 1.6%
41,317
Newfoundland m
0.2
1,204
1,204
to 1,570 (included with UK)


1,204
to 1,570
0.6%
to 0.8%
2,314
South Africa r
6.0
7,121
7,121
to 9,726


7,121
to 9,726
0.1%
to 0.2%
12,029
United Kingdom
(and Colonies) s
45.4
744,000 s1
887,858
16,829
107,000
867,829
to 1,011,687
1.9%
to 2.2%
1,675,000 s1
Sub-total for British Empire
380.0
953,104
949,454
to 1,118,264
18,829
107,000
1,077,283
to 1,244,093
0.3%
to 0.3%
2,101,077
Belgium c
7.4
38,170
38,170
to 58,637
23,700
62,000
123,870
to 144,337
1.7%
to 2%
44,686
France e
39.6
1,150,000
1,357,000
to 1,397,800
40,000
300,000
1,697,000
to 1,737,800
4.3%
to 4.4%
4,266,000
Greece f
4.8
5,000
5,000
to 26,000

150,000
155,000
to 176,000
3.2%
to 3.7%
21,000
Italy h
35.6
460,000
460,000
to 651,000
3,400
589,000
1,052,400
to 1,243,400
3%
to 3.5%
947,000
Japan i
53.6
300
300
to 4,661


300
to 4,661
0%
to 0%
907
Montenegro k
0.5
3,000
3,000
to 13,325


3,000
to 13,325
0.6%
to 2.7%
10,000
Portugal n
6.0
7,222
7,222
13
82,000
89,235
1.5%
13,751
Romania o
7.5
335,706
250,000
to 335,706
130,000
200,000
580,000
to 665,706
7.7%
to 8.9%
120,000
Russia p
175.1
1,700,000
1,700,000 to
2,254,369
410,000
730,000
2,840,000 to
3,394,369
1.6% to 1.9%
3,749,000 to
4,950,000
Serbia q
4.5
127,500
300,000
to 450,000

450,000
to 800,000
750,000
to 1,250,000
16.7%
to 27.8%
133,148
United States t
92.0
53,402
116,708
757

117,466
0.1%
204,002
Total
Allied Powers
806.6
4,833,404
5,186,854
to 6,433,692
626,699
3,420,000
to 3,770,000
9,235,553
to 10,080,391
1.1%
to 1.2%
11,611,271
to 12,812,271
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary u
51.4
1,016,200
1,200,000
to 1,494,200
120,000
467,000
1,787,000
to 2,081,200
3.5%
to 4%
3,620,000
Bulgaria v
4.5
87,500
87,500

100,000
187,500
3.4%
152,390
Germany w
64.9
1,800,000
2,037,000
720
424,000 to 763,000
2,198,420
to 2,800,720
3.4% to
4.3%
4,215,662
Ottoman Empire x
21.3
305,085
325,000
to 771,844
1,500,000. 1,000,000
2,825,000
to 3,271,844
13.3%
to 15.4%
400,000
to 763,753
Total
Central Powers
142.1
3,208,785
3,386,200
to 4,390,544
1,620,720
1,991,000
to 2,330,000
6,997,920
to 8,341,264
4.9%
to 5.9%
8,388,052
to 8,751,805
Neutral nations
Denmark y
2.7
See footnote re: Danes in German military


700
700
0%
—
Luxembourg j
0.3

0.28



See footnote

Norway z
2.4



1,180. 1,180
0.1%
—
Qajar Persia az
10.5



2,000,000
2,000,000
19%
—
Sweden bz
5.6



800. 800
0%
—
Grand total
959.7
8,042,189
8,573,054
to 10,824,236
2,250,099
5,411,000
to 6,100,000
15,000,000 to 22,000,000
1.7%
to 2.3%
22,101,100
to 23,665,873
The source of population data is: Haythornthwaite, Philip J., The World War One Source Book pp. 382–383
Casualties by post-war (1924) borders
Europe 1914 and 1924
The war involved multi-ethnic empires such as Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary and Turkey. Many ethnic groups in these territories were conscripted for military service. The casualties listed by modern borders are also included in the above table of figures for the countries that existed in 1914.