WW1 Statistics
Casualties by 1914 borders
| Nation | Population (millions) |
Military deaths (from all causes) |
Civilian deaths (military action and crimes against humanity) |
Civilian deaths (malnutrition, disease) |
Total deaths | Deaths as % of population |
Military wounded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allies of World War I | |||||||
 Australia b |
4.5 | 59,330[4] to 62,081[5] |
59,330 to 62,081 |
1.32% to 1.38% |
152,171 [4] | ||
 Canada d |
7.2 | 56,639[4] to 64,990[5] |
2,000[6][7]Civilians killed in Halifax by accidental explosion of munitions in December 1917. |
58,639 to 66,990 |
0.81% to 0.93% |
149,732[4] | |
 India g |
315.1 | 64,449[4] to 74,191[5] |
64,449 to 74,191 |
0.02% to 0.02% |
69,214 [4] | ||
 New Zealand l |
1.1 | 16,711[4] to 18,166 [8] |
16,711 to 18,166 |
1.52% to 1.65% |
41,317[4] | ||
 Newfoundland m |
0.2 | 1,204[4] to 1,570[9] |
1,204 1,570 |
0.6% to 0.79% |
2,314[4] | ||
 South Africa r |
6.0 | 7,121[4] to 9,516[5] |
7,121 to 9,516 |
0.12% to 0.16% |
12,029[4] | ||
 United Kingdom s |
45.4 | 702,917[4] to 888,246[5] |
16,829[10][11] | 107,000[13] | 826,746 to 1,012,075 |
1.79% to 2.2% |
1,663,435 [4] |
| Sub-total for British Empire | 379.5 | 908,371 to 1,118,760 |
18,829 | 109,000 | 1,034,200 to 1,244,589 |
0.27% to 0.32% |
2,090,212 |
| East Africaa | See footnote | ||||||
 Belgium c |
7.4 | 13,716[14] to 58,637[15] |
23,700[15] | 62,000[16] | 99,416 to 144,337 |
1.34% to 1.95% |
44,686[17] |
 France e |
39.6 | 1,357,000[14] to 1,397,800[18] |
40,000.[3][19][20] | 300,000[16] | 1,697,000 to 1,737,800 |
4.29% to 4.39% |
4,266,000[17] |
 Greece f |
4.8 | 5,000[21] to 26,000[22] |
150,000[23] | 155,000 to 176,000 |
3.23% to 3.67% |
21,000[17] | |
 Italy h |
35.6 | 460,000[14] to 651,000[24] |
3,400[25] | 589,000[26] | 1,052,400 to 1,243,400 |
2.96% to 3.49% |
947,000[17] |
 Empire of Japan i |
53.6 | 300[17] to 4,661[27] |
300 to 4,661 |
0% to 0.01% |
907[17] | ||
 Montenegro k |
0.5 | 3,000[17] to 13,325 [27] |
3,000 to 13,325 |
0.6% to 2.67% |
10,000[17] | ||
 Portugal n |
6.0 | 7,222[14][17] | 82,000[28] | 89,222 | 1.49% | 13,751[14] | |
 Romania o |
7.5 | 250,000[27] to 335,706[21] |
130,000[29] | 200,000[29] | 580,000 to 665,706 |
7.73% to 8.88% |
120,000 [17] |
 Russian Empire p |
175.1 | 1,700,000[17] to 2,254,369[30] |
410,000[31] | 730,000[31] | 2,840,000 to 3,394,369 |
1.62% to 1.94% | 3,749,000[30] to 4,950,000[17] |
 Serbia q |
4.5 | 45,000[17][21] to 365,164[27] |
150,000[32][33] | 300,000[32][33] | 495,000 to 815,164 |
11% to 18.11% |
133,148[17] |
 United States t |
92.0 | 116,708[34][35] | 757[36] | 117,465 | 0.13% | 204,002[34] | |
| Total (Entente Powers) | 806.1 | 4,866,317 to 6,349,352 |
776,686 | 2,520,000 | 8,163,003 to 9,646,038 |
1.01% to 1.15% |
11,599,706 to 12,800,706 |
| Central Powers | |||||||
 Austria-Hungary u |
51.4 | 1,200,000.[17][37] to 1,494,200 [38][39] |
120,000.[32] | 467,000.[40] | 1,787,000 to 2,081,200 |
3.48% to 4.05% |
3,620,000 [41] |
 Bulgaria v |
5.5 | 87,500[17][42] | 100,000[43] | 187,500 | 3.41% | 152,390 [17][44] | |
 German Empire w |
64.9 | 1,773,700[17] to 2,037,000[45][46] |
720[47] | 424,000.[48] to 763,000 [49][50] |
2,198,420 to 2,800,720 |
3.39% to 4.32% |
4,216,058 [17] to 4,247,143.[51] |
 Ottoman Empire x |
21.3 | 325,000[17] to 771,844[52] |
1,500,000.[53] | 1,000,000[54] | 2,825,000 to 3,271,844 |
13.26% to 15.36% |
400,000[17] to 763,753[52] |
| Total (Central Powers) | 143.1 | 3,386,200 to 4,390,544 |
1,620,720 | 1,991,000 to 2,330,000 |
6,997,920 to 8,341,264 |
4.89% to 5.82% |
8,419,533 |
| Neutral nations | |||||||
 Denmark y |
2.7 | 700[55] | 700 | 0.03% | — | ||
 Luxembourg j |
0.3 | See footnote | |||||
 Norway z |
2.4 | 1,180.[27] | 1,180 | 0.08% | — | ||
 Sweden az |
5.6 | 800.[27] | 800 | 0.02% | — | ||
| Grand total | 960.2 | 8,252,517 to 10,739,896 |
2,400,086 | 4,511,000 to 4,850,000 |
15,163,603 to 17,989,982 |
1.58% to 1.87% |
22,078,366 to 23,674,204 |