World War I casualties - Census.gov
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.
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Deaths by alliance and military/civilian
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Deaths of the Allied powers.
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Deaths of the Central powers.
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Allies of World Population
War I
(millions)
Australia b Canada d
Indian Empire g
New Zealand
l
4.5 7.2 315.1
1.1
Military deaths 61,928 64,944 74,187
18,050
Civilian deaths
2,000
Total deaths
Deaths as % of population
61,928 1.38%
66,944 0.92%
Military wounded
152,171 149,732
74,187 0.02% 69,214
18,050 1.64% 41,317
Newfoundland m South Africa r United
Kingdom s Sub-total for British Imperial Forces
East Africaa
Belgium c France e Greece f Italy h Empire of Japan i
Luxembourg j
Montenegro k Portugal n Romania o Russian Empire p Serbia q United States
t
Total (Entente Powers)
0.2
1,204
6.0
9,463
1,204 9,463
45.4 885,138 109,000 994,138
0.6% 0.16%
2,314 12,029
2.19% 1,663,435
- 1,114,914 111,000 1,225,914
7.4 58,637 39.6 1,397,800 4.8 26,000 35.6 651,000
62,000 300,000 150,000 589,000
See footnote 120,637
1,697,800 176,000
1,240,000
53.6
415
415
0.3
See footnote
0.5
3,000
3,000
6.0
7,222 82,000 89,222
7.5 250,000 430,000 680,000
175.1 1,811,000 1,500,000 3,311,000
4.5 275,000 450,000 725,000
92.0 116,708
757 117,465
806.0 5,711,696 3,674,757 9,386,453
- 2,090,212
1.63% 4.29% 3.67% 3.48%
44,686 4,266,000
21,000 953,886
0%
907
0.6% 1.49% 9.07%
10,000 13,751 120,000
1.89% 4,950,000
16.11% 133,148
0.13% 205,690
1.19% 12,809,280
REPERES ? module 1-0 - explanatory notes ? World War I casualties ? EN Author & ? : Nad?ge Mougel, CVCE, 2011, 2011 English translation: Julie Gratz, Centre europ?en Robert Schuman
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