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.

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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

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