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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. REPERES – module 1-0 - explanatory notes – World War I casualties – EN Author & © : Nadège Mougel, CVCE, 2011, 2011 English translation: Julie Gratz, Centre européen Robert Schuman 1/13 Deaths by alliance and military/civilian REPERES – module 1-0 - explanatory notes – World War I casualties – EN Author & © : Nadège Mougel, CVCE, 2011, 2011 English translation: Julie Gratz, Centre européen Robert Schuman 2/13 Deaths of the Allied powers. REPERES – module 1-0 - explanatory notes – World War I casualties – EN Author & © : Nadège Mougel, CVCE, 2011, 2011 English translation: Julie Gratz, Centre européen Robert Schuman 3/13 Deaths of the Central powers. REPERES – module 1-0 - explanatory notes – World War I casualties – EN Author & © : Nadège Mougel, CVCE, 2011, 2011 English translation: Julie Gratz, Centre européen Robert Schuman 4/13 Deaths Allies of World Population Military Civilian Total Military as % of War I (millions) deaths deaths deaths wounded population Australia b 4.5 61,928 61,928 1.38% 152,171 Canada d 7.2 64,944 2,000 66,944 0.92% 149,732 Indian 315.1 74,187 74,187 0.02% 69,214 Empire g New Zealand 1.1 18,050 18,050 1.64% 41,317 l Newfoundland m 0.2 1,204 1,204 0.6% 2,314 South Africa r 6.0 9,463 9,463 0.16% 12,029 United 45.4 885,138 109,000 994,138 2.19% 1,663,435 Kingdom s Sub-total for British Imperial - 1,114,914 111,000 1,225,914 - 2,090,212 Forces See East Africaa footnote Belgium c 7.4 58,637 62,000 120,637 1.63% 44,686 France e 39.6 1,397,800 300,000 1,697,800 4.29% 4,266,000 Greece f 4.8 26,000 150,000 176,000 3.67% 21,000 Italy h 35.6 651,000 589,000 1,240,000 3.48% 953,886 Empire of 53.6 415 415 0% 907 Japan i See Luxembourg j 0.3 footnote Montenegro k 0.5 3,000 3,000 0.6% 10,000 Portugal n 6.0 7,222 82,000 89,222 1.49% 13,751 Romania o 7.5 250,000 430,000 680,000 9.07% 120,000 Russian 175.1 1,811,000 1,500,000 3,311,000 1.89% 4,950,000 Empire p Serbia q 4.5 275,000 450,000 725,000 16.11% 133,148 United States 92.0 116,708 757 117,465 0.13% 205,690 t Total (Entente 806.0 5,711,696 3,674,757 9,386,453 1.19% 12,809,280 Powers) REPERES – module 1-0 - explanatory notes – World War I casualties – EN Author & © : Nadège Mougel, CVCE, 2011, 2011 English translation: Julie Gratz, Centre européen Robert Schuman 5/13 Deaths Population Military Civilian Total Military Central Powers as % of (millions) deaths deaths deaths wounded population Austria- 51.4 1,100,000 467,000 1,567,000 3.05% 3,620,000 Hungary u Bulgaria v 5.5 87,500 100,000 187,500 3.41% 152,390 German 64.9 2,050,897 426,000 2,476,897 3.82% 4,247,143 Empire w Ottoman 21.3 771,844 2,150,000 2,921,844 13.72% 400,000 Empire x Total (Central 143.1 4,010,241 3,143,000 7,153,241 5% 8,419,533 Powers) Neutral nations Denmark y 2.7 722 722 0.03% Norway z 2.4 1,892 1,892 0.08% Sweden z 5.6 - 877 877 0.02% Grand total 960.0 9,721,937 6,821,248 16,543,185 1.75% 21,228,813 REPERES – module 1-0 - explanatory notes – World War I casualties – EN Author & © : Nadège Mougel, CVCE, 2011, 2011 English translation: Julie Gratz, Centre européen Robert Schuman 6/13 Table sources The main sources used for military and civilian deaths (unless stated otherwise in the footnotes below) are as follows: (en) The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Annual Report 2007– 2008 is the source of the military dead for the British Empire. The war dead totals listed in the report are based on the research by the CWGC to identify and commemorate Commonwealth war dead. The statistics tabulated by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission are representative of the number of names commemorated for all servicemen/women of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth and former UK Dependencies, whose death was attributable to their war service. Some auxiliary and civilian organizations are also accorded war grave status if death occurred under certain specified conditions. (en) Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914– 1920, The War Office March 1922 This official report lists 908,371 'soldiers' killed in action, died of wounds, died as prisoners of war and were missing in action in World War I. Figures for total Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force war dead were not given in the War Office report. The losses of Bulgaria and Portugal were also listed in the War Office report. (In: (Dans : Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914-1920', p.352-354.). (en) Casualties and Medical Statistics, 1931, the final volume of the Official Medical History of the War, gives British Empire Army losses by cause of death. Total losses in combat theaters from 1914–1918 were 876,084, which included 418,361 killed, 167,172 died of wounds, 113,173 died of disease or injury, 161,046 missing and presumed dead and 16,332 prisoner of war deaths. These losses were not broken out for the UK and each Dominion. (In: Mitchell, p.12.). (fr) Huber, Michel La Population de la France pendant la guerre, Paris 1931. This study published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace lists official data for war-related military deaths and missing of France and its colonies. (it) Mortara, Giorgo La Salute pubblica in Italia durante e dopo la Guerra, New Haven: Yale University Press 1925. 20 The official government Italian statistics on war dead are listed here. A brief summary of data from this report can be found online.Vol 13, No. 15 (en) Urlanis, Boris Wars and Population, Moscow, 1971. Lists the military dead of Russia, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro. (In : Urlanis, p.209.). (de) Heeres-Sanitätsinspektion im Reichskriegsministeriums, Sanitätsbericht über das deutsche Heer, (Deutsches Feld- und Besatzungsheer), im Weltkriege 1914-1918, Volume 3, Sec. 1, Berlin 1934. The official German Army medical war history listed German losses. REPERES – module 1-0 - explanatory notes – World War I casualties – EN Author & © : Nadège Mougel, CVCE, 2011, 2011 English translation: Julie Gratz, Centre européen Robert Schuman 7/13 (en) Grebler, Leo and Winkler, Wilhelm The Cost of the World War to Germany and Austria-Hungary, Yale University Press, 1940. This study published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace details the losses of Austria-Hungary and Germany in the war. (en) Erickson, Edward J. Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood 2001, (ISBN 0313315167). (fr) Hersch, Liebmann, La mortalité causée par la guerre mondiale, Metron- The International Review of Statistics, 1927, Vol 7. No 1. This study published in an academic journal detailed the demographic impact of the war on France, the UK, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Serbia, Romania and Greece. (en) Tucker, Spencer C. ed. The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia. This is the source for military wounded, unless stated otherwise. The source of population data is: (en) Haythornthwaite, Philip J., The World War One Source Book Arms and Armour, 1993, 412 pages, (ISBN 1854091026). Footnotes 1. Australia Included in total are 54,000 killed or missing in action and died of wounds. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Annual Report 2007–2008 is the source of the total 61,928 military dead. Their 'Debt of Honour Register' lists the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. The 1922 War Office report listed 59,330 Army war dead. 2. Belgium The total Includes 35,000 killed or missing in action and died of wounds. Official Belgian government figures for military losses in Europe were 26,338 killed, died of wounds or accidents and 14,029 died of disease or missing. The total in Europe is 40,367. In Africa: 2,620 soldiers killed and 15,560 porter deaths, for a total in the African campaign of 18,270. The combined total for Europe and Africa is 58,637. Another estimate (by the UK War Office in 1922) was 13,716 killed and 24,456 missing up until November 11, 1918. "These figures are approximate only, the records being incomplete." The U.S.
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