Jan 052015
 

World War One or WWI Casualty and Death Tables

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One way to understand the violence and slaughter that occurred in the Great War is to examine the number of casualties and deaths. The Exact figures are still in dispute, because of different definitions used each category, the questionable accuracy of the recording system used and the loss or destruction of a number of official documents. The data in the tables below reflect numbers from several sources and are consistent with most experts’ current estimates.

Country-Russia
Total Mobilized Forces-12,000,000
Killed-1,700,000
Wounded-4,950,000
Prisoners and Missing-2,500,000
Total Casualties-9,150,000
Casualties as % of Forces-76.3

Country-British Empire
Total Mobilized Forces-8,904,467
Killed-908,371
Wounded-2,090,212
Prisoners and Missing-191,652
Total Casualties-3,190,235
Casualties as % of Forces-35.8

Country-France
Total Mobilized Forces-8,410,000
Killed-1,357,800
Wounded-4,266,000
Prisoners and Missing-537,000
Total Casualties-6,160,800
Casualties as % of Forces-73.3

Country-Italy
Total Mobilized Forces-5,615,000
Killed-650,000
Wounded-947,000
Prisoners and Missing-600,000
Total Casualties-2,197,000
Casualties as % of Forces-39.1

Country-United States
Total Mobilized Forces-4,355,000
Killed-116,516
Wounded-204,002
Prisoners and Missing-4,500
Total Casualties-323,018
Casualties as % of Forces-7.1

Country-Japan
Total Mobilized Forces-800,000
Killed-300
Wounded-907
Prisoners and Missing-3
Total Casualties-1,210
Casualties as % of Forces-0.2

Country-Romania
Total Mobilized Forces-750,000
Killed-335,706
Wounded-120,000
Prisoners and Missing-80,000
Total Casualties-535,706
Casualties as % of Forces-71.4

Country-Serbia
Total Mobilized Forces-707,343
Killed-45,000
Wounded-133,148
Prisoners and Missing-152,958
Total Casualties-331,106
Casualties as % of Forces-46.8

Country-Belgium
Total Mobilized Forces-267,000
Killed-13,716
Wounded-44,686
Prisoners and Missing-34,659
Total Casualties-93,061
Casualties as % of Forces-34.9

Country-Greece
Total Mobilized Forces- 230,000
Killed-5,000
Wounded-21,000
Prisoners and Missing-1,000
Total Casualties-27,000
Casualties as % of Forces-11.7

Country-Portugal
Total Mobilized Forces-100,000
Killed-7,222
Wounded-13,751
Prisoners and Missing-12,318
Total Casualties-33,291
Casualties as % of Forces-33.3

Country-Montenegro
Total Mobilized Forces-50,000
Killed-3,000
Wounded-10,000
Prisoners and Missing-7,000
Total Casualties-20,000
Casualties as % of Forces-40.0
TOTAL 42,188,810 5,142,631 12,800,706 4,121,090 22,062,427 52.3

ALLIED AND ASSOCIATED POWERS

Country-Germany
Total Mobilized Forces- 11,000,000
Killed-1,773,700
Wounded-4,216,058
Prisoners and Missing-1,152,800
Total Casualties-7,142,558
Casualties as % of Forces-64.9

Austria-Hungary
Total Mobilized Forces- 7,800,000
Killed-1,200,000
Wounded-3,620,000
Prisoners and Missing-2,200,000
Total Casualties-7,020,000
Casualties as % of Forces-90.0

Country-Turkey
Total Mobilized Forces- 2,850,000
Killed-325,000
Wounded-400,000
Prisoners and Missing-250,000
Total Casualties-975,000
Casualties as % of Forces-34.2

Country-Bulgaria
Total Mobilized Forces- 1,200,000
Killed-87,500
Wounded-152,390
Prisoners and Missing-27,029
Total Casualties-266,919
Casualties as % of Forces-22.2
TOTAL 22,850,000 3,386,200 8,388,448 3,629,829 15,404,477 67.4
GRAND TOTAL 65,038,810 8,528,831 21,189,154 7,750,919 37,466,904 57.5

Sourced from
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html