Casualty Statistics
| There is no agreed definitive set of figures, but these are representative | |||||
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| COMBATANT CASUALTIES | |||||
| Countries listed in order of total numbers mobilised | CP = Central Powers | ||||
| Country | Mobilized | Killed | Wounded (not including shell shock) | Total casualties | Total casualties as % of mobilized |
| Russia | 12,000,000 | 1,700,000 | 4,950,000 | 6,650,000 | 55% |
| Germany (CP) | 11,000,000 | 1,718,000 | 4,234,000 | 5,952,000 | 54% |
| British Empire | 8,182,000 | 908,000 | 395,000 | 3,210,000 | 39% |
| made up as follows: | |||||
| Great Britain | 5,397,000 | 703,000 | 1,663,000 | 2,366,000 | 44% |
| India | 1,500,000 | 43,000 | 65,000 | 108,000 | 7% |
| Canada | 620,000 | 67,000 | 173,000 | 240,000 | 39% |
| Australia | 330,000 | 59,000 | 152,000 | 211,000 | 64% |
| South Africa | 149,000 | 7,000 | 12,000 | 19,000 | 13% |
| New Zealand | 110,000 | 18,000 | 55,000 | 73,000 | 66% |
| Other British Africa 1 | 55,000 | 10,000 | unknown | unknown | 18%+ |
| British Caribbean 2 | 21,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 21% |
| French Empire | 7,500,000 | 1,385,000 | 4,266,000 | 5,651,000 | 75% |
| Austria-Hungary (CP) | 6,500,000 | 1,200,000 | 3,620,000 | 4,820,000 | 74% |
| Italy | 5,500,000 | 462,000 | 947,000 | 1,409,000 | 26% |
| USA | 4,272,500 | 117,000 | 204,000 | 321,000 | 8% |
| Turkey (CP) | 1,600,000 | 336,000 | 400,000 | 736,000 | 46% |
| Japan | 800,000 | 250 | 1,000 | 1,250 | 0.2% |
| Romania | 750,000 | 200,000 | 120,000 | 320,000 | 43% |
| Serbia | 707,000 | 128,000 | 133,000 | 261,000 | 37% |
| Bulgaria (CP) | 400,000 | 101,000 | 153,000 | 254,000 | 64% |
| Greece | 230,000 | 5,000 | 21,000 | 26,000 | 11% |
| Belgium | 207,000 | 13,000 | 44,000 | 57,000 | 28% |
| Portugal | 100,000 | 7,000 | 15,000 | 22,000 | 22% |
| Montenegro | 50,000 | 3,000 | 10,000 | 13,000 | 26% |
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| TOTAL | 59,798,500 | 8,283,250 | 19,513,000 | 27,796,250 | 46% |
Totals made up as follows: |
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| Central Powers | 19,500,000 | 3,355,000 | 8,407,000 | 11,762,000 | 60% |
| The Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria | |||||
| Opponents of Central Powers | 40,298,500 | 4,928,250 | 11,106,000 | 17,539,250 | 44% |
| CIVILIAN CASUALTIES | |||||
| 6.6 million, of which 2 million in Russia, and 2.1 million Armenians killed by the Turks Millions of bereaved families and individuals, unknown thousands of shell-shocked veterans. |
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Based on a web page authored by Robert Wilde. Most statistics from The Longman Companion to the First World War (Colin Nicholson, Longman 2001, pg. 248) NOTES |
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