BY THE NUMBERS: WORLD-WIDE DEATHS:
Deaths by Country
Country |
Military Deaths |
Total Civilian and Military Deaths |
|---|---|---|
Albania |
30,000 |
30,200 |
Australia |
39,800 |
40,500 |
Austria |
261,000 |
384,700 |
Belgium |
12,100 |
86,100 |
Brazil |
1,000 |
2,000 |
Bulgaria |
22,000 |
25,000 |
Canada |
45,400 |
45,400 |
China |
3-4,000,000 |
20,000,000 |
Czechoslovakia |
25,000 |
345,000 |
Denmark |
2,100 |
3,200 |
Dutch East Indies |
-- |
3-4,000,000 |
Estonia |
-- |
51,000 |
Ethiopia |
5,000 |
100,000 |
Finland |
95,000 |
97,000 |
France |
217,600 |
567,600 |
French Indochina |
-- |
1-1,500,000 |
Germany |
5,533,000 |
6,600,000-8,800,000 |
Greece |
20,000-35,000 |
300,000-800,000 |
Hungary |
300,000 |
580,000 |
India |
87,000 |
1,500,000-2,500,000 |
Italy |
301,400 |
457,000 |
Japan |
2,120,000 |
2,600,000-3,100,000 |
Korea |
-- |
378,000-473,000 |
Latvia |
-- |
227,000 |
Lithuania |
-- |
353,000 |
Luxembourg |
-- |
2,000 |
Malaya |
-- |
100,000 |
Netherlands |
17,000 |
301,000 |
New Zealand |
11,900 |
11,900 |
Norway |
3,000 |
9,500 |
Papua New Guinea |
-- |
15,000 |
Philippines |
57,000 |
500,000-1,000,000 |
Poland |
240,000 |
5,600,000 |
Rumania |
300,000 |
833,000 |
Singapore |
-- |
50,000 |
South Africa |
11,900 |
11,900 |
Soviet Union |
8,800,000-10,700,000 |
24,000,000 |
United Kingdom |
383,600 |
450,700 |
United States |
416,800 |
418,500 |
Yugoslavia |
446,000 |
1,000,000 |
World-Wide Casualties*
Battle Deaths |
15,000,000 |
Battle Wounded |
25,000,000 |
Civilian Deaths |
45,000,000 |
*World-wide casualty estimates vary widely in several sources. The number of civilian deaths in China alone might well be more than 50,000,000.
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