World War One Losses

"The Cost Of The Great War"

Brent Snodgrass
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The loss of life in World War One was horrific and world history had never seen such staggering figures in past conflicts  Sadly it is impossible to know exact figures so the details below are based on the best information possible.  The numbers below are from a number of combined official and unofficial sources. There are some nations whose numbers are not mentioned in the chart below.  This is not done out of disrespect it is only done as the loss numbers of many nations are unknown.  As such I thought it best not to guess or estimate based on incomplete information. Numbers are not exact as in some cases numbers were rounded up or down depending on which source was used.  This was done as many of the sources do not agree with each other so it is hard to state which source is correct. POW's and missing in action numbers are not a part of this chart.

Nation Totals Mobilized Wounded Killed
Australia 329,000 150,000 59,000
Austro-Hungary 6,500,000 3,615,000 1,200,000
Belgium 206,000 44,000 13,000
Bulgaria 400,000 153,000 101,000
Canada 620,000 173,000 67,000
France 

(and French Empire)

 7,500,000 4,266,000 1,385,000
Germany 11,000,000 
4,216,100
 1,718,000
Greece 230,000 21,000 
5,000
India 1,500,000 65,000 43,000
Italy 5,500,000 947,000 460,000
Montenegro 51,000 10,000 3,000
New Zealand 110,000 55,000 18,000
Portugal 99,500 
13,800
 7,000
Romania 750,000 120,000 200,000
Russia 11,500,000 5,000,000 1,700,000
Serbia 707,000 133,000 128,000
South Africa 150,000 12,000 7,000
Turkey 1,600,000 400,000 336,000
Great Britain 5,397,000 
2,032,000
 703,000
United States 4,272,500 193,000 64,000