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World War II Casualties by Country 2024

  • The modern-day countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan comprised a single country, the U.S.S.R., at the time of WWII. Their collective casualties are listed under "Russia" in the data table.
  • The modern-day countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia comprised a single country, Yugoslavia, at the time of WWII. Yugoslavia experienced 1,700,000 total deaths (446,000 military deaths and 1,400,000 civilian deaths via military action).
  • The modern-day countries Czech Republic and Slovakia comprised a single country, Czechoslovakia, at the time of WWII and experienced 355,000 total deaths (46,000 military deaths and 320,000 civilian deaths due to military action).
  • In many cases, casualty data are ranged estimates rather than precise counts. In such cases, the higher end of the range is displayed.
  • The ranged estimate for civilian deaths due to military action is atypically broad in certain countries, including the Philippines (164,000-1,000,000), Germany (1.5-3.0 million), the Soviet Union (4.5-10 million), and Yugoslavia (581,000-1,400,000).

58 countries

Country
Total Deaths During WWII
Military Deaths
Civilian Deaths via Military
Civilian Deaths via Famine or Disease
China20,000,0003,750,0008,191,00010,000,000
Russia13,950,0006,750,0004,100,0003,100,000
Ukraine6,850,0001,650,0003,700,0001,500,000
Poland6,000,000240,0005,820,000
Germany5,700,0004,456,0002,135,000
Japan3,100,0002,300,000800,000
India3,087,00087,0003,000,000
Belarus2,290,000620,0001,360,000310,000
Philippines1,411,93862,5001,000,000336,000
Myanmar1,000,0002,6001,000,000
Hungary864,000200,000664,000
Greece807,00035,100171,800600,000
Kazakhstan660,000310,000350,000
France600,000210,000390,000
Uzbekistan550,000330,000220,000
Italy514,000341,000153,200
Romania500,000300,000200,000
United Kingdom450,900383,70067,200
United States419,400407,30012,100
Lithuania375,00025,000275,00075,000
Austria370,000261,000124,000
Czech Republic355,00046,000320,000
Azerbaijan300,000210,00090,000
Georgia300,000190,000110,000
Latvia260,00030,000190,00040,000
Netherlands250,0006,700187,30016,000
Armenia180,000150,00030,000
Moldova170,00050,00075,00045,000
Tajikistan120,00050,00070,000
Kyrgyzstan120,00070,00050,000
Ethiopia100,00015,00085,000
Turkmenistan100,00070,00030,000
Finland96,80094,7002,100
Belgium88,00012,00076,000
Estonia83,00034,00049,000
Canada43,60042,0001,600
Australia40,40039,700700
Albania30,00030,000
Bulgaria21,50018,5003,000
Papua New Guinea15,00015,000
South Africa11,90011,900
New Zealand11,70011,700
Norway10,2002,0008,200
Thailand7,6005,6002,000
Luxembourg7,1062,9054,201
Denmark6,0006,000
Sweden2,1001002,000
Brazil2,0001,0001,000
Egypt1,1001,100
Iraq700500200
Mongolia300300
Iran200200
Turkey200200
Iceland200200
Mexico100100
Cuba100100
Switzerland100100
Ireland1005,000100
Total72,234,24423,922,30531,192,20119,972,000

Which country had the most casualties in World War II?

20 to 27 million people from the Soviet Union were killed during World War II, making it the country with the highest number of casualties.

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