Death toll of World War II & military wounded by country
CountryTotal population
1/1/1939
Military
deaths from all causes
Civilian deaths due to
military activity and crimes against humanity
Civilian deaths due to
war-related famine and disease
Total
deaths
Deaths as % of
1939 population
Average Deaths as % of
1939 population
Military
wounded
Albania107300030000300002.802.80NA
Australia696800039700700404000.580.5839803
Austria6653000250000-261000240001000003700005.565.56Included with Germany
Belgium83870001200076000880001.051.0555513
Brazil402890001000100020000.000.004222
Bulgaria6458000185003000215000.330.3321878
Burma(British colony)1611900026002500002526001.571.57NA
Canada11267000420001600436000.380.3853174
China (1937–1945)5175680003000000-3750000+7357000-81910005000000-1000000015000000-200000002.90-3.863.381761335
Cuba42350001001000.000.00NA
Czechoslovakia(in postwar 1945–1992 borders)1461200035000-46000
294000-320000340000-3550002.33-2.432.388017
Denmark3795000600060000.160.162000
Dutch East Indies69435000115003000002400000-40000003000000-40000004.3-5.765.03NA
Egypt16492000110011000.000.00NA
Estonia(within 1939 borders)113400034000 (in both Soviet & German armed forces)49000830007.37.3NA
Ethiopia1770000015000850001000000.560.56NA
Finland3700000947002100968002.622.62197000
France (including colonies)416800002100003900006000001.441.44390000
French Indochina246640001000000-20000001000000-22000004.05-8.116.08NA
Germany693000003760000-44560001053000-213500057000008.238.237300000
Greece722200035100171800300000-600000507000-8070007.02-11.179.09547290
Guam228001000-20001000-20004.39-8.776.58NA
Hungary (figures in 1938 borders not including territories annexed in 1938–41)9129000200000264000
to 664000
464000-8640005.08-9.467.2789313
Iceland1189002002000.170.17NA
India377800000870002100000-30000002200000
to 3087000
0.580.5864354
Iran143400002002000.000.00NA
Iraq36980005002007000.010.01NA
Ireland29600005000 Irish volunteers deaths included with UK Armed Forces1001000.000.00NA
Italy (in postwar 1947 borders)44394000319200 to 341000 Italian nationals and c. 20000 Africans conscripted by Italy153200492400 to 5140001.11-1.161.135225000-320000
Japan713800002100000-2300000550000-8000002500000-31000003.50-4.343.92326000
Korea(Japanese colony)24326000Included with Japanese military483000-533000483000-5330001.99-2.192.09NA
Latvia(within 1939 borders)199450030000 (in both Soviet and German Armies)22000025000012.512.5NA
Lithuania(within 1939 borders)257500025000 (in both Soviet and German Armies)34500037000014.3614.36NA
Luxembourg2900002905 Included with German & Allied military420171062.452.45NA
Malaya & Singapore51180001000001000001.951.95NA
Malta(British)269000Included with U.K.150015000.550.55NA
Mexico193200001001000.000.00NA
Mongolia8190003003000.040.04NA
Nauru(Australian)340050050014.714.7NA
Nepal6087000Included with British Indian ArmyNA
Netherlands87290006700187300160002100002.412.412860
Newfoundland(British)3200001100 (included with the U.K. & Canada)10012000.30.3(included with the/ U.K. & Canada)
New Zealand162900011700117000.720.7219314
Norway294500020008200102000.350.35364
Papua and New Guinea(Australian)129200015000150001.161.16NA
Philippines(U.S. Territory)16000303570001640003360005570003.483.48NA
Poland(within 1939 borders including territories annexed by USSR)348490002400005620000-58200005900000– 600000016.93-17.2217.075766606
Portuguese Timor48000040000-7000040000-700008.33-14.5811.455NA
Romania (in postwar 1945 borders)159700003000002000005000003.133.13332769
Ruanda-Urundi (Belgian)380000036000 and 5000036000-500000.09–1.30.695NA
South Africa1016000011900119000.120.1214363
South Seas Mandate(Japanese Colony)12700010000100007.877.87
Soviet Union (within 1946–91 borders including annexed territories)1887930008668000-114000004500000-100000008000000 to 900000020000000-2700000010.6-14.313.714685593
Spain25637000Included with the German ArmyIncluded with France (See footnote.)NA
Sweden6341000100200021000.030.03NA
Switzerland42100001001000.000.00NA
Thailand150230005600200076000.050.05NA
Turkey173700002002000.000.00NA
United Kingdom including Crown Colonies47760000383700672004509000.940.94376239
United States131028000407300121004194000.320.32671801
Yugoslavia15490000300000-446000581000-14000001027000-17000006.63-10.978.8425000
Other nations300000000NA
Approx. totals230000000021000000-2550000029000000-3050000019000000-2800000070000000-850000003.0-3.73.35NA