National Death Tolls for the Second World War

General Introduction Alphabetical Index Atrocities during World War II By Campaign and Battle Total Sources

This chart contains my best estimate for national death tolls during the Second World War. Click the links for sources and details.

  Axis Military Allied Military Civilians Europe-North Africa Asia-Pacific TOTAL
Soviet Union   8,668,000 16,900,000 8,660,000 8,000 25.6m
China 240,000 1,757,000 8,000,000   1,997,000 10.0m
Poland   123,000 6,028,000 123,000   6.1m
Germany 3,500,000   1,600,000 3,500,000   5.1m
East Indies     4,000,000     4.0m
Japan 2,566,000   672,000   2,566,000 3.2m
India   49,000 3,000,000 42,000 7,000 3.0m
French Indochina     2,000,000     2.0m
Yugoslavia   305,000 1,200,000 305,000   1.5m
Romania 350,000 170,000 300,000 520,000   0.8m
France 3,000 250,000 350,000 250,000   0.6m
Czechoslovakia 200,000 46,000 294,000 246,000   540,000
Great Britain   403,000 93,000 397,000 6,000 496,000
Italy 280,000 67,000 93,000 347,000   440,000
Hungary 136,000   294,000 136,000   430,000
USA   405,000 9,000 309,000 96,000 414,000
Korea     400,000     400,000
Greece   17,000 325,000 17,000   342,000
Netherlands   8,000 200,000 8,000   208,000
Philippines   27,000 100,000   27,000 127,000
Belgium   9,000 76,000 9,000   85,000
Finland 80,000   3,000 80,000   83,000
  7.3m 12.3m 45.9m 14.9m 4.7m 65.6m



Appendix A: Battle Deaths in Major WW2 Campaigns

(Includes missing, but not POWs. According to John Ellis, World War II : a statistical survey (Facts on File, 1993) unless otherwise noted.)


Major Battles of WW2:


Appendix B: Holocaust Deaths by Nation

Total Jews killed from within pre-war borders.


Sources


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Last updated Feb. 2005

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