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This article contains a summary of deaths by nationality during World War I.1 Military casualties
Included in parentheses is the percent of the total forces mobilized by that country that were killed in action.
1.1 Allied soldiers killed
- Belgium: 13,700 (5.14%)
- British Empire: 908,000 (10.20%)
- France: 1,300,000 (16.36%)
- Greece: 5,000 (2.17%)
- Italy: 650,000 (11.58%)
- Japan: 300 (0.04%)
- Montenegro: 3,000 (6.00%)
- Portugal: 7,200 (7.22%)
- RomaniaRomania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania is a country in southeastern Europe. Romania is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast, Hungary and Serbia in the west and Bulgaria to the south. Romania also has a small sea coast on the Black Sea.: 336,000 (44.76%)
- RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With: 1,700,000 (14.17%)
- SerbiaRepublika Srbija ( In detail) ( In detail) Official language Serbian1 Unofficial national motto Samo sloga Srbina spasava (Only Unity Saves the Serbs) Capital Belgrade Area Total % water88,361 kmēn/a Population Total ( 1998) Density11,206,847126. 83/kmē E: 45,000 (6.36%)
- United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America đ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in: 126,000 (2.89%)
Total Allied soldiers killed: approximately 5.5 million
1.2 Central Powers soldiers killed
- Austria-HungaryAustria-Hungary also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. monarchy , was a dualistic state ( 1867 1918) in which the Kingdom of Hungary enjoyed self-government and representation in joint affairs (principally foreign relations and defence) with the west: 1,200,000 (15.38%)
- BulgariaThe Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north along the river Danube.: 87,500 (7.29%)
- GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east: 1,800,000 (16.12%)
- Ottoman EmpireOsmanlı İmparatorluğu Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye The Ottoman Coat of Arms Imperial motto: unknown The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople) Sovereigns Sultans: 325,000 (11.40%)
Total Central Powers soldiers killed: approximately 3.4 million
2 Civilians killed
- Austria-HungaryAustria-Hungary also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. monarchy , was a dualistic state ( 1867 1918) in which the Kingdom of Hungary enjoyed self-government and representation in joint affairs (principally foreign relations and defence) with the west: 300,000
- Belgium: 30,000
- Bulgaria: 275,000
- France: 40,000
- Germany: 760,000
- Greece: 132,000
- Romania: 275,000
- Russia: 3,000,000
- Serbia: 650,000
- Ottoman Empire: 1,000,000
- United Kingdom: 31,000
Total civilians killed: approximately 6.5 million
Note that there is some debate if indirect casualties, like those killed by the Spanish Flu should be counted. If so, 25 million to 40 million more civilians should be added to the WWI death toll.