Deaths by Country



Country Military Deaths Total Civilian and Military Deaths Albania 30,000 30,200 Australia 39,800 40,500 Austria 261,000 384,700 Belgium 12,100 86,100 Brazil 1,000 2,000 Bulgaria 22,000 25,000 Canada 45,400 45,400 China 3-4,000,000 20,000,000 Czechoslovakia 25,000 345,000 Denmark 2,100 3,200 Dutch East Indies -- 3-4,000,000 Estonia -- 51,000 Ethiopia 5,000 100,000 Finland 95,000 97,000 France 217,600 567,600 French Indochina -- 1-1,500,000 Germany 5,533,000 6,600,000-8,800,000 Greece 20,000-35,000 300,000-800,000 Hungary 300,000 580,000 India 87,000 1,500,000-2,500,000 Italy 301,400 457,000 Japan 2,120,000 2,600,000-3,100,000 Korea -- 378,000-473,000 Latvia -- 227,000 Lithuania -- 353,000 Luxembourg -- 2,000 Malaya -- 100,000 Netherlands 17,000 301,000 New Zealand 11,900 11,900 Norway 3,000 9,500 Papua New Guinea -- 15,000 Philippines 57,000 500,000-1,000,000 Poland 240,000 5,600,000 Romania 300,000 833,000 Singapore -- 50,000 South Africa 11,900 11,900 Soviet Union 8,800,000-10,700,000 24,000,000 United Kingdom 383,600 450,700 United States 416,800 418,500 Yugoslavia 446,000 1,000,000

Worldwide Casualties*



Battle Deaths 15,000,000 Battle Wounded 25,000,000 Civilian Deaths 45,000,000



*Worldwide casualty estimates vary widely in several sources. The number of civilian deaths in China alone might well be more than 50,000,000.