World War II

Deaths in the war, soldiers and civilians, by country. Pick the countries to compare, and the parts to show.

Source: Wikipedia, "World War II casualties" (updated 2026-10-25) · fetched 25 Oct 2026

A column is the lowest estimate; the faint top runs on to the highest. With both parts shown, soldiers are the lowest estimate of military deaths and civilians the rest of the total, which includes famine and disease. Borders are those each figure was counted in; the table notes where they differ from 1939.

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Country	Population in 1939	Soldiers	Civilians	Famine and disease	Total	Share of the population
Nepal	6.09 m	–	–	–	–	–
Spain	25.6 m	–	–	–	–	–
Soviet Unionwithin 1946–91 borders including annexed territories	189 m	8.67 m–11.4 m	4.5 m–10 m	8 m–9 m	20 m–27 m	10.6%–14.3%
China1937–1945	518 m	2 m–3.75 m	7.36 m–8.19 m	5 m–10 m	14 m–20 m	2.7%–3.9%
Germany	69.3 m	4.44 m–5.32 m	1.5 m–3 m	–	6.9 m–7.4 m	10.0%–10.7%
Polandwithin 1939 borders, including territories annexed by USSR	34.8 m	240 k	5.62 m–5.82 m	–	5.9 m–6 m	16.9%–17.2%
Dutch East Indies	69.4 m	11.5 k	300 k	2.4 m–4 m	3 m–4 m	4.3%–5.8%
Japan	71.4 m	2.1 m–2.3 m	550 k–800 k	–	2.5 m–3.1 m	3.5%–4.3%
India	378 m	87 k	–	2.1 m–3 m	2.2 m–3.09 m	0.6%–0.8%
French Indochina	24.7 m	–	–	1 m–2 m	1 m–2.2 m	4.0%–8.9%
Yugoslavia	15.5 m	300 k–446 k	581 k–1.4 m	–	1.03 m–1.7 m	6.6%–11.0%
PhilippinesU.S. Territory	16 m	62.5 k	164 k–1 m	336 k	557 k–1.41 m	3.5%–8.8%
BurmaBritish colony	16.1 m	2.6 k	250 k–1 m	–	253 k–1 m	1.6%–6.2%
Hungaryfigures in 1938 borders not including territories annexed in 1938–41	9.13 m	200 k	264 k–664 k	–	464 k–864 k	5.1%–9.5%
Greece	7.22 m	35.1 k	172 k	300 k–600 k	507 k–807 k	7.0%–11.2%
Franceincluding colonies	41.7 m	210 k	390 k	–	600 k	1.4%
KoreaJapanese colony	24.3 m	–	483 k–533 k	–	483 k–533 k	2.0%–2.2%
Italyin postwar 1947 borders	44.4 m	319 k–341 k	153 k	–	492 k–514 k	1.1%–1.2%
Romaniain postwar 1945 borders	16 m	300 k	200 k	–	500 k	3.1%
United Kingdomincluding Crown Colonies	47.8 m	384 k	67.2 k	–	451 k	0.9%
United States	131 m	407 k	12.1 k	–	419 k	0.3%
Lithuaniawithin 1939 borders	2.58 m	25 k	345 k	–	370 k	14.4%
Czechoslovakiain postwar 1945–1992 borders	14.6 m	35 k–46 k	294 k–320 k	–	340 k–355 k	2.3%–2.4%
Latviawithin 1939 borders	1.99 m	30 k	220 k	–	250 k	12.5%
Netherlands	8.73 m	6.7 k	187 k	16 k	250 k	2.9%
Ethiopia	17.7 m	15 k	85 k	–	100 k	0.6%
Malaya and Singapore	5.12 m	–	100 k	–	100 k	1.9%
Finland	3.7 m	94.7 k	2.1 k	–	96.8 k	2.6%
Belgium	8.39 m	12 k	76 k	–	88 k	1.1%
Estoniawithin 1939 borders	1.13 m	34 k	49 k	–	83 k	7.3%
Portuguese Timor	480 k	–	40 k–70 k	–	40 k–70 k	8.3%–14.6%
Ruanda-UrundiBelgian	3.8 m	–	–	36 k–50 k	36 k–50 k	0.9%–1.3%
Canada	11.3 m	42 k	1.6 k	–	43.6 k	0.4%
Australia	6.97 m	39.7 k	700	–	40.4 k	0.6%
Albania	1.07 m	30 k	–	–	30 k	2.8%
Bulgaria	6.46 m	18.5 k	3 k	–	21.5 k	0.3%
Papua and New GuineaAustralian	1.29 m	–	15 k	–	15 k	1.2%
South Africa	10.2 m	11.9 k	–	–	11.9 k	0.1%
New Zealand	1.63 m	11.7 k	–	–	11.7 k	0.7%
Norway	2.94 m	2 k	8.2 k	–	10.2 k	0.3%
South Seas MandateJapanese Colony	127 k	–	10 k	–	10 k	7.9%
Thailand	15 m	5.6 k	2 k	–	7.6 k	0.1%
Luxembourg	290 k	–	4.2 k	–	7.11 k	2.5%
Denmark	3.79 m	–	6 k	–	6 k	0.2%
Ireland	2.96 m	–	100	–	5.1 k	0.2%
Sweden	6.34 m	100	2 k	–	2.1 k	0.0%
Brazil	40.3 m	1 k	1 k	–	2 k	0.0%
Guam	22.8 k	1 k–2 k	–	–	1 k–2 k	4.4%–8.8%
MaltaBritish	269 k	–	1.5 k	–	1.5 k	0.6%
NewfoundlandBritish	320 k	–	100	–	1.2 k	0.4%
Egypt	16.5 m	1.1 k	–	–	1.1 k	0.0%
Iraq	3.7 m	500	200	–	700	0.0%
NauruAustralian	3.4 k	–	500	–	500	14.7%
Mongolia	819 k	300	–	–	300	0.0%
Iceland	119 k	–	200	–	200	0.2%
Turkey	17.4 m	200	–	–	200	0.0%
Cuba	4.24 m	–	100	–	100	0.0%
Mexico	19.3 m	7	100	–	100	0.0%
Switzerland	4.21 m	–	100	–	100	0.0%

Each dot is a battle, in the winner's colour, a little larger for a larger battle; hover it for the details, press it to keep them open. Press play to watch the war unfold, or drag along the timeline. Scroll or pinch on the map to zoom, drag to move it.

Source: casualties from each battle's Wikipedia article, compiled by Data Mechanics · borders from CShapes 2.0, ETH Zürich · fetched 25 Oct 2026

• Allies
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• Not at war
• Battles: Allied victory, Axis victory, inconclusive

Countries take the colour of the side they fought on at that date, from their declarations of war; colonies take their ruler's. Borders are those the law recognised, so occupations during the war are not drawn. Casualty figures run from the lowest to the highest estimate in each battle's article, and leave out civilians.

Every battle in the order it began, with the flags of both sides and their casualties on one shared scale, and the war's other events: pacts, invasions, surrenders. Press a battle's name to see it on the map above; the W opens its Wikipedia article. The region chosen above the map applies here too.

Source: casualties from each battle's Wikipedia article, compiled by Data Mechanics · fetched 25 Oct 2026

The dot and the result take the winner's colour; the pie splits the lowest estimates between the Allies and the Axis. Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, credited where their licence asks for it.