COMBINED TOTAL
The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II, irrespective of political alignment, was roughly 62 million people. The civilian toll was around 37 million, the military toll about 25 million. The Allies lost around 51 million people, and the Axis lost 11 million. (Note that some Axis countries switched sides and reentered the war on the side of the Allies; those nations are included in the Allied count, regardless of when the deaths occurred.) There was a disproportionate loss of life and property; some nations had a higher casualty rate than others, due to a number of factors including military tactics, crimes against humanity, economic preparedness and the level of technology.

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BY COUNTRY
The casualties of World War II were suffered disproportionately by the various participants. This is especially true regarding civilian casualties. The following chart gives data on the casualties suffered by each country, along with population information to show the relative impact of losses.

Country	Military deaths	Civilian deaths	Jewish Holocaust deaths	Total deaths	Total deaths/1,000 population
Albania	28,000		200	28,200	25.6
Australia	40,400	100		40,500	5.8
Austria		45,000	65,000	110,000	15.7
Belgium	12,100	52,000	24,000	88,100	10.5
Brazil	1,000	1,000		2,000	0.00
Bulgaria	22,000			22,000	3.5
Burma		60,000		60,000	3.4
Canada	45,300			45,300	4.0
China	3,000,000	7,000,000		10,000,000	18.9
Czechoslovakia	25,000	63,000	277,000	365,000	23.9
Denmark	1,300	1,800	100	3,200	.8
Estonia		40,000	1,000	41,000	37.3
Ethiopia	5,000	200,000		205,000	14.5
Finland	95,000	2,000		97,000	25.9
France	212,000	267,000	83,000	562,000	13.5
French Indo-China		1,000,000		1,000,000	40.7
Germany	5,500,000	1,840,000	160,000	7,500,000	108.2
Greece	20,000	209,000	71,000	300,000	41.7
Hungary	300,000	80,000	200,000	580,000	63.0
Iceland		200		200	1.3
India	87,000	1,500,000		1,587,000	4.1
Indonesia		4,000,000		4,000,000	56.7
Iran	200			200	0.0
Iraq	1,000			1,000	0.3
Italy	306,400	145,100	8,000	459,500	10.5
Japan	2,000,000	600,000		2,600,000	36.1
Korea		60,000		60,000	2.6
Latvia		147,000	80,000	227,000	113.5
Lithuania		212,000	141,000	353,000	141.2
Luxembourg		1,000	1,000	2,000	6.7
Malaya		100,000		100,000	18.2
Malta		1,500		1,500	5.0
Mexico
Mongolia	300			300	0.4
Netherlands	7,900	92,000	106,000	205,900	23.7
Newfoundland	1,000	100		1,100	3.7
New Zealand	11,900			11,900	7.4
Norway	3,000	5,800	700	9,500	3.3
Philippines	57,000	90,000		147,000	9.0
Pacific Islands		57,000		57,000	30.0
Poland	400,000	2,200,000	3,000,000	5,600,000	160.9
Portuguese Timor		55,000		55,000	110.0
Romania	316,000	56,000	469,000	841,000	42.3
Singapore		50,000		50,000	71.4
South Africa	11,900			11,900	1.2
Soviet Union	10,700,000	11,500,000	1,000,000	23,200,000	137.7
Spain	4,500			4,500	0.2
Thailand	5,000	0		5,000	0.3
United Kingdom	382,600	67,800		450,400	9.4
United States	407,300	11,200		418,500	3.2
Yugoslavia	446,000	514,000	67,000	1,027,000	66.7
Totals	24,456,100	32,326,600	5,754,000	62,536,700	31.8

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NOTES
Military Deaths - Losses include deaths of regular military forces from combat as well as non combat causes. Whenever possible the losses of Irregular military, Partisan (military) and Paramilitary forces have been included with military losses. The deaths of prisoners of war-POW in captivity and personnel missing in action are also included with military losses. The armed forces of the various nations are treated as single entities, for example deaths of Americans serving in the RAF are included with the UK; Austrians, Soviets and French in the Wehrmacht are included with German military losses, the exception being China because some factions supported the Japanese.

Prisoner of war deaths in Nazi captivity totaled 3.1 Million and in Japanese captivity 540,000.

Civilian Deaths - Includes civilian losses from military action and war related deaths caused by famine and disease; deaths due to the Nazi Holocaust which totaled 12.1 million, plus 5.7 million Jewish Holocaust victims that are listed separately [17,Table A]. Victims of Japanese war crimes totaling 5.4 million [4, Chap.3]and deaths related to the Soviet annexations in 1939-40. Civilian losses in the postwar era ( 1946-47) due to famine and disease are not included with these losses.

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