Country Total population 1 / 1 / 1939 Military deaths from all causes Civilian deaths due to military activity and crimes against humanity Civilian deaths due to war related famine and disease Total deaths Deaths as % of 1939 population Albania 1,073,000 30,000 30,000 2.80 Australia 6,968,000 39,700 700 40,400 0.58 Austria (German - controlled) 6,653,000 Included with German Army Included with Germany (see table below) Belgium 8,387,000 12,000 76,000 88,000 1.05 Brazil 40,289,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 0.00 Bulgaria 6,458,000 18,500 3,000 21,500 0.33 Burma (British colony) 16,119,000 2,600 250,000 252,600 1.57 Canada 11,267,000 42,000 1,600 43,600 0.38 China 517,568,000 3,000,000 to 3,750,000 + 7,357,000 to 8,191,000 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 2.90 to 3.86 Cuba 4,235,000 100 100 0.00 Czechoslovakia (in postwar 1945 - 1992 borders) 14,612,000 46,000 to 35,000 294,000 to 320,000 340,000 to 355,000 2.33 to 2.43 Denmark 3,795,000 6,000 6,000 0.16 Dutch East Indies 69,435,000 11,500 300,000 2,400,000 to 4,000,000 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 4.3 to 5.76 Egypt 16,492,000 1,100 1,100 0.00 Estonia (within 1939 borders) 1,134,000 34,000 (in both Soviet & German armed forces) 49,000 83,000 7.3 Ethiopia 17,700,000 15,000 85,000 100,000 0.56 Finland 3,700,000 83,000 to 95,000 2,000 85,000 to 95,000 2.30 to 2.57 France (including colonies) 41,680,000 210,000 390,000 600,000 1.44 French Indochina 24,664,000 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 1,000,000 to 2,200,000 4.05 to 8.11 Germany 69,300,000 4,440,000 to 5,318,000 1,500,000 to 3,000,000 6,900,000 to 7,400,000 (see table below) Greece 7,222,000 35,100 171,800 300,000 to 600,000 507,000 to 807,000 7.02 to 11.17 Guam 22,800 1,000 to 2,000 1,000 to 2,000 4.39 to 8.77 Hungary 9,129,000 300,000 264,000 564,000 6.18 Iceland 118,900 200 200 0.17 India (British) 377,800,000 87,000 1,500,000 to 2,500,000 1,600,000 to 2,600,000 0.42 to 0.69 Iran 14,340,000 200 200 0.00 Iraq ' 3,698,000 500 200 700 0.01 Ireland 2,960,000 Irish volunteers included with UK Armed Forces 100 100 0.00 Italy (in postwar 1947 borders) 44,394,000 319,200 to 341,000 Italian nationals and c. 20,000 Africans conscripted by Italy 153,200 492,400 to 514,000 1.11 to 1.16 Japan 71,380,000 2,100,000 to 2,300,000 550,000 to 800,000 2,500,000 to 3,100,000 3.50 to 4.34 Korea (Japanese colony) 24,326,000 Included with Japanese military 483,000 to 533,000 483,000 to 533,000 1.99 to 2.19 Latvia (within 1939 borders) 1,994,500 30,000 (in both Soviet and German Armies) 220,000 250,000 12.5 Lithuania (within 1939 borders) 2,575,000 25,000 (in both Soviet and German Armies) 345,000 370,000 14.36 Luxembourg 295,000 Included with German & Belgian military 5,000 5,000 1.69 Malaya & Singapore 5,118,000 100,000 100,000 1.95 Malta (British) 269,000 Included with U.K. 1,500 1,500 0.55 Mexico 19,320,000 100 100 0.00 Mongolia 819,000 300 300 0.04 Nauru (Australian) 3,400 500 500 14.7 Nepal 6,087,000 Included with British Indian Army Netherlands 8,729,000 6,700 187,300 16,000 210,000 2.41 Newfoundland (British) 320,000 1,100 (included with the U.K. & Canada) 100 1,200 0.03 New Zealand 1,629,000 11,700 11,700 0.72 Norway 2,945,000 2,000 8,200 10,200 0.35 Papua and New Guinea (Australian) 1,292,000 15,000 15,000 1.16 Philippines (U.S. Territory) 16,000,303 27,000 164,000 336,000 527,000 3.29 Poland (within 1939 borders) 34,849,000 240,000 5,620,000 to 5,820,000 5,900,000 to 6,000,000 16.93 to 17.22 Portuguese Timor 480,000 40,000 to 70,000 40,000 to 70,000 8.33 to 14.58 Romania (in postwar 1945 borders) 15,970,000 300,000 200,000 500,000 3.13 Ruanda - Urundi (Belgian) 3,800,000 300,000 300,000 7.89 South Africa 10,160,000 11,900 11,900 0.12 South Pacific Mandate (Japanese) 127,000 10,000 10,000 7.87 Soviet Union (within 1946 -- 91 borders) 188,793,000 8,668,000 to 11,400,000 10,000,000 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 20,000,000 to 27,000,000 (see table below) Spain 25,637,000 Included with the German Army Sweden 6,341,000 100. 2,000 2,100 0.03 Switzerland 4,210,000 100 100 0.00 Thailand 15,023,000 5,600 2,000 7,600 0.05 Turkey 17,370,000 200 200 0.00 United Kingdom including British Colonies 47,760,000 383,700 67,200 450,900 0.94 United States 131,028,000 407,300 12,100 419,400 0.32 Yugoslavia 15,490,000 300,000 to 446,000 581,000 to 1,400,000 1,027,000 to 1,700,000 6.63 to 10.97 Other nations 300,000,000 Approx. totals 2,300,000,000 21,000,000 to 25,500,000 29,000,000 to 30,500,000 19,000,000 to 28,000,000 70,000,000 to 85,000,000 3.0 to 3.7
which countries lost the most soldiers in ww2
Soviet Union