According to official data, the loss of human resources in World War II is as follows:

USSR - 26 600 000
Germany - from 6 900 000 to 7 400 000
China - 15 500 000
Japan - 2 500 000
Romania - 1 200 000
Poland - 6 200 000
Great Britain - 380 000
USA - 417 000
Italy - 479 000
Hungary - 570 000
Austria - 420 000
Yugoslavia - 1 027 000
France - 665 000
Ethiopia - 860 000
Finland - 83 000
Greece - 435 000
Philippines - 1 000 000
Canada - 39 000
Netherlands - 220 000
India - 3 036 000
Australia - 24 000
Belgium - 86 000
Thailand - 128 000
Brazil - 2 000
Switzerland - Unidentified
Bulgaria -24 000
Sweden - unidentified
Myanmar (Burma) - 1 100 000
Albania - 58 000
Spain - 15 000
South Africa - 8000
Cuba - Unidentified
Singapore - 80 000
Czechoslovakia - 370 000
Denmark - 4 000
Portuguese Timor - 55 000
Pacific Islands - 57 000
French Indochina - 2 021 000
Norway - 11 000
New Zealand-12 000
Saint-Pierre and Michelon -1000
Iceland - Unidentified
Mongolia - unidentified
Mexico - unidentified
Indonesia - 4 000 000
Malta - 2 000
Iran - unidentified
Malaysia - 695 000
Iraq - 1 000
Luxembourg - 4 000
Ireland - Unidentified
Libya - 20 000
Korea (as part of Japan) - 80 000

In total - 71 170 000 of
which civilians - 46 733 062 (for all reasons)

World War II had the greatest casualties among the world wars. He killed 3% of the world's population at that time. According to the 1940 census, the world population was 2.3 billion people. A total of 70-85 million people died in World War II . The hostilities directly on the battlefield killed 50-56 million people - both military and civilian - and war-related illnesses and famines ranged from 19 to 28 million people.

The number of civilians killed in World War II ranges from 50 to 55 million.
The number of military personnel killed in World War II ranges from 21 to 25 million. This includes the 5 million captives who died in captivity.

In World War II were involved 72 states, which were home to 80% of the world's population. The battles took place in 1939-1945 on the territory of 40 states. A total of 110 million soldiers were mobilized in the armed forces from countries involved in world war. 62 million soldiers were killed (USSR - 27 million, Germany - 5, 25 million, Poland - 5-6 million, Yugoslavia - 1.7 million, Japan - 1.8 million, USA - 318,000, Britain - 386,000, France - 810,000 , Italy - 330,000, Romania - 378,000, Hungary - 420,000, Finland - 84,000). Military spending and losses amounted to $ 4 trillion.

As for Georgia - 24% of the population of Georgia at that time took part in World War II. Even Germany did not have such a large-scale conscription during the largest mobilization period. 700 thousand Georgians were drafted, of which 190,000 military personnel and 110,000 civilians were killed. 30,300 Georgians fought on Hitler's side. Among them were the descendants of Georgians living in Europe, who emigrated from Georgia during the 1921 occupation, as well as Georgian citizens of the Soviet Union who had crossed over to Hitler. 13, 7% of the entire population of the Soviet Union died in this war.


In 1990 it was published by Russia how many people died in the war. These documents were made public and it became clear that the Soviet Union had lost 26.6 million people in the war. It included 8-9 million people who died of war-induced famine and disease. China's losses totaled 20 million dead and 15 million wounded.