World War 2 Statistics

World War 2 Death Count Per Country

Here we've compiled a comprehensive collection of World War 2 Statistics. Please note that these figues are approximate. Individual sources of statistics sometimes vary.

Country	Military	Civilian	Total
USSR	12 million	17 million	29 million
Poland	597,000	5.86 million	6.27 million
Germany	3.25 million	2.44 million	5.69 million
Yugoslavia	305,000	1.35 million	1.66 million
Romania	450,000	465,000	915,000
Hungary	200,000	600,000	800,000
France	245,000	350,000	595,000
Italy	380,000	153,000	533,000
Great Britain	403,000	92,700	495,000
United States	407,000	6,000	413,000
Czechoslovakia	7,000	315,000	322,000
Holland	13,700	236,000	249,000
Greece	19,000	140,000	159,000
Belgium	76,000	23,000	99,000

Death Distribution Of Both World Wars

War	Military Dead	Civilian Dead
World War 1	95%	5%
World War 2	33%	67%

Number of divisions available for these countries over the course of the war

Country	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	End of War
France	86	105	0	0	5	7	14	14
Germany	78	189	235	261	327	347	319	375
Great Britain	9	34	35	38	39	37	31	31
Italy	6	73	64	89	86	2	9	10
Poland	43	2	2	2	2	5	5	5
Romania	11	28	33	31	33	32	24	24
USSR	194	200	220	250	350	400	488	491
USA	8	24	39	76	95	94	94	94

Aircraft Available In Europe

Date	British	US	Soviet	TOTAL	German	Allied Ratio
June 1942	9500	0	2100	11,600	3700	3.1:1
December 1942	11,300	1300	3800	16,400	3400	4.8:1
June 1943	12,700	5000	5600	23,300	4600	5.1:1
December 1943	11,800	7500	8800	28,100	4700	6:1
June 1944	13,200	11,800	14,700	39,700	4600	8.6:1
December 1944	14,500	12,200	15,800	42,500	8500	5:1

Aircraft Sorties In World War 2

Campaign	Allied	Axis	Allied Kills Per 1000	Axis Kills Per 1000	Allied Lost Per 1000	Axis Lost Per 1000
France 1940	4480	21,000	28.6	12.5	58.5	6.1
Britain 1940	31,000	42,000	21.8	29.5	29.5	9.6
Pre D-Day 1944	98,400	34,500	12.7	29.3	10.3	36.1
Post D-Day 1944	203,357	31,833	17.3	16.2	2.5	110.6

Major Warships Sunk In World War 2

Country	Aircraft Carriers	Battleships	Cruisers	Destroyers	Submarines	Total
Germany	0	4	9	53	994	1060
Britain	9	5	29	142	75	260
Italy	0	2	15	99	116	232
USA	11	2	10	82	52	157
France	0	5	10	58	65	138
USSR	0	0	2	34	95	131
Holland	0	0	3	11	15	29
Poland	0	0	1	4	2	9

Civilian Air Raid Deaths

Country	Deaths
Germany	543,000
Britain	60,400

German/American Rank Conversion Chart

Waffen SS	Wehrmacht	US Army
Schütze	Schütze/Grenadier	Private
Oberschütze	Oberschütze/Obergrenadier	Private First Class
Sturmann	Gefreiter	--
Rottenführer	Obergefreiter	Corporal
Unterscharführer	Unteroffizier	Sergeant
Scharführer	Unterfeldwebel	Staff Sergeant
Standartenjunker	Fähnrich	--
Oberscharführer	Feldwebel	Technical Sergeant
Hauptscharführer	Oberfeldwebel	Master Sergeant
Standarten-Oberjunker	Oberfähnrich	--
Sturmscharführer	Stabsfeldwebel	Sergeant Major
Untersturmführer	Leutnant	Second Lieutenant
Obersturmführer	Oberleutnant	First Lieutenant
Hauptsturmführer	Hauptmann	Captain
Sturmbannführer	Major	Major
Obersturmbannführer	Oberstleutnant	Lieutenant Colonel
Standartenführer	Oberst	Colonel
Oberführer	--	--
Brigadeführer	Generalmajor	Brigadier General
Gruppenführer	Generalleutnant	Major General
Obergruppenführer	General der... (Infanterie, etc.)	Lieutenant General
Oberstgruppenführer	Generaloberst	General
Reichsführer	Generalfeldmarschall	General of the Army

German Occupational Forces, 1939-1940

Country	Population	Area In Sq. Mi.	German Forces	German Ratio To Population
Balkans	21 million	403,000	200,000	1:105
Belgium	8 million	30,400	100,000	1:80
Denmark	3.6 million	22,700	40,000	1:90
France	40 million	550,700	500,000	1:80
Holland	8.5 million	34,200	100,000	1:85
Norway	2.8 million	324,000	150,000	1:19

Location Of German Divisions In June Of Each Year

Country	1941	1942	1943	1944
USSR	34	171	179	157
France, Belgium & Holland	38	27	42	56
Norway & Finland	13	16	16	16
Balkans	7	8	17	20
Italy	0	0	0	22
Denmark	1	1	2	3
North Africa	2	3	0	0

A look at fuel consumption of German tanks

Year	Types Of Tanks In A Division	Tons Of Fuel Consumed Per 100 Miles
1941	PzII, PzIII, PzIV, Pz38	22.1
1942	PzIII, PzIV	23.7
1943	PzIII, PzIV, Panther, Tiger	31.7
1944	PzIV, Panther, Tiger	35.8

Luftwaffe Aircraft Used Only Against Allied Bombers

Month	Year	Percentage
June	1940	0%
June	1941	7%
June	1942	17%
June	1943	21%
June	1944	29%
January	1945	50%

Oil Production In Tons

Year	Germany	USA
1939	8 million	N/A
1940	6.7 million	N/A
1941	7.3 million	N/A
1942	7.7 million	184 million
1943	8.9 million	200 million
1944	6.4 million	223 million

Percentage Of German Forces On The Eastern Front Each Year

Unit	1941	1942	1943	1944
Divisions	67%	75%	60%	57%
Troops	84%	74%	72%	40%
Aircraft	64%	65%	42%	45%

U-Boat Losses

Sunk By	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	Total
Aircraft Carrier	0	2	3	36	140	68	40	289
Ships	5	11	24	32	59	68	17	216
Bombs	0	0	0	0	2	24	36	62
Mines	3	2	0	3	1	9	7	25
Submarines	1	2	1	2	4	5	3	18
Other	0	4	5	6	17	43	17	92
Total	9	23	35	86	236	235	122	746

German Flak

Unit	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944
Heavy Guns	2600	3164	3888	4772	8520	10,600
Light Guns	6700	8290	9020	10,700	17,500	19,360
Searchlights	2988	3450	3905	4650	5200	7500
% Under The Luftwaffe	50%	61%	54%	64%	74%	70%

Mid-Year Manpower On The Eastern Front

Year	Soviet	German
1941	5 million	3.3 million
1942	5 million	3.1 million
1943	6.2 million	2.9 million
1944	6.8 million	3.1 million

Percentage Of All Allied Bombs Dropped

Year	%
1940	.8%
1941	2%
1942	3%
1943	12.8%
1944	57.9%
1945	23.5%

Percentage Of Fighters and Bombers KIA or MIA

Tour Of Duty	% KIA or MIA
Fighters (300 combat hours)	24%
Medium bombers (50 missions	48%
Heavy bombers (30 missions)	71%

D-Day Statistics

Unit	Allies	Germans	Ratio
Ground Troops	1 million	700,000	1.43:1
Replacements	120,000	20,000	6:1
Other Men	1.75 million	780,000	2.25:1
Total	2.87 million	1.5 million	1.92:1

Unit	Allies	Germans	Ratio
Tanks	5500	1400	3.93:1
Artillery	4800	3200	1.5:1
Others	2000	800	2.5:1

Air Force	Bombers	Fighters	Total
RAF	624	2172	2796
USAAF	1922	1311	3233
Luftwaffe	400	420	820
Ratio	6.4:1	8.3:1	7.4:1

Percentage Of Combat Strength Kept In Non-Divisional Formations (regiment, battalion, etc.)

Country	%
USA	45%
USSR	20%
Germany	10%

Total Number Of Weapons During World War 2

Weapon Type	World	USA	US %
Aircraft	542,000	283,000	52%
Vehicles	5.1 million	2.47 million	48%

Convoy Battles

Date	Convoy Code	Ships	Sunk	Tonnage	German Subs	Sunk
October 1940	SC-71, HX-79	79	32	154,600	12	0
September 1941	SC-42	70	18	73,200	19	2
July 1942	PQ-17	42	16	102,300	11	0
November 1942	SC-107	42	15	82,800	18	3
December 1942	ONS-154	45	19	74,500	19	1
March 1943	SC-121, HX-228	119	16	79,900	37	2

800 U-Boats sank 2640 ships in the Atlantic

Year	Total Ships Sunk	Sunk By Submarine
1939	222	114
1940	1059	471
1941	1299	432
1942	1664	1160
1943	597	377
1944	205	132
1945	105	56

US Daily Ammunition Expenditure In Tons

Action	Armor divisions	Infantry divisions	155mm battalions
Attack	436-832	353-658	66-121
Defense	596-969	472-768	86-142
Pursuit	107	83	15
Delay	321	256	51

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