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Table 3 The total number of soldiers, sailors, and pilots killed during WWII and the cost evaluation in addition to the sensitivity results for the tangible and intangible cost for WWII

From: A new innovative method to measure the cost of war: future with fewer conflicts via harm reduction approaches

Name of the countries from 1939 to 1945

WWII military deaths

Estimates based on tangible values

Estimates based on intangible values

Albania

30,000

$630 million *

($52 million; $1.2 billion)

$383.400 billion

($135 billion; $495 billion)

Australia

39,800

$836 million

($69.013 million; $1.576 billion)

$508.644 billion

($179.1 billion; $656.700 billion)

Austria

261,000

$5.481 billion($453 million; $10 billion)

$3.335 trillion

($1.174 trillion; $4.307 trillion)

Belgium

12,100

$254.1 million

($21 million; $479.2 million)

$154.638 billion

($54.450 billion; $200 billion)

Brazil

1,000

$21 million

($1.7 million; $39.6 million)

$12.8 billion

($4.5 billion; $16.5billion)

Bulgaria

22,000

$462 million

($38.2 million; $871.2 million)

$281.2 billion

($99 billion; $363 billion)

Canada

45,400

$953.4 million

($78.724 million; $1.798 billion)

$580.212 billion($204.3 billion; $749.1billion)

China

4,000,000

$84.000 billion

($6.936 billion; $158.4billion)

$51.120 trillion($18. trillion; $66 trillion)

Czechoslovakia

25,000

$525 million

($43.4 million; $990 million)

$319.5 billion

($113 billion $413 billion)

Denmark

2,100

$44 million

($3.641 million; $83.2 million)

$26.838 billion

($9.45 billion; $34.65billion)

Ethiopia

5,000

$105 million

($8.67 million; $198 million)

$64 billion($23 billion; $83 billion)

Finland

95,000

$1.995 billion

($164.730 million; 3.762 billion)

$1.214 trillion($427.500 billion; $1.56 trillion8)

France

217,600

$4.57 billion

($377.32 million8; $8.617 billion)

$2.781 trillion,

($979.2 billion; $3.59 trillion)

Germany

5,533,000

$116.193 billion ($9.594 billion; $219.12 billion)

$70.712 trillion ($24.899 trillion; $91.295 trillion)

Greece

35,000

$735 million

($60.7 million; $1.386 billion)

$447.3 billion ($157.5 billion; $577.500 billion)

Hungary

300,000

$6.300 billion($520.200 million; $11.880 billion)

$3.834 trillion

($1.350 trillion; $4.950 trillion)

India

87,000

$1.827 billion

($151 million,; $3.445 billion)

$1.112 trillion ($391.5 billion; $1.436 trillion)

Italy

301,400

$6.329 billion ($522.628 million; $11.935 billion)

$3.852 trillion

($1.356 trillion; $4.973 trillion)

Japan

2,120,000

$44.520 billion

($3.676 billion; $83.952 billion)

$27.094 trillion

($9.540 trillion; $34.980 trillion)

Netherlands

17,000

$357million

($29.478 million; $673.2 million)

$217.26 billion

($76.5 billion; $280.5billion)

New Zealand

11,900

$249.9million

($20.635 million; $471.24million)

$152.082 billion($53.55 billion; $196.35billion)

Norway

3,000

$63 million

($5.202 million; $118.8 million)

$38.34 billion ($13.5 billion; $49.5 billion)

Philippines

57,000

$1.197 billion

($98.838 million; $2.257 billion)

$728.46 billion($256.5 billion; $940.5 billion)

Poland

240,000

$5.04 billion($416.16 million; $9.504 billion)

$3.067 trillion($1.08 trillion; $3.96 trillion)

Romania

300,000

$6.3 billion($520.2million; $11.88 billion)

$3.834 trillion($1.35 trillion; $4.95trillion)

South Africa

11,900

$249.9 million

($20.635 million; $471.24 million)

$152.1 billion

($53.55 billion; $196.35 billion)

Soviet Union

10,700,000

$224.7 billion

($18.554 billion; $423.72billion)

$136.746 trillion($48.15 trillion; $176.55 trillion)

United Kingdom

383,600

$8.056 billion

($665.162 million; $15.191 billion)

$4.902 trillion($1.726 trillion; $6.329 trillion)

United States

416,800

$8.753 billion

($722.731 million; $16.505 billion)

$5.327 trillion($1.876 trillion; $6.877 trillion)

Yugoslavia

446,000

$9.366 billion($773.364 million; $17.662 billion)

$5.7 trillion

($2.007 trillion; $7.359 trillion)

Total

25,719,600

$540.112 billion

($44.598 billion; $1.019 trillion)

$328.697 trillion($115.738 trillion; $424.373 trillion)

  1. *The values in parentheses represent sensitivity analysis results