Countries in World War I

Name the countries that had at least 1,000 military deaths during WWI.

Sovereign countries that existed as of 1914. Dominions are considered independent countries.

Estimates from Wikipedia. The highest estimate is used.

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Deaths	Country
2,254,369	Russia
2,037,000	Germany
1,494,200	Austria-Hungary
1,397,800	France
960,036	United Kingdom
771,844	Ottoman Empire
651,000	Italy

Deaths	Country
450,000	Serbia
335,706	Romania
116,708	United States
87,500	Bulgaria
64,997	Canada
62,081	Australia
58,637	Belgium

Deaths	Country
26,000	Greece
18,053	New Zealand
13,325	Montenegro
9,592	South Africa
7,222	Portugal
4,661	Japan
1,570	Newfoundland

Level 19

Apr 18, 2014

Missed Australia and New Zealand

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Level 49

Jan 15, 2016

Haven't you heard of the ANZACs (Australia, New Zealand Army Corps) famous for fighting on the Turkish beaches of Gallipoli.

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Level 46

Feb 18, 2016

I have heard of ANZAC after eating an Anzac biscuit.

Level 20

Feb 29, 2016

Maybe he isn't a HistoryFan?

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Level 74

Jun 26, 2016

Gallipoli was Australia's first major involvement, but by far a more significant contribution was on the western front and in Palestine

Level 46

Dec 7, 2016

i have i come from nz

Level 32

May 29, 2021

I missed only Newfoundland. How is that a country, shouldn't it be a part of Canada?

Level 37

Apr 27, 2022

It was a british dominion until 1949.

Level 25

Dec 20, 2022

yes, but I think britain kept control of it a while after canada became a dominion

Level 28

Feb 15, 2023

same

Level 44

May 9, 2023

so did I smh

Level 24

Nov 15, 2015

Newfoundland is a province in Canada not a country (I'm Canadian)

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Level 90

Nov 16, 2015

Not during World War 1 it wasn't. It became a Dominion (self-governing state in the Commonwealth) in 1905, and didn't join Canada until 1949.

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Level 66

Feb 18, 2016

They basically joined Canada because the war killed all of their young men therefore they couldn't reproduce. Without Ww1 who knows Newfoundland could be an independent country.

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Level 76

Apr 19, 2017

Had no idea about this. Hard for me to understand the concept of a British dominion even after looking it up. Why is it different from a self-governing territory?

Level 74

Nov 11, 2018

howdoiquiz: no.

Level 60

Jul 18, 2020

howdoiquiz: Either their entire young adult male population was 1570 people at the time, or you are exaggerating a little. I would say the latter.

Level 88

Dec 18, 2020

Nearly the entire Newfoundland forces were killed, wounded or captured on the First Day of the Somme. The debt and economic loss from the war were 2 major factors that put Newfoundland in a downfall from which it couldn't recover.

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Level 70

Mar 9, 2016

I missed Newfoundland, but as soon as I saw it I kicked myself. I knew they weren't part of Canada at that point, I guess I assumed they still counted as the UK at that point.

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Level 52

Sep 27, 2016

So am I. And I actually took history class- until 1949 Newfoundland was NOT a province of Canada but an overseas dominion of the UK. And some of the toughest fighters of both world wars.

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Level 72

Jun 19, 2017

Learn more about your own country's history, please.

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Level 74

Jan 17, 2018

Wow. And stated with such certainty!

Level 51

May 13, 2020

it's sovereign countries as of 1914

Level 88

Dec 18, 2020

1907-1949

At a 1907 conference Britain made Newfoundland and New Zealand dominions and worked on various settlements that would unite the individual colonies of modern South Africa. Ireland and India got screwed, causing serious domestic strife over the draft in Ireland during WW1.

Level 29

Nov 28, 2015

I missed Portugal

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Level 75

Feb 4, 2016

Too much for little Serbia.

Level 62

Feb 18, 2016

Half a million deaths are too many for any size country. USA lost that many in WWII. Geez.

Level 44

Nov 11, 2018

Agreed... for our tomorrow they gave their today <3

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Level 66

Jan 26, 2019

Really? You re gonna fight him for saying that is a lot of deaths for the country? It is not a comptetion, or something to show off.. like "hey we got deaths too, so dont grab attention that deserves to go to me too"....

every life/death matters ANYWHERE. But there ís quite a difference of impact for the society/country. The military deaths for the us in ww2 would amount to 0,3% of the population. Whereas for serbia it was 10%(though I ve read more). If you go by all deaths that would go towards 30% Imagine losing a quarter to a third of your population. That is unfathomable.

Level 75

Dec 9, 2019

Serbia lost about a 60% of its male population in WWI.

Level 57

Dec 16, 2020

@Sifhraven , I think they were saying that Serbia lost so much, that they lost as many people in WWI as the U.S. did in WWII, and they were using that as a comparison to show how much it was.

Level 31

Jul 25, 2022

But USA had 50 times that population. You can't compare the two losses because it a small proportion of the population of the US, but it was a huge fraction of the population for serbia.

Level 75

Mar 2, 2020

I think you misunderstood what he said Sifhraven. He was saying that 500,000 is a lot for Serbia considering that the United States lost less than that in WW2

Level 51

May 13, 2020

IM SORRY 60%????????????

Level 73

May 31, 2021

One book I read on WWI described Serbia as a gallant fighter in the war. I don't think they get enough credit.

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Level 61

Feb 18, 2016

I kept wondering why my Turkey response wasn't getting anywhere...

Level 46

Dec 7, 2016

i come from nz and the ANZACs fought there and alot were killed not just a tiny bit

Level 52

Jun 20, 2017

Level 65

Feb 18, 2016

How did only 55% know the Ottoman Empire? How do they think the Middle East was created?

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Level 56

Feb 26, 2016

And here this whole time I thought it was plate techtonics.

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Level 66

Nov 11, 2018

Cause we tried Turkey!

Level 88

Nov 11, 2018

Like sands through the hourglass.

Level 47

Jul 4, 2020

Yeah, I thing Turkey should be accepted answer. They were Ottoman Turks and Turkey/Turkia/Turska was a common name at the time.

Level 57

Feb 18, 2016

I notice the tagline says '... military deaths during WWII.' Could you change this to 'WWI'?

Level 59

Feb 18, 2016

Yes please do - I was doing world war 2, no wonder I missed the Ottoman empire (and a few others!)

Level ∞

Feb 18, 2016

Fixed

Level 60

Feb 18, 2016

I found interesting that the Ottomans were still around the 20th century. Can't believe I missed Newfoundland, New Zealand and Australia

Level 60

Feb 18, 2016

Also, was Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia part of Yugoslavia or did Yugoslavia exist later on?

Level 52

Feb 18, 2016

Yugoslavia was found in 1918 after WWI

Level 71

Feb 18, 2016

Croatia was part of Austria-Hungary at the time, while Serbia and Montenegro were independent states. The so-called first Yugoslavia was formed (as "The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes") after WW1.

Level 60

Feb 18, 2016

Oh ok, now I get it

Level 83

Apr 19, 2017

The Ottomans were one of the three (four, if you count Bulgaria) major "Central Powers" of WW1, the others being Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Definitely a major player in WW1, though at this point in European history, 600 years after the its founding, the Ottoman Empire was known as the "sick man of Europe." People had been foretelling it's demise for some time. The rise of Nationalism and defeat in WW1 was what it took to finish it off.

Level 36

Feb 18, 2016

Serbia ? Why not Yugoslavia ? Should be better

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Level 52

Feb 18, 2016

Yugoslavia was found after World War I

Level 64

Feb 19, 2016

Probably because Yugoslavia didn't exist but the Kingdom of Serbia did. Austria-Hungary controlled Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina of course, Vojvodina in Serbia, and the northern coastal region of Montenegro. Montenegro controlled most of its own country and a small amount of territory in Kosovo. Serbia controlled most of its own country as well as most of Kosovo and Vardar Macedonia (aka Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). After the war, Yugoslavia was formed by the union of Serbia and Montenegro along with Austria-Hungary's territory mentioned above. Western Slovenia came under Italian control but was added to Yugoslavia after World War II.

Level 51

Feb 18, 2016

The title says World War I but the instructions say World War II!

Level 85

Feb 18, 2016

I should have read the introduction... I totally missed the dominions.

Level 84

Feb 18, 2016

Why do the instructions say to name the countries with the most military deaths in World War II?

Level 63

Feb 18, 2016

It's clearly just a typo. Have a bit of common sense, people.

Level 65

Feb 18, 2016

Japan? Please explain.

Level 57

Feb 18, 2016

They invaded most German Pacific islands.

Level 64

Feb 19, 2016

And captured German possessions in China while Britain took the credit.

Level 57

Feb 18, 2016

I'm glad this quiz finally got made. I feel like this was missing from Jetpunk for years.

Level 70

Feb 18, 2016

Portugal?

Level 64

Feb 19, 2016

They joined in 1916 because of repeated German encroachments into their African colonies and the sinking of Portuguese ships in the Atlantic by German submarines.

Level 83

May 29, 2021

Yep. And the British persuaded the Portuguese to seize Central Powers ships in Lisbon. After all the German shenanigans on the high seas and in Africa, the Portuguese were happy to comply. Which garnered them a declaration of war from both Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Level 60

Feb 18, 2016

DIdn't read the part about Dominions being accepted as countries...missed NFLD cause I assumed it was in the boat with UK.

Level 68

Feb 18, 2016

Would never have guessed Newfoundland. I'm Canadian and I do know that it did not join the Confederation until 49, but I admit I never thought of what kind of status it had before that. Thanks for fixing that :).

Level 44

Feb 23, 2018

before WWII in the 1930s Newfoundland was an English Colony still. I learned this the hardway playing a game called Calm before the Storm, which takes place pre-WWII days, if you were the US and attacked Canada for resources the UK (England) would attack you .

Level 42

Feb 20, 2016

Where's India? Even by your own source, Wikipedia, they lost over 60K military, and were a separate country within the Commonwealth, like Australia or Canada.

Level 85

Feb 22, 2016

No, India was a colony, not a dominion.

Level 61

Mar 1, 2016

Yeah. UK should really be "British Empire" excluding dominions to make this clearer.

Level 42

Nov 11, 2018

By this logic, Australia and New Zealand should also be omitted as they were also dominions at this time.

Level ∞

Nov 11, 2018

The quiz clearly states that dominions are counted as independent countries. But India was not a dominion.

Level 24

Jun 6, 2016

i forgot Romania..:(

Level 84

Jun 28, 2016

Missed Newfoundland (of course). I KNEW it had to be a country that didn't exist anymore, but couldn't think of what it was.

Level 83

Jul 25, 2016

Missed only poor little Montenegro. I confess, I was under the impression it was just part of Serbia at the time.

Level 78

Jul 20, 2021

It never was a part of Serbia.

Level 23

Jun 9, 2022

serbia & montenegro was a thing??

Level 30

Aug 10, 2016

South Africa was independent during World War I?

Level 44

Feb 23, 2018

I thougth they were a colony of Dutch/English so I kept typing netherlands and thinking I misspelled it.

Level 68

Dec 30, 2020

The Union of South Africa was formed on 31 May 1910, uniting four colonies into a dominion with the same status as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Newfoundland. The Union engaged in an invasion of German South West Africa independent of the UK, took over the invasion of Tanganyika and sent troops to Palestine and the Western Front.

At the end of the war it was rewarded with a mandate over South West Africa (Namibia), which it treated as an integral part of South Africa until 1990.

Level 36

Sep 4, 2016

Can't believe I missed the United States.

Level 46

Dec 7, 2016

RUSSIA WAS USSR / SOVEINT UNION DUMBY

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Level 42

Dec 14, 2016

Uh, it was called the Russian empire until the October revolution where it backed out of the war as USSR. Also people always still called it Russia. Before you get angry, get educated

Level 36

Dec 8, 2016

Isn't Newfoundland part of Canada

Level 43

Apr 6, 2017

"The Serbian Army declined severely towards the end of the war, falling from about 420,000[2] at its peak to about 100,000 at the moment of liberation. The Kingdom of Serbia lost more than 1,200,000 inhabitants during the war (both army and civilian losses), which represented over 29% of its overall population and 60% of its male population"

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Campaign_of_World_War_I

Level 71

Apr 19, 2017

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Level 26

Jun 20, 2017

OMG! How in the world did I forget Japan?!?!?! Also bulgaria.

Level 44

Feb 23, 2018

I forgot those two and Italy, how the hell did I forget them?

Level 75

Aug 22, 2017

I am surprised that people discuss here about Serbia and Yugoslavia. Little history lesson.

Austira-Hungary attacked Serbia and that is how the World War I started.

By the way, Serbia gave a faighting lesson to them in the first few battles.

Level 55

Sep 17, 2017

*cough* Cer and Kolubara *cough*

Level 55

Jun 30, 2020

Didn't the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb Nationalist triggered WW1 ?

Level 55

Sep 17, 2017

Missed South Africa and Newfoundland

Level 53

Oct 18, 2017

Newfoundland? Damn

Level 16

Jun 7, 2018

Turkey, Anatolia or Asia Minor should be acceptable answers in lieu of Ottoman Empire.

Level 61

Nov 11, 2018

Two of those are geographic descriptors, not country names. Turkey probably should be acceptable since it was common to call it that at the time.

Level 32

Jun 8, 2018

You forgot to add India. 74,187 Indian soldiers died during the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army_during_World_War_I

Level ∞

Nov 1, 2018

India was neither a dominion or an independent nation during WWI

Level 81

Nov 11, 2018

It's a shame their sacrifice cant be seperately recognised here, but your reasons are 100% valid.

Level 63

May 29, 2021

The brits promised us independence after WW1, and Gandhi told Indians to fight WW1. They broke the promise after the war was over.

Level 64

Jun 23, 2018

Please accept USSR or Soviet Union.

Level 61

Nov 11, 2018

The USSR wasn't founded until 1922.

Level 64

Aug 13, 2021

True, I must have been thinking that cuz of October Revolution in 1917

Level 81

Nov 11, 2018

Didn't even realise Montenegro existed back then, naively thought it was a new state carved out with the collapse of Yugoslavia.

Level 78

Jul 20, 2021

Statehood of Montenegro dates back to the middle ages.

Level 49

Nov 11, 2018

Got everything but Newfoundland... Never would've guessed it.

Level 40

Nov 11, 2018

Newfoundland wasn't a country. It was part of the UK until 1949 when it joined Canada.

Level 61

Nov 11, 2018

It wasn't part of the UK. It was a dominion, which this quiz treats as being an independent country.

Level 49

Nov 11, 2018

Shouldn’t the United Kingdom be “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” as it was known at the time?

Level 67

Nov 11, 2018

Only if all the other countries are going to have their full names listed as well. And if the Countries of the World quiz changes the UK's current name to "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

Level 49

Nov 11, 2018

I take your point. It’s just sad that over 49000 Irish men died fighting in ww1 and they really aren’t recognised at all.

Level 40

Nov 11, 2018

Just 19% texted Montenegro... Why???

Level 88

Nov 11, 2018

Quite the November 11, 2018 bump. Did everyone post at 11 AM Verdun time?

Level 65

Nov 11, 2018

I was excited for the 100th anniversary, but not enough to celebrate at 5:00 am.

Level 66

Nov 11, 2018

missed the UK. rip me.

Level 25

Nov 12, 2018

I missed the US because in the quiz I put 'US' but it didn't work. Guess it needs the A.

Level 48

Nov 13, 2018

I'm surprised India isn't on here. Was it excluded because it was part of the Empire but a dominion? Over 65,000 Indian troops died in WW1.

Level 60

Nov 14, 2018

lmaoooooo I got all of them including Newfoundland & Labrador except for the Ottoman Empire that's embarrassing

Level 57

Nov 15, 2018

Netherlands had thousands of soldiers and citizens die as they fought against the Germans while they executed the Schlieffen plan.

Level 75

Mar 2, 2020

Wrong. The Schlieffen Plan did not include the invasion of The Netherlands. In World War 1, they respected Dutch neutrality

Level 46

Mar 7, 2019

forgot about newfoundland...

Level 60

Apr 9, 2019

Newfoundland isn't an actual country. It's literally just Canada.

Level 53

Dec 9, 2019

Can you accept 'Rumania' for Romania since that is what it used to be called?

Level 75

Mar 2, 2020

Level 46

Jan 2, 2020

I got Newfoundland, but i forgot USA :l

Level 34

Feb 24, 2020

your missing Luxembourg with 10 total deaths

Level 59

Mar 19, 2020

What about the UK....?

Level 82

Jun 29, 2020

in at number 5

Level 56

Apr 21, 2020

you're missing thailand with 19 deaths

Level 82

Jun 29, 2020

"at least 1000 military deaths"

Level 60

Jul 19, 2020

Ok. Call me biased because it's my homeland, but what about Czechoslovakia? I know it was founded after the war, but the "legionnaires" fought and died for their freedom from Austria-Hungary, so it's not really fair to count them under Austrian casualties.

Level 64

Jan 4, 2021

China declared war on Germany at one point, where is China?

Level 54

Feb 19, 2021

Read the description.

Level 38

Feb 19, 2021

i got all with 2:40 left

Level 55

Mar 6, 2021

I always forget that Newfoundland was a separate country at one point.

But how in God's name did so many people miss Ottoman Empire? I was always taught they were one of the three main combatants on the Central Powers side. It was in fact this war that ended the Ottoman Empire.

Level 77

Mar 6, 2021

Interesting how the quiz title has 'WWI' in brackets.

Level 69

May 10, 2021

somehow forgot Germany smh

Level 65

May 19, 2021

I had no idea Portugal was involved at all, let alone having more than Japan.

Level 20

May 29, 2021

I forgot Newfoundland

Level 70

May 29, 2021

I managed to get all but USA.

At the start I thought "I'll go with the bigger ones first", at the end I was sure I had it already in, so I didn't think of it...

Level 61

May 29, 2021

Some African countries other than South Africa would be on this list if conscripted natives forced to hump supplies for European armies were included. Plenty of African soldiers went to fight and die in Europe as well but casualty records are spotty.

Level 58

Jul 3, 2021

South Africa, Ethiopia (Abyssinia) and Liberia were the only African countries which existed in 1914

Level 57

May 29, 2021

*Calmly forgets about France*

Level 58

Jul 3, 2021

I'm surprised Romania had that many because it only joined in 1916.

Level 64

Aug 13, 2021

Newfoundland's a tricky one

Level 64

Aug 13, 2021

I was taking this quiz at 1:40 AM and I zoned out/fell asleep and I was thinking about colleges and then when I remembered I was taking the quiz I started typing in colleges smh

Level 71

Sep 23, 2021

Even though the caveat states sovereign states that existed in 1914, I feel that India should have been included here. Although, India was a British colony until 1947, it had some sort of autonomy. The Indian Army was independent of the British Army. More than 70,000 Indian soldiers died in the Great War and not including India in this quiz makes me feel uneasy, rather uncomfortable. India is a founding member of several international organisations, including the League of Nations and the United Nations despite being a colony at that time. So, why is it not included here? Please consider revising.

Level 26

Dec 9, 2021

South Africa????? It was the only one I missed wtf

Level 51

Jan 10, 2022

Would be interested in a quiz with all formal belligerent countries, including Cuba, Panama, Siam/Thailand, Liberia, China, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Haiti, and Honduras. Just because they didn't have many military casualties doesn't mean they were uninvolved.

Level 48

Apr 11, 2022

I thought pretty much the entire Balkan Peninsula was either Austria-Hungary or the Ottoman Empire

Level 52

Jun 23, 2022

you know, it doesn't really seem like a world war when almost all the fighting was done in Europe

Level 31

Aug 30, 2022

Where luxembourg >:((

Level 64

May 9, 2023

Level 37