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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.
Quiz by AdamSutherland
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Last updated: September 14, 2018
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First submittedApril 2, 2012
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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
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Level 71
Feb 18, 2016
Portugal?
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Level 65
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.
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Level 84
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.
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Level 62
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.
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Level 67
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 :).
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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 .
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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.
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Level 86
Feb 22, 2016
No, India was a colony, not a dominion.
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Level 60
Mar 1, 2016
Yeah. UK should really be "British Empire" excluding dominions to make this clearer.
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Level 42
Nov 11, 2018
By this logic, Australia and New Zealand should also be omitted as they were also dominions at this time.
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Level ∞
Nov 11, 2018
The quiz clearly states that dominions are counted as independent countries. But India was not a dominion.
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Level 24
Jun 6, 2016
i forgot Romania..:(
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Level 85
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.
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Level 82
Jul 25, 2016
Missed only poor little Montenegro. I confess, I was under the impression it was just part of Serbia at the time.
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Level 80
Jul 20, 2021
It never was a part of Serbia.
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Level 23
Jun 9, 2022
serbia & montenegro was a thing??
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Level 30
Aug 10, 2016
South Africa was independent during World War I?
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Level 44
Feb 23, 2018
I thougth they were a colony of Dutch/English so I kept typing netherlands and thinking I misspelled it.
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Level 69
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.

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Level 36
Sep 4, 2016
Can't believe I missed the United States.
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Level 47
Dec 7, 2016
RUSSIA WAS USSR / SOVEINT UNION DUMBY
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Level 41
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
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Level 35
Dec 8, 2016
Isn't Newfoundland part of Canada
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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

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Level 71
Apr 19, 2017
You all probably know what 'Enigma' means. Try my puzzle............... "The CHALLENGE" ............ click on Malbaby and look for it in my Quiz list.
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Level 25
Jun 20, 2017
OMG! How in the world did I forget Japan?!?!?! Also bulgaria.
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Level 44
Feb 23, 2018
I forgot those two and Italy, how the hell did I forget them?
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Level 77
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.

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Level 55
Sep 17, 2017
*cough* Cer and Kolubara *cough*
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Level 56
Jun 30, 2020
Didn't the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb Nationalist triggered WW1 ?
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Level 55
Sep 17, 2017
Missed South Africa and Newfoundland
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Level 55
Oct 18, 2017
Newfoundland? Damn
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Level 16
Jun 7, 2018
Turkey, Anatolia or Asia Minor should be acceptable answers in lieu of Ottoman Empire.
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Level 60
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.
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Level 31
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

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Level ∞
Nov 1, 2018
India was neither a dominion or an independent nation during WWI
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Level 82
Nov 11, 2018
It's a shame their sacrifice cant be seperately recognised here, but your reasons are 100% valid.
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Level 62
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.
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Level 67
Jun 23, 2018
Please accept USSR or Soviet Union.
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Level 60
Nov 11, 2018
The USSR wasn't founded until 1922.
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Level 67
Aug 13, 2021
True, I must have been thinking that cuz of October Revolution in 1917
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Level 82
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.
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Level 80
Jul 20, 2021
Statehood of Montenegro dates back to the middle ages.
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Level 48
Nov 11, 2018
Got everything but Newfoundland... Never would've guessed it.
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Level 40
Nov 11, 2018
Newfoundland wasn't a country. It was part of the UK until 1949 when it joined Canada.
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Level 60
Nov 11, 2018
It wasn't part of the UK. It was a dominion, which this quiz treats as being an independent country.
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Level 48
Nov 11, 2018
Shouldn’t the United Kingdom be “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” as it was known at the time?
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Level 70
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".
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Level 48
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.
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Level 39
Nov 11, 2018
Just 19% texted Montenegro... Why???
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Level 88
Nov 11, 2018
Quite the November 11, 2018 bump. Did everyone post at 11 AM Verdun time?
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Level 66
Nov 11, 2018
I was excited for the 100th anniversary, but not enough to celebrate at 5:00 am.
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Level 66
Nov 11, 2018
missed the UK. rip me.
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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.
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Level 47
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.
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Level 29
Feb 13, 2024
still a colony unfortunately
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Level 61
Nov 14, 2018
lmaoooooo I got all of them including Newfoundland & Labrador except for the Ottoman Empire that's embarrassing
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Level 58
Nov 15, 2018
Netherlands had thousands of soldiers and citizens die as they fought against the Germans while they executed the Schlieffen plan.
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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
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Level 45
Mar 7, 2019
forgot about newfoundland...
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Level 68
Apr 9, 2019
Newfoundland isn't an actual country. It's literally just Canada.
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Level 52
Dec 9, 2019
Can you accept 'Rumania' for Romania since that is what it used to be called?
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Level 75
Mar 2, 2020
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Level 45
Jan 2, 2020
I got Newfoundland, but i forgot USA :l
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Level 34
Feb 24, 2020
your missing Luxembourg with 10 total deaths
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Level 61
Mar 19, 2020
What about the UK....?
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Level 83
Jun 29, 2020
in at number 5
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Level 56
Apr 21, 2020
you're missing thailand with 19 deaths
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Level 83
Jun 29, 2020
"at least 1000 military deaths"
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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.
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Level 21
Sep 9, 2023
The Czechs actually fought on both sides, the legions fought for Russia
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Level 64
Jan 4, 2021
China declared war on Germany at one point, where is China?
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Level 53
Feb 19, 2021
Read the description.
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Level 38
Feb 19, 2021
i got all with 2:40 left
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Level 54
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.

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Level 79
Mar 6, 2021
Interesting how the quiz title has 'WWI' in brackets.
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Level 69
May 10, 2021
somehow forgot Germany smh
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Level 67
May 19, 2021
I had no idea Portugal was involved at all, let alone having more than Japan.
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Level 20
May 29, 2021
I forgot Newfoundland
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Level 71
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...

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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.
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Level 58
Jul 3, 2021
South Africa, Ethiopia (Abyssinia) and Liberia were the only African countries which existed in 1914
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Level 59
May 29, 2021
*Calmly forgets about France*
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Level 58
Jul 3, 2021
I'm surprised Romania had that many because it only joined in 1916.
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Level 67
Aug 13, 2021
Newfoundland's a tricky one
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Level 67
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
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Level 73
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.
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Level 26
Dec 9, 2021
South Africa????? It was the only one I missed wtf
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Level 57
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.
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Level 56
Apr 11, 2022
I thought pretty much the entire Balkan Peninsula was either Austria-Hungary or the Ottoman Empire
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Level 31
Aug 30, 2022
Where luxembourg >:((
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Level 67
May 9, 2023
:(
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Level 37
Oct 16, 2022
Dammit new zealand
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Level 47
Oct 16, 2022
I got Newfoundland... but how did I forgor Greece??
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Level 67
May 9, 2023
Lol
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Level 65
Mar 16, 2023
Got Montenegro, forgot Japan
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Level 28
May 2, 2023
Just say nz instead of new zealand
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Level 67
May 9, 2023
Just missed Newfoundland
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Level 54
Jun 4, 2023
I know they didn’t have enough casualties to make it onto this quiz, but Liberia did fight in WW1 and was one of the negotiating countries at Versailles.
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Level 21
Jul 16, 2023
you should put armenia, a genocide caused by the ottoman empire during WWI
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Level 83
Nov 11, 2023
Military deaths, not civilian, and Armenia wasn't yet an independent state.
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Level 23
Jul 26, 2023
bruh i forgot belgium