World War II Casualties - Human Losses By Country - USSR

USSR

Human Losses of The USSR in World War II (Included in the above figures of total war dead)
Country Population
1939		 Military
deaths		 Civilian
deaths		 Total
deaths		 Deaths as
% of 1939
population
Soviet Union
(within 1939 borders)		 168,524,000 8,800,000
to 10,700,000		 14,600,000
to 12,700,000		 23,400,000 13.9
Estonia
(within 1939 borders)		 1,122,000 50,000 50,000 4.5
Latvia
(within 1939 borders)		 1,951,000 230,000 230,000 11.6
Lithuania
(within 1939 borders)		 2,442,000 350,000 350,000 14.5
Poland
Eastern Regions-
(figures included with Poland)		 11,591,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 17.2
Romania
Bessarabia & Bukovina
(figures included with Romania)		 3,700,000 300,000 300,000 8.1
Czechoslovakia-Carpathian Ruthenia
(figures included with Czechoslovakia)		 700,000 50,000 50,000 7.1
Less: Population Transfers -Net (1,237,000)
Growth of Population 1939–mid-1941 7,923,000
Soviet deaths included in the German Military 220,000 220,000
Total population of USSR in June 1941, within postwar 1946-1991 borders 196,716,000 8,800,000
to 10,700,000		 17,800,000
to 15,900,000		 26,600,000 13.5
  • Source for Population of Poland, Romania and Baltic States is League of Nations Yearbook 1942-1944
  • The borders of the USSR in 1941 are de facto not de jure.
  • The occupation of the Baltic States by the USSR was considered illegal and never recognized by the United States.
  • The formal transfer of the Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union occurred after the war in a treaty of August 1945.
  • The Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union included the Western Ukraine, Western Belarus and the Vilnius region,less Białystok(Population 1,392,000) which reverted to Poland after the war.

The estimated breakdown for each Soviet Republic of total war dead is as follows

Soviet Republic Population 1940 Military Dead Civilian Dead Total Deaths as % 1940 Pop.
Azerbaijan 3,270,000 210,000 90,000 300,000 9.1%
Armenia 1,320,000 150,000 30,000 180,000 13.6%
Belarus 9,050,000 620,000 1,670,000 2,290,000 25.3%
Estonia 1,050,000 30,000 50,000 80,000 7.6%
Georgia 3,610,000 190,000 110,000 300,000 8.3%
Kazakhstan 6,150,000 310,000 350,000 660,000 10.7%
Kyrgyzstan 1,530,000 70,000 50,000 120,000 7.8%
Latvia 1,890,000 30,000 230,000 260,000 13.7%
Lithuania 2,930,000 25,000 350,000 375,000 12.7%
Moldova 2,470,000 50,000 120,000 170,000 6.9%
Russia 110,100,000 6,750,000 7,200,000 13,950,000 12.7%
Tajikistan (See Note Below) 1,530,000 50,000 70,000 120,000 7.8%
Turkmenistan 1,300,000 70,000 30,000 100,000 7.7%
Uzbekistan 6,550,000 330,000 220,000 550,000 8.4%
Ukraine 41,340,000 1,650,000 5,200,000 6,850,000 16.3%
Unidentified - 165,000 130,000 295,000
Total USSR 194,090,000 10,700,000 15,900,000 26,600,000 13.7%
  • The source of the figures on the table is Vadim Erlikman. Poteri narodonaseleniia v XX veke : spravochnik. Moscow 2004. ISBN 5-93165-107-1 pp. 23–35 Erlikman notes that these figures are his estimates.
  • Figure of 15.9 million civilian war dead includes 3-4 million deaths due to war related famine and disease in the interior regions not occupied by Nazi Germany.
  • Figures for Belarus and the Ukraine include about 2 million civilian dead that are also listed in the total war dead of Poland.
  • The Russian News Agency RIA Novosti puts the military losses of Tajikistan at 90,000 killed

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