Country reasoning

Context

France entered the war in August 1914 following Germany’s declaration of war and the invasion through Belgium. Much of the fighting occurred on French soil, resulting in enormous military and civilian losses.

Rationale used for numbers used on the war statistics page

Measure	Selected value	Selected source	Rationale
Civilian deaths (direct, war-related)	40,000	ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
Civilian deaths (indirect, war effects)	600,000	blockade-economic-warfare 18: Blockade and Economic Warfare. In Winter, Jay (ed.). The Cambridge History of the First World War. Vol. 3.

What sources report

Civilian deaths (direct, war-related)

CWVMP uses: 40,000 from ellis_cox_1993

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	40,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Civilian deaths (indirect, war effects)

CWVMP uses: 600,000 from blockade-economic-warfare

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
blockade-economic-warfare 18: Blockade and Economic Warfare. In Winter, Jay (ed.). The Cambridge History of the First World War. Vol. 3. Alan Kramer • Cambridge University Press • 2016 medium	600,000	—	—

Military deaths

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	1,385,300	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Mobilized / served

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	8,660,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Population (baseline)

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	39,600,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

POW

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	446,300	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Wounded

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	4,329,200	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Editorial principles in selecting the figures to use

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Discussion of discrepancies

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France — WW1