Country reasoning

Context

Italy entered the war in 1915 on the Allied side after leaving its pre-war alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Much of its fighting occurred along the mountainous Italian–Austro-Hungarian frontier.

Rationale used for numbers used on the war statistics page

Measure	Selected value	Selected source
Civilian deaths (direct, war-related)	3,431	1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online
Military deaths	529,025	1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online
Mobilized / served	5,903,140	1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online
POW	569,210	1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online
Wounded	946,640	1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online

What sources report

Civilian deaths (direct, war-related)

CWVMP uses: 3,431 from 1914-1918-Online

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online 2011 medium	3,431	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-02)

Military deaths

CWVMP uses: 529,025 from 1914-1918-Online

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	462,400	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online 2011 medium	529,025	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-02)

Mobilized / served

CWVMP uses: 5,903,140 from 1914-1918-Online

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	5,903,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online 2011 medium	5,903,140	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-02)

Population (baseline)

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	35,000,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

POW

CWVMP uses: 569,210 from 1914-1918-Online

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	530,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online 2011 medium	569,210	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-02)

Wounded

CWVMP uses: 946,640 from 1914-1918-Online

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	955,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
1914-1918-Online 1914-1918-Online 2011 medium	946,640	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-02)

Editorial principles in selecting the figures to use

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Discussion of discrepancies

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Italy — WW1