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Measure	Selected value	Selected source	Rationale
Civilian deaths (direct, war-related)	972	atlas_world_war_I Atlas of World War I
Civilian deaths (indirect, war effects)	200,000	blockade-economic-warfare 18: Blockade and Economic Warfare. In Winter, Jay (ed.). The Cambridge History of the First World War. Vol. 3.
Military deaths	838,439	cwgc_casualties Commonwealth War Graves Comm. Casualty and Burial Records Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Casualty and Burial Records	Individually verifiable burial and commemoration records.
Population (baseline)	45,400,000	ww1-source-book The World War One Source Book

CWVMP uses: 972 from atlas_world_war_I

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
atlas_world_war_I Atlas of World War I Martin Gilbert • Oxford University Press • 1994 medium	972	—	—

CWVMP uses: 200,000 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	200,000	—	—

CWVMP uses: 838,439 from cwgc_casualties

Individually verifiable burial and commemoration records.

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	702,410	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
cwgc_casualties Commonwealth War Graves Comm. Casualty and Burial Records 2026 high	838,439	Deaths commemorated 1914–1923 Grave-based records	Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Casualty and Burial Records Source link

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	5,704,400	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

CWVMP uses: 45,400,000 from ww1-source-book

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	46,400,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
ww1-source-book The World War One Source Book Philip J. Haythornthwaite • Arms and Armour, London • 1993 medium	45,400,000	—	—
wikipedia-ww1 World War I casualties 2026 medium	45,400,000	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-01)

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	170,389	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	1,662,625	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

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United Kingdom — WW1