Relative costs of American wars

Relative costs of American wars

The relative costs of American wars has varried greatly from conflict to conflict.

Total human losses

The total estimated human loss of American life in all of its wars combined is roughly 1.3 million people, that is including those who died from disease in those wars

American casualties by war

War Total American Fatalities US Population in First Year of War % of population lost
*American Revolutionary War 22,674 2,500,000 0.9070%
*War of 1812 11,700 8,000,000 0.1463%
*Mexian-American War 13,271 21,406,000 0.0620%
*American Civil War 618,000 31,443,000 1.9655%
*Spanish-American War 5,385 72,129,000 0.0075%
*Pilipino Insurection 4,196 72,129,000 0.0058%
*World War I 117,465 103,268,000 0.1137%
*World War II 418,500 133,402,000 0.3137%
*Korean War 36,516 151,325,000 0.0241%
*Vietnam War 58,159 179,323,000 0.0324%
*Gulf War 358 252,643,000 0.0001%
*War in Afghanistan (2001–present) 488 278,059,000 0.0002%
*Iraq War (2003 - present) 4,124 294,043,000 0.0014%

Fatality figures taken from Wikipedia.

US population figures taken from http://www.populstat.info/andhttp://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/United-States-POPULATION.html


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