List of total Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials by country

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states; United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa, established through Royal Charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces killed during the two World Wars.[1] In this capacity, the Commission is responsible for the commemoration of 1.7 million Commonwealth servicemen and women in 150 countries worldwide.

Country Burial grounds Identified
war graves
Unidentified
war graves
Non-war graves Commemorated on
memorials
Albania247000
Algeria132,041122710
Antigua12000
Argentina215030
Australia87711,4541471,037
Austria258316580
Azerbaijan000047
Azores351110
Bahamas151039
Bahrain2001050
Bangladesh [lower-alpha 1]31,4152750
Barbados923000
Belgium613102,50148,58260102,349
Belize11001140
Bermuda12140020
Botswana0000162
Brazil525010
British Indian Ocean Territory19000
Bulgaria22403120
Cameroon347040
Canada2,81414,2991114,127
Canary Islands11010
Cape Verde19000
Chad14000
Chile55000
China [lower-alpha 2]221,8336211,9634,578
Republic of the Congo129000
Democratic Republic of the Congo622008
Costa Rica11000
Côte d'Ivoire10600
Croatia22020
Cuba13000
Cyprus9321360658
Czech Republic22233400
Denmark13099911700
Djibouti113000
Dominica23000
Egypt2424,6511,3354,55127,803
Equatorial Guinea110000
Eritrea595349250
Estonia215010
Ethiopia440912600
Falkland Islands1330210
Faroe Islands456320
Fiji2750334
France2,919356,967116,460481217,829
Gambia119941070
Germany4831,7501,3724,81325
Ghana76123571,220
Gibraltar26532198
Greece3112,3972,3611,1015,667
Grenada24100
Guatemala11000
Guinea22000
Guyana160718
Honduras11000
Hungary3173300
Iceland6232280
India [lower-alpha 1]2310,99552120351,150
Indonesia62,60565710444
Iran155113143,588
Iraq1512,8169,3761,16441,091
Republic of Ireland6582,9395315156
Israel [lower-alpha 3] 2911,9912,5817483,400
Italy12344,7831,9111564,471
Jamaica81530179
Japan21,7189317320
Jordan100320
Kenya [lower-alpha 4]324,183773164,024
Latvia132400
Lebanon51,7051290
Lesotho00001,001
Liberia212000
Libya67,0561,4605560
Lithuania12000
Luxembourg826000
Madagascar1311300
Madeira16010
Malawi6209212125
Malaysia342,3202,6552,1532,294
Maldives000070
Mali23000
Malta133,37693,6892,350
Martinique11000
Mauritania15000
Mauritius43707457
Monaco12000
Morocco561270
Mozambique61857193
Myanmar510,9451,1071226,902
Namibia40427000
Nepal11000
Netherlands47618,2651,262111,035
Netherlands Antilles31100
New Caledonia12424449
New Zealand4352,9091569
Nigeria32983293,669
Norfolk Island1400
North Macedonia1118600
Norway749551930
Oman4200
Pakistan [lower-alpha 1]29990569
Panama11500
Papua New Guinea76,1451,6452,284
Peru1600
Philippines2200
Poland31,1315444
Portugal55100
Puerto Rico1200
Romania317080
Russia53654243
Samoa11200
San Marino1200
Saudi Arabia1100
Senegal22300
Serbia3494160
Seychelles1760289
Sierra Leone444491,391
Singapore44,45885824,675
Society Islands1400
Solomon Islands1500
Somalia[lower-alpha 5]228022317
South Africa5918,31120130
Spain1910860
Sri Lanka111,65311344
Saint Kitts and Nevis1200
Saint Helena and Ascension22120
Saint Lucia14400
Saint Vincent51800
Sudan139501,346
Swaziland10077
Sweden11149470
Switzerland113600
Syria21,27413210
Tanzania [lower-alpha 4]123,2718751,655
Thailand26,32318811
Togo1100
Tonga2300
Trinidad and Tobago1105040
Tunisia117,7508101,954
Turkey379,48713,46127,161
Uganda103732127
Ukraine1100
United Kingdom [lower-alpha 6]12,359171,0271,401133,119
United States47199240
Uruguay1810
Vanuatu1200
Venezuela1100
Yemen1296376
Zambia1700661
Zimbabwe215428132

Notes

  1. "India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have identical Memorials to the Missing in the Bombay and Chittagong 1939–1945 Memorials, each commemorating the same 6,470 casualties, and the Delhi and Karachi 1939–1945 Memorials, each commemorating the same 25,866 casualties. The statistics are quoted only within the commemoration figures for India."[2]
  2. Figure includes those buried or commemorated in Hong Kong.
  3. Figure includes those buried or commemorated in the State of Palestine.
  4. "Tanzania and Kenya have identical Memorials to the Missing in the Dar es Salaam, the Mombasa and the Nairobi African Memorials, each commemorating the same 49,572 casualties. The statistics are quoted only within the commemoration figures for Tanzania."[2]
  5. Figure includes those buried or commemorated in the Somaliland.
  6. Figure includes those buried or commemorated on the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Footnotes

References

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2008), Annual Report 2007–2008 (PDF), Maidenhead: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 2009-10-21
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2009), Annual Report 2008–2009 (PDF), Maidenhead: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 2009-12-14
  • Peaslee, Amos Jenkins (1974). International Governmental Organizations. 2 (3rd ed.). London: Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 90-247-1601-2.
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