Number of civilian casualties during the Korean War 1950-1953

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 30, 2014
In the Korean War, about 245 thousand civilians were killed on the South Korean side and about 282 thousand on the North Korean side. As one of the largest proxy wars after the World War II, the Korean War began on June 25, 1950 and ended with an armistice in 1953. The Korean war ended with millions of causalities.

Number of civilian casualties during the Korean War from 1950 to 1953

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Release date

June 2014

Region

Worldwide, South Korea

Survey time period

1950 to 1953

Supplementary notes

*Based on 1954 figures of the Central Bureau of Statistics of North Korea.

**Including massacres in South Korea.

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