Country reasoning

Context

Belgium was drawn into the war following the German invasion of August 1914, undertaken to outflank French defenses. Despite its declared neutrality, Belgium became a principal battlefield of the Western Front for much of the war.

Rationale used for numbers used on the war statistics page

Measure	Selected value	Selected source	Rationale
Civilian deaths (indirect, war effects)	62,000	irs_1927_v7 La mortalité causée par la guerre mondiale, Metron- The International Review of Statistics, 1927, Vol 7. pp. 59–62

What sources report

Civilian deaths (indirect, war effects)

CWVMP uses: 62,000 from irs_1927_v7

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
irs_1927_v7 La mortalité causée par la guerre mondiale, Metron- The International Review of Statistics, 1927, Vol 7. pp. 59–62 Hersch • 1927 medium	62,000	—	—

Military deaths

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	38,170	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Mobilized / served

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	267,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Population (baseline)

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	7,517,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

POW

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	10,200	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Wounded

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	44,690	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Editorial principles in selecting the figures to use

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Discussion of discrepancies

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Belgium — WW1