Vietnam War casualties
Total number of deaths

Vietnam War casualties

Section Title: Total number of deaths
Table Section Text: None

Low estimate of deaths	Middle estimate of deaths	High estimate of deaths	Notes and comments

North Vietnam/Viet Cong military and civilian war dead	533,000	1,062,000	1,489,000	includes an estimated 50,000/65,000/70,000 civilians killed by U.S/SVN bombing/shelling

South Vietnam/U.S./South Korea war military and civilian war dead	429,000	741,000	1,119,000	includes 360,000/391,000/720,000 civilians

Democide by North Vietnam/Viet Cong	131,000	214,000	302,000	25,000/50,000/75,000 killed in North Vietnam, 106,000/164,000/227,000 killed in South Vietnam

Democide by South Vietnam	57,000	89,000	284,000	Democide is the murder of persons by or at the behest of governments.

Democide by the United States	4,000	6,000	10,000	Democide is the murder of persons by or at the behest of governments.

Democide by South Korea	3,000	3,000	3,000	Rummel does not give a medium or high estimate.

Subtotal Vietnam	1,156,000	2,115,000	3,207,000

Cambodians	273,000	273,000	273,000	Rummel estimates 212,000 killed by Khmer Rouge (1967–1975), 60,000 killed by U.S. and 1,000 killed by South Vietnam (1967–73).

Laotians	28,000	62,000	115,000	Source:

Grand total of war deaths: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos (1954–75)	1,450,000	2,450,000	3,595,000

Sentence(s)

Deaths in Cambodia and Laos were estimated at 273,000 and 62,000 respectively.

final_sentence: Deaths in Cambodia and Laos were estimated at 273,000 and 62,000 respectively.