Total death estimates in Iraq
Updated on 09 October 2009
On the day the UK holds a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral to honour those who served and died in Iraq, Channel 4 News online compares estimates of the casualty count since 2003.
Today saw a national service of remembrance at St Paul's Cathedral in London to remember those members of the British armed services who died in the Iraq conflict.
In total 179 British personnel have died in Iraq since the start of the campaign in March 2003.
Channel 4 News online looks at the current estimates for the total number of people who have lost their lives as a result of the conflict.
IRAQ CIVILIAN DEAD AND WOUNDED ESTIMATES
Iraq Body Count
March 2003 - September 2009
Civilian deaths: 102,992
The Associated Press
April 2005 - January 2009
Civilian deaths: 44,971
Civilian injuries: 51,540
Brookings Iraq Index
May 2003 - January 2009
Civilian deaths: 108,707
The Lancet
March 2003 - July 2006
Civilian deaths: 426,369 - 793,663
Iraq Coalition Casualty Count
28 April 2005 - 7 January 2009
Civilian deaths: 44,276
The Iraq Family Health Study (World Health Organisation)
March 2003 - June 2006
Civilian deaths: 151,000
IRAQ MILITARY PERSONNEL ESTIMATES
UK: 179
United States: 4,343
Italy: 33
Ukraine: 18
Poland: 21
Bulgaria: 13
Spain: 11
Denmark: 7
El Salvador: 5
Slovakia: 4
Latvia and Georgia: 3
Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania: 2
Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea: 1
