The French and Indian War

200,000

estimated total dead

Each dot below represents 1,000 human lives. Scroll to watch the scale unfold.

Military Dead

140,000 soldiers killed in combat, from wounds, or from disease. Each = 1,000 lives.

British & Colonists — 70,000 military dead

French & Native Allies — 70,000 military dead

Civilian Dead

60,000 civilians killed — from violence, famine, disease, and displacement. Wars are not fought only by soldiers.

Civilian dead — 60,000

Deadliest Engagements

Louisbourg6,000

Fort Carillon3,000

Fort William Henry2,700

incl. 200 civilians

Plains of Abraham1,600

incl. 200 civilians

Braddock's Defeat1,000

For Perspective

How French & Indian War's dead compare to other conflicts and events.

French & Indian War — total dead200,000

American Revolution total dead25,000

Native American deaths (Pontiac's War)10,000

Milestones of Loss

1,400 dead

Battle of the Plains of Abraham — both commanding generals die

25,000 dead

American Revolution total dead — a direct consequence of this war's outcome

60,000 dead

Civilian and Native American dead — the hidden cost of empire

140,000 dead

Total estimated dead — in a war that remade North America

All figures are historical estimates and vary across sources. The true human cost of war is impossible to fully quantify — these numbers represent the best scholarly consensus. Each number was a person with a name, a family, and a life unlived.