Map Of Coalition Countries That Lost At Least 1 Solider Helping US Forces In Afghanistan Between 2001 & 2021

The map above shows every single coalition country to lose a solider in Afghanistan helping the US fight its war on terror in the country between 2001 and 2021.

The US invoked NATO’s Article 5 for the first and only time in its history as direct result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States.

Here are the total number of deaths per country, along with deaths relative to the country’s population:

Country	Deaths	Population (2010)	Deaths per million
USA	2,461	309 million	7.96
UK	457	63 million	7.25
Canada	159	34 million	4.68
France	90	63 million	1.43
Germany	62	82 million	0.76
Italy	53	60 million	0.88
Poland	44	38 million	1.16
Denmark	43	5.5 million	7.82
Australia	41	22 million	1.86
Spain	35	46 million	0.76
Georgia	32	4.4 million	7.27
Romania	27	21.3 million	1.27
Netherlands	25	16.6 million	1.51
Turkey	15	73.7 million	0.2
Czech Republic	14	10.5 million	1.33
New Zealand	10	4.4 million	2.27
Norway	10	4.9 million	2.04
Estonia	9	1.3 million	6.92
Hungary	7	10 million	0.7
Sweden	5	9.4 million	0.53
Latvia	4	2.2 million	1.82
Slovakia	3	5.4 million	0.56
Finland	2	5.4 million	0.37
Jordan	2	6.1 million	0.33
Portugal	2	10.6 million	0.19
South Korea	2	49.5 million	0.04
Albania	2	2.8 million	0.71
Belgium	1	11 million	0.09
Bulgaria	1	7.5 million	0.13
Croatia	1	4.4 million	0.23
Lithuania	1	3.2 million	0.31
Montenegro	1	0.62 million	1.61

And here’s a map showing relative coalition deaths by country:

In total there were 3,621 coalition deaths in Afghanistan, which includes deaths “In and Around Afghanistan,” but not deaths on soldiers on their to and from Afghanistan.

If those were included there would be an additional 59 US deaths, 62 Spanish deaths and 1 additional Canadian death for a total of 122 extra dead, not included in the table above.

Of course this pales in comparison to the civilian loss of life. The Costs of War Project:

“Estimated that 243,000 people died as a direct result of this war.

These figures do not include deaths caused by disease, loss of access to food, water, infrastructure, and/or other indirect consequences of the war.”

Additionally,

Since invading Afghanistan in 2001, the United States has spent $2.313 trillion on the war, which includes operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Note that this total does not include funds that the United States government is obligated to spend on lifetime care for American veterans of this war, nor does it include future interest payments on money borrowed to fund the war.

Given that the Taliban is now back in power in Afghanistan, it’s difficult not to argue that it was all a huge waste of lives and money.

Just food for thought the next time the US asks the rest of the world for help.

Also see: Map Of Countries That Lost Soldiers Helping US Forces In Iraq Between 2003 & 2011