Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
60,000-70,000 fatalities
There have been approximately 60,000 to 70,000 Russian combat fatalities in Ukraine, more than in all of its wars since World War II combined.
SOURCE: "Ukrainian Innovation in a War of Attrition" by CSIS's Seth G. Jones, Riley McCabe, and Alexander Palmer.
6,000 children
Mounting evidence suggests that Russian president Putin’s regime is exploiting statelessness in Ukraine to aid in his war effort by forcibly deporting people—including an estimated 6,000 children—to Russia.
SOURCE: "The State of Statelessness in Ukraine" by CSIS's Abigail Edwards, Ángeles Zúñiga, and Erol Yayboke.
95 percent
The U.S. automobile industry relies almost entirely on legacy chips, which account for 95 percent of its total semiconductor consumption.
SOURCE: "The Strategic Importance of Legacy Chips" by CSIS's Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner, and Thomas Howell.
683,000 migrants
As of October 2022, the United Nation’s migration agency, IOM, identified over 683,000 migrants in Libya from over 42 countries, equivalent to almost 10 percent of Libya’s population.
SOURCE: "Addressing Fragility in Libya Means Protecting Migrant Rights" by CSIS's Lauren Burke and Erol Yayboke.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Claire Dannenbaum, Claire Smrt, and the External Relations team.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.
