Western estimates put the Arab casualty toll as 8,528 dead and 19,540 wounded.

Western estimates suggest the figure may be closer to 5 percent.

Western estimates of Soviet military manpower are generally higher.

By Western estimates, there are no more than 15,000 active rebel fighters, divided into several rival groups.

Recent Western estimates have put the number rounded up at several hundred.

By Western estimates, the current figure is 10,000 to 11,000.

Western estimates put German casualties lower at about 300,000 - 350,000 men.

The official figure is 28 dead, but some Western estimates put the figure at up to 100.

Western estimates of the number of Jews who want to emigrate run much higher.

Western estimates of China's space budget are typically about $2 billion a year.