The deadliest pandemics in history
The top 3 according to 8 votes from people: The Black Death (1346–1353) · The Spanish flu (1918–1920) · Smallpox. (Updated Apr 2, 2024.)
From the Black Death to the Spanish flu, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19: the great outbreaks that struck humanity and their estimated death tolls, according to Our World in Data and others.
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Top 12
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The Black Death (1346–1353)
The plague that is thought to have killed around half of Europe's population.
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The Spanish flu (1918–1920)
The influenza that killed an estimated 50 to 100 million people.
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Smallpox
It killed about 300 million people in the 20th century alone and was eradicated in 1980.
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The Plague of Justinian (541–549)
The first great plague pandemic, which struck the Byzantine Empire.
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The Asian flu (1957)
About 2 million deaths.
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Swine flu (2009)
The outbreak caused by the H1N1 virus of swine origin.
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Diseases in the Americas after 1492
Diseases brought by Europeans devastated the native peoples of the Americas.
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HIV/AIDS (1981–)
More than 30 million deaths so far.
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COVID-19 (2020–)
Excess deaths are estimated in the tens of millions.
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The Russian flu (1889)
Thought to have killed about 4 million people.
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The Hong Kong flu (1968)
About 2 million deaths.
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Cholera (seventh pandemic, 1961–)
The cholera pandemic that is still going on.
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