Global Statistics

Data-driven insights into humanity's greatest catastrophes

Total Deaths Tracked

813.2M

Events Documented

Deadliest Event

Smallpox (20th century)

Time Span

541 AD – Now

Top 10 Deadliest Events

Ranked by estimated death toll

Smallpox (20th century)300.0M

1900

Black Death120.0M

1347

Spanish Flu75.0M

1918

World War II75.0M

1939

Malaria (ongoing)70.0M

1900

HIV/AIDS42.0M

1981

Mongol Conquests40.0M

1206

Plague of Justinian30.0M

541

Taiping Rebellion30.0M

1850

World War I20.0M

1914

Deaths by Category

All Events Comparison

Death toll across all 16 documented events

All Documented Events

Plague of Justinian

541–549 · pandemic

30.0M

Black Death

1347–1353 · pandemic

120.0M

Smallpox (20th century)

1900–1980 · pandemic

300.0M

Spanish Flu

1918–1920 · pandemic

75.0M

HIV/AIDS

1981–now · pandemic

42.0M

COVID-19

2019–now · pandemic

7.0M

Malaria (ongoing)

1900–now · pandemic

70.0M

Ebola (2014–2016)

2014–2016 · pandemic

11K

Hantavirus (ongoing)

1993–now · pandemic

Cholera (7 pandemics)

1817–now · pandemic

4.0M

World War I

1914–1918 · war

20.0M

World War II

1939–1945 · war

75.0M

Mongol Conquests

1206–1368 · war

40.0M

Taiping Rebellion

1850–1864 · war

30.0M

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

1945–1945 · nuclear

160K

Chernobyl Disaster

1986–1986 · nuclear

30K