Visualize the deadliest pandemics, wars, and nuclear events in human history.
813.2M
Total deaths tracked
16
Historical events
Plague of Justinian
541–549 · Yersinia pestis
30.0M
deaths
Black Death
1347–1353 · Yersinia pestis
120.0M
Smallpox (20th century)
1900–1980 · Variola virus
300.0M
Spanish Flu
1918–1920 · Influenza A H1N1
75.0M
HIV/AIDS
1981–present · Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
42.0M
COVID-19
2019–present · SARS-CoV-2
7.0M
Malaria (ongoing)
1900–present · Plasmodium falciparum
70.0M
Ebola (2014–2016)
2014–2016 · Ebola virus (EBOV)
11K
Hantavirus (ongoing)
1993–present · Hantavirus (multiple species)
4K
Cholera (7 pandemics)
1817–present · Vibrio cholerae
4.0M
World War I
1914–1918
20.0M
World War II
1939–1945
Mongol Conquests
1206–1368
40.0M
Taiping Rebellion
1850–1864
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
1945–1945
160K
Chernobyl Disaster
1986–1986
30K
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