Table 1.
History of pandemics (sorted by death toll).
| Name | Time | Deaths | Frequency | Mortality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Death (Bubonic Plague) | 1347–1351 | 200 M | 334 M 667 M | 30% 60% |
| Smallpox | 1520 | 56 M | 187 M | 30% |
| Spanish Flu | 1918–1919 | 50 M | 2000 M | 2.5% |
| HIV/AIDS | 1981–Present | 32 M | 1600 M | 2% |
| Asian Flu | 1957–1958 | 1.1 M | 164 M | 0.67% |
| Hong Kong Flu | 1968–1970 | 1 M | 200 M | 0.5% |
| COVID-19 | 2019–Present (2020.6.3) | 388 K | 6.6 M | 6% |
| Swine Flu | 2009–2010 | 284 K | 700 M | 0.04% |
| Yellow Fever | Late 1800s | 60 K | 170 K | 35% |
| Ebola | 2014–2016 | 11.3 K | 23 K | 50% |
| MERS | 2012–Present | 866 | 2519 | 35% |
| SARS | 2002–2003 | 774 | 8098 | 9.5% |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), WHO, BBC, Wikipedia.