What Were the Death Tolls from Pandemics in History?

This resource from 'Our World in Data' estimates the death tolls from the most devastating pandemics in history, with a particular focus on the 19th century onwards.

Original text: https://ourworldindata.org/historical-pandemics

Author(s): Our World in Data

A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Chapters

• 1:58 What is a pandemic?
• 3:36 How do researchers estimate the death toll of pandemics?
• 5:05 A timeline of historical pandemics
• 10:32 Appendix: Major pandemics in the last millennium