@ |
id |
death_toll |
event |
Location |
date_range |
disease |
lasted(years) |
|
0112 |
|
Third plague pandemic |
Worldwide |
1855–1960 |
Bubonic plague |
105 |
|
0011 |
> 10 000 |
Sweating sickness (multiple outbreaks) |
England and later continental Europe |
1485–1551 |
Unknown, possibly an unknown species of hantavirus |
66 |
|
0156 |
> 30,000,000 |
HIV/AIDS pandemic |
worldwide |
1960–present |
HIV/AIDS |
60 |
|
0018 |
|
|
South America |
1600–1650 |
Malaria |
50 |
|
0044 |
|
|
Thirteen Colonies |
1721–1722 |
Smallpox |
49 |
|
0132 |
> 800,000 |
Sixth cholera pandemic |
Europe, Asia, Africa |
1899–1923 |
Cholera |
24 |
|
0007 |
|
Plague of 664 |
British Isles |
664–689 |
Plague |
22 |
|
0010 |
75–200 million; 30–60% of population |
Black Death |
Europe , Asia and North Africa |
1331–1353 |
Plague |
22 |
|
0085 |
> 100,000 |
Second cholera pandemic |
Asia, Europe, North America |
1829–1851 |
Cholera |
22 |
|
0134 |
|
|
Uganda |
1900–1920 |
Trypanosomiasis |
20 |
|
0122 |
|
|
Argentina |
1852–1871 |
Yellow fever |
19 |
|
0003 |
|
Plague of Cyprian |
Europe |
250–266 |
Unknown, possibly smallpox |
16 |
|
0117 |
|
Fourth cholera pandemic |
Middle East |
1863–1879 |
Cholera |
16 |
|
0002 |
5–10 million |
Antonine Plague |
Roman Empire |
165–180 (possibly up to 190) |
Unknown, possibly smallpox |
15 |
|
0127 |
> 9,000 |
Fifth cholera pandemic |
India, Germany |
1881–1896 |
Cholera |
15 |
|
0149 |
|
Seventh cholera pandemic |
worldwide |
1961–1975 |
Cholera |
14 |
|
0139 |
1.5 million |
1915 Encephalitis lethargica pandemic |
worldwide |
1915–1926 |
Encephalitis lethargica |
11 |
|
0078 |
> 100,000 |
First cholera pandemic |
Asia, Europe |
1816–1826 |
Cholera |
10 |
|
0131 |
|
|
Congo Basin |
1896–1906 |
Trypanosomiasis |
10 |
|
0157 |
|
|
South America |
1990s |
Cholera |
10 |
|
0208 |
9,985 (May 2017) |
Haiti cholera outbreak |
Hispaniola |
2010–present |
Cholera |
10 |
|
0034 |
|
|
Spain |
1676–1685 |
Plague |
9 |
|
0197 |
|
|
China |
2008-2017 |
Hand, foot and mouth disease |
9 |
|
0209 |
> 4,500 (February 2014) |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2011–present |
Measles |
9 |
|
0210 |
170 |
|
Vietnam |
2011–present |
Hand, foot and mouth disease |
9 |
|
0107 |
1,000,000 |
Third cholera pandemic |
Russia |
1852–1860 |
Cholera |
8 |
|
0213 |
862 (as of 13 January 2020) |
2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak |
Worldwide |
2012–present |
Middle East respiratory syndrome |
8 |
|
0017 |
|
|
Spain |
1596–1602 |
Plague |
6 |
|
0084 |
|
|
Iran |
1829–1835 |
Bubonic plague |
6 |
|
0027 |
|
Great Plague of Seville |
Spain |
1647–1652 |
Plague |
5 |
|
0069 |
|
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences |
United States |
1793–1798 |
Yellow fever |
5 |
|
0159 |
231 |
|
worldwide |
1996-2001 |
vCJD |
5 |
|
0015 |
|
|
Seneca nation |
1592–1596 |
Measles |
4 |
|
0014 |
2–2.5 million (50% of population) |
Cocoliztli epidemic of 1576 |
Mexico |
1576–1580 |
Possibly Salmonella enterica |
4 |
|
0133 |
113 |
Third plague pandemic |
San Francisco |
1900–1904 |
Bubonic plague |
4 |
|
0141 |
|
|
Russia |
1918–1922 |
Typhus |
4 |
|
0221 |
3,886 (as of 30 November 2019) |
2016–17 Yemen cholera outbreak |
Yemen |
2016–present |
Cholera |
4 |
|
0026 |
|
|
China |
1641–1644 |
Plague |
3 |
|
0001 |
75,000–100,000 |
Plague of Athens |
Greece |
429–426 BC |
|
3 |
|
0021 |
30–90% of population |
1616 New England epidemic |
Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people |
1616–1619 |
|
3 |
|
0012 |
5–15 million (80% of population) |
Cocoliztli Epidemic of 1545–1548 |
Mexico |
1545–1548 |
Possibly Salmonella enterica |
3 |
|
0070 |
|
|
Spain |
1800–1803 |
Yellow fever |
3 |
|
0077 |
|
|
Ireland |
1816–1819 |
Typhus |
3 |
|
0079 |
|
|
United States |
1820–1823 |
Yellow fever |
3 |
|
0087 |
|
|
Plains Indians |
1831–1834 |
Smallpox |
3 |
|
0214 |
>> 11,300 |
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa |
Worldwide, primarily concentrated in West Africa |
2013–2016 |
Ebola virus disease |
3 |
|
0216 |
40 |
2014 Madagascar plague outbreak |
Madagascar |
2014–2017 |
Bubonic plague |
3 |
|
0008 |
|
735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic |
Japan |
735–737 |
Smallpox |
2 |
|
0041 |
|
|
Thirteen Colonies |
1713–1715 |
Measles |
2 |
|
0040 |
|
Great Northern War plague outbreak |
Denmark,Sweden |
1710–1712 |
Plague |
2 |
|