The data displays the estimated number of people who died worldwide during influenza pandemics. During the Spanish flu from 1918 to 1919 around 50 million people were estimated to have died. More recently, between 151,700 and 575,400 people died from the swine flu or H1N1 pandemic in 2009.
Spanish flu (1918-1919) | 50000000 |
Asian flu (1957-1958) | 1100000 |
Hong Kong flu (1968-1969) | 1000000 |
Swine Flu/H1N1 (2009) | 575400 |