How many people died in the 1918 flu pandemic?
History hard Data from 2023
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The answer
50,000,000 people
Roughly 50M.
The 1918 influenza pandemic is estimated to have killed at least 50 million people, and some analyses put it closer to 100 million — more than both world wars combined. It infected roughly a third of everyone alive, and unusually it hit healthy young adults hardest.
Where this number comes from
| Source | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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