1,000,000/ev
1970
Typhoon in
Bangladesh
1,300,000/ev
1221
Meru
Massacre, Mongol Tului
1,600,000/ev
1232
Herat
Massacre, Jinghiz Khan
1,747,000/ev
1221
Nishapur
Massacre, Mongol Tului
1,900,000/yr
1950-1951
Korean War
(active period)
2,130,000/yr
1914-1917
World War I
(worldwide)
2,500,000/yr
1853-1864
Tai-ping
Rebellion, China
3,700,000/ev
1931
Flood,
Hwang-ho River, China
5,700,000/yr
1877-1878
North China
Famine
9,130,000/yr
1940-1945
World War II
(worldwide)
15,000,000/yr
1347-1351
The Plague
(Black Death)
20,000,000/ev
1710
Great Indian
Famine
21,640,000/ev
1918
Influenza
Pandemic (worldwide)
~52,000,000/yr
2001, 2002, …
NATURAL
DEATH (worldwide)
Number of Deaths per Event (ev) or per Year
Occurred in Years:
GREATEST DISASTERS in Human History
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