Existing comment:
The effects of the pandemic, when converted to today's population numbers, look like this:
1918 | | 2018 |
1.7 billion people |
World Population |
7 billion people |
500 million people |
Approximately 1/3 of the World Population
(number of people who had the 1918 influenza) |
2.3 billion people |
50-100 million people |
Approximately 3%-5% of the World Population
(number of people who died from the 1918 influenza) |
210-350 million people |
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