Way Off facts · 🏛️ History
How many people did the Black Death kill in Europe?
50 million
people
50,000,000 exactly, give or take
Around half of Europe, in five years. Wages doubled afterwards — there was no one left to do the work.SOURCEHistorical epidemiology estimates
Scale check: 50 million is roughly all of Greater London.
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