Estimated death toll of the Plague of Justinian 541-767

Pre-2019 estimates of the Plague of Justinian's death toll on infected populations from 541CE to 767CE

CharacteristicLower estimateUpper estimate
Share of global population who died from plague 541-767 33% 40%
Population decline in infected areas 541-544 20% 25%
Population decline in infected regions 541-700 50% 60%
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Release date

April 2020

Region

Asia, Europe, MENA

Survey time period

541 to 767

Supplementary notes

This data was compiled and cross-referenced with a variety of sources, most notably; Expectations of Life, by H.O. Lancaster (1990), and The Atlas of Disease, by Sandra Hempel (2018).

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