EMDAT disaster data compared to population at the time of disaster

Below are the statistics of the top ten natural hazards leading to disasters from 1900-2013 by highest number of people killed/affected and the % of the total population of the time, for the countries Japan, Netherlands and United States. The sources are the EMDAT database and the central bureau of statistics of the respective countries. Note that the Netherlands only has eight entries qualifying the EMDAT criteria of natural disasters in this period for top ten events affecting people.

Disaster	Year	# Killed	Total population at the time	% of total population
Storm	1917	4000	54,134,000	0.00739
Earthquake (seismic activity)	1923	143000	58,119,000	0.24605
Storm	1923	3000	58,119,000	0.00516
Earthquake (seismic activity)	1933	3064	67,432,000	0.00454
Storm	1934	3006	68,309,000	0.00440
Storm	1945	3746	72,147,000	0.00519
Earthquake (seismic activity)	1948	5131	80,002,000	0.00641
Storm	1959	5098	92,641,000	0.00550
Earthquake (seismic activity)	1995	5297	127,799,000	0.00414
Earthquake (seismic activity)	2011	19846	125,570,000	0.01580

Top ten natural hazards leading to disasters from 1900-2013 in Japan, by highest number of people killed and the % of total population at the time

Disaster	Year	# Total Affected	Total population at the time	% of total population
Storm	1945	1340691	72,147,000	1.85828
Storm	1945	540981	72,147,000	0.74983
Storm	1950	642117	84,115,000	0.76338
Flood	1953	1886760	86,981,000	2.16916
Storm	1953	1000000	86,981,000	1.14968
Storm	1959	1500000	92,641,000	1.61915
Flood	1961	1302249	94,287,000	1.38115
Flood	1965	3000000	99,209,000	3.02392
Epidemic	1978	2000000	115,190,000	1.73626
Earthquake (seismic activity)	1995	541636	125,570,000	0.43134

Top ten natural hazards leading to disasters from 1900-2013 in Japan, by highest number of people affected and the % of total population at the time

Disaster	Year	# Killed	Total population at the time	% of total population
Flood	1953	2000	10,436,000	0.01916
Storm	1990	20	14,893,000	0.00013
Flood	1993	1	15,239,000	0.00001
Storm	1995	1	15,424,000	0.00001
Storm	1997	2	15,567,000	0.00001
Epidemic	1999	13	15,760,000	0.00008
Storm	2002	4	16,105,000	0.00002
Extreme temperature	2003	965	16,193,000	0.00596
Extreme temperature	2006	1000	16,334,000	0.00612
Storm	2007	7	16,358,000	0.00004

Top ten natural hazards leading to disasters from 1900-2013 in the Netherlands, by highest number of people killed and the % of total population at the time

Disaster	Year	# Total Affected	Total population at the time	% of total population
Flood	1953	300000	10,436,000	2.87466
Earthquake (seismic activity)	1992	20	15,129,000	0.00013
Flood	1993	13000	15,239,000	0.08531
Storm	1995	250000	15,424,000	1.62085
Storm	1997	100	15,567,000	0.00064
Flood	1998	2000	15,654,000	0.01278
Epidemic	1999	200	15,760,000	0.00127
Storm	2005	1	16,306,000	0.00001

Top eight (maximum amount of records) natural hazards leading to disasters from 1900-2013 in the Netherlands, by highest number of people affected and the % of total population at the time

Disaster	Year	# Killed	Total population at the time	% of total population
Storm	1900	6000	76,094,000	0.00788
Earthquake (seismic activity)	1906	2000	85,450,000	0.00234
Storm	1913	732	97,225,000	0.00075
Wildfire	1918	1000	103,208,000	0.00097
Storm	1925	739	115,829,000	0.00064
Storm	1928	1836	120,509,000	0.00152
Extreme temperature	1936	1193	226,542,250	0.00053
Extreme temperature	1980	1260	227,225,000	0.00055
Extreme temperature	1995	670	262,803,000	0.00025
Storm	2005	1833	296,410,404	0.00062

Top ten natural hazards leading to disasters from 1900-2013 in the United States, by highest number of people killed and the % of total population at the time

Disaster	Year	# Total Affected	Total population at the time	% of total population
Storm	1985	1000000	237,924,000	0.42030
Epidemic	1993	403000	257,783,000	0.15633
Storm	1999	3000010	272,691,000	1.10015
Storm	2004	5000000	293,656,842	1.70267
Storm	2005	500000	296,410,404	0.16869
Storm	2005	300000	296,410,404	0.10121
Wildfire	2007	640064	301,579,895	0.21224
Flood	2008	11000148	304,374,846	3.61401
Storm	2008	2100000	304,374,846	0.68994
Storm	2011	370000	311,591,917	0.11875

Top ten natural hazards leading to disasters from 1900-2013 in the United States, by highest number of people affected and the % of total population at the time