This can be seen from the World War, which caused tens of millions of casualties, yet the global population continued to grow.
In this regard, the threat of the European pandemic is actually far less than the Black Death. It's important to note that during the Black Death, Europe lost one-third of its population.
Of course, this was also influenced by the era. During the Black Death, human technology and medical standards were still poor, whereas by the early 20th century, society had undergone two rounds of technological revolution, and the medical field was undergoing explosive development, with the modern medical industry beginning to flourish.
Moreover, speaking of the era when the Black Death broke out, the sanitary conditions of Europeans were, to exaggerate a bit, not much different from pigsties, so it is not surprising that the Black Death ran rampant.
