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The usual perception of the influenza pandemic that ravaged the world throughout 1918-19 (and in a much less manner in 1920) is structured into analyzing three different waves that touched almost the whole of humanity in quick succession from the spring of 1918 onwards. Results from pandemics regarding the statistical records of influenza morbidity and mortality are the focus of medical science for a long time. Although the evolution of estimations across recent decades almost always tended towards higher and higher estimates, has led to visions of over 100 million deaths throughout definitely the most deadly influenza epidemic, it is clear that such numbers should be taken with a huge dose of skepticism. The approach of this paper is centred on the methods used in determining demographic estimations, and especially evaluations, of historical developments in the situation where the influenza pandemic overlapped with World War I.