Diabetes mellitus

African Region
Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East Region
European Region
North American Region
South and Central American Region
South-East Asian Region
Western Pacific Region

Table 1.a | Top 10: Prevalence of diabetes* (20-79 age group), 2007

  Country/territory

2007
Prevalence
(%)
     
1 Nauru

30.7
2 United Arab Emirates

19.5
3 Saudi Arabia

16.7
4 Bahrain

15.2
5 Kuwait

14.4
6 Oman

13.1
7 Tonga

12.9
8 Mauritius

11.1
9 Egypt

11.0
10 Mexico

10.6

Table 1.b | Top 10: Prevalence of diabetes* (20-79 age group), 2025
  Country/territory

2025
Prevalence
(%)
     
1 Nauru

32.2
2 United Arab Emirates

21.9
3 Saudi Arabia

18.4
4 Bahrain

17.0
5 Kuwait

16.4
6 Tonga

15.2
7 Oman

14.2
8 Mauritius

13.4
9 Egypt

13.4
10 Mexico

12.4
* comparative prevalence
Includes only countries where surveys with glucose testing were undertaken for that country
Table 2.a | Top 10: Number of people with diabetes (20-79 age group), 2007
  Country/territory

2007
Persons
(Millions)
     
1 India

40.9
2 China

39.8
3 United States of America

19.2
4 Russian Federation

9.6
5 Germany

7.4
6 Japan

7.0
7 Pakistan

6.9
8 Brazil

6.9
9 Mexico

6.1
10 Egypt

4.4
Table 2.b | Top 10: Number of people with diabetes (20-79 age group), 2025
  Country/territory

2025
Persons
(Millions)
     
1 India

69.9
2 China

59.3
3 United States of America

25.4
4 Brazil

17.6
5 Pakistan

11.5
6 Mexico

10.8
7 Russian Federation

10.3
8 Germany

8.1
9 Egypt

7.6
10 Bangladesh

7.4

Table 3.a | Regional estimates for diabetes (20-79 age group), 2007

 2007

 

    

 Region

 Population
(20-79)

millions		 No. of
people with
diabetes

millions		 Diabetes
prevalence*

%

 

    
AFR

336 

10.4

3.6

EMME

 318

24.5

9.2

EUR

 634

53.2

6.6

NA

 306

28.3

8.4

SACA

 272

16.2

6.3

SEA

 770

46.5

6.5

WP

 1,469

67.0

4.4

 

 

 

TOTAL

 4,107

246.1

5.9

Table 3.b | Regional estimates for diabetes (20-79 age group), 2025

 2025

 

    

 Region

 Population
(20-79)

millions		 No. of
people with
diabetes

millions		 Diabetes
prevalence*

%

 

    
AFR

537

18.7

4.5

EMME

 492

44.5

10.4

EUR

 653

64.1

7.8

NA

 376

40.5

9.7

SACA

 364

32.7

9.3

SEA

 1,083

80.3

8.0

WP

1,732

99.4

5.1

 

 

 

TOTAL

 5,237

380.3

7.1

Table 3.c | Regional estimates for diabetes (20-79 age group), 2007 and 2025
 2007/2025

 

 Region

 Increase in the
no. of people with diabetes

%

 
AFR

80.1

EMME

81.4

EUR

20.6

NA

43.4

SACA

101.7

SEA

 72.6

WP

48.4

 

TOTAL

 54.5

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