1.3 Billion People Worldwide Projected To Have Diabetes By 2050

The number of people worldwide with diabetes is projected to more than double in the next three decades, reaching 1.3 billion by 2050. In 2021, approximately 529 million people had diabetes. The expected increase would cause the worldwide prevalence to rise from 6% in 2021 to nearly 10% of the expected world population in 2050.

By 2050, the researchers estimated that 89 of 204 countries and territories (43.6%) will have an age-standardized rate greater than 10%. Two super-regions would have total diabetes prevalence rates notably greater than 10%: north Africa and the Middle East (16.8 . . .