Table 1. Country information regarding demographics and paediatric cancer.
| Country | World Bank income status [3] | Population (millions) [78] | Proportion 0–14 years old (%) [78] | >25% pop. below the international poverty line [5] | CIRb for childhood cancer per 100,000 populationa [78] | Annual number of paediatric cancer casesa [78] | Childhood Cancer mortalitya [78] | Cancer registration [18] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | LIC | 42.2 | 43 | Yes | 8.3 | 1,349 | 752 | None |
| Bahrain | HIC | 1.5 | 20 | No | 8.4 | 26 | 3 | National |
| Djibouti | LMIC | 1.1 | 30 | No | 7.4 | 21 | 14 | None |
| Egypt | LMIC | 112.7 | 33 | Yes | 12.0 | 4,181 | 1,581 | Subnational |
| Iran | LMIC | 89.2 | 23 | No | 13.7 | 2,841 | 1,290 | National |
| Iraq | UMIC | 45.5 | 37 | No | 10.5 | 1,589 | 602 | Subnational |
| Jordan | UMIC | 11.3 | 32 | No | 9.9 | 333 | 110 | National |
| Kuwait | HIC | 4.3 | 20 | No | 11.2 | 103 | 25 | National |
| Lebanon | LMIC | 5.4 | 27 | No | 12.5 | 214 | 65 | National |
| Libya | UMIC | 6.9 | 28 | No | 11.1 | 212 | 67 | Subnational |
| Morocco | LMIC | 37.8 | 26 | No | 12.7 | 1,252 | 487 | Subnational |
| OPT | LIC | 5.4 | 38 | No | 10.2 | 200 | 76 | None |
| Oman | HIC | 4.6 | 27 | No | 11.8 | 135 | 27 | National |
| Pakistan | LMIC | 240.5 | 36 | Yes | 7.2 | 5,574 | 2,769 | Subnational |
| Qatar | HIC | 2.7 | 16 | No | 8.1 | 32 | 3 | National |
| Saudi Arabia | HIC | 36.9 | 26 | No | 12.5 | 1,076 | 246 | National |
| Somalia | LIC | 18.1 | 47 | No | 10.8 | 789 | 527 | None |
| Sudan | LIC | 48.1 | 41 | Yes | 9.2 | 1,604 | 846 | None |
| Syrian Arab Republic | LIC | 23.2 | 30 | Yes | 10.6 | 572 | 251 | National |
| Tunisia | LMIC | 12.5 | 25 | No | 11.1 | 320 | 96 | Subnational |
| UAE | HIC | 9.5 | 15 | No | 11.0 | 161 | 28 | Subnational |
| Yemen | LIC | 34.4 | 39 | No | 10.9 | 1,263 | 670 | Subnational |
a
All data are for children aged 0–14 years and for 2020;
b
CIR = Crude Incidence Rate
LIC = Low Income Countries; LMIC = Lower-Middle Income Countries; UMIC = Upper-Middle Income Countries; HIC = High Income Countries