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. 2006 Mar;90(3):262–267. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.081224

Table 5 Number of people with OAG and ACG combined, 2020.

World region Total glaucoma Lower CL Upper CL Total population >40 Ratio glaucoma to population >40 Lower CL Upper CL
China 21,824,015 15,564,052 32,008,501 714,911,000 3.05% 1.64% 1.41%
India 16,088,243 12,661,836 20,921,034 610,439,000 2.64% 1.81% 0.82%
Europe 13,971,113 10,338,552 19,017,776 583,088,000 2.40% 2.13% 0.27%
Africa 8,359,451 6,744,779 10,360,282 190,366,000 4.39% 4.22% 0.17%
Latin America 8,011,575 4,625,900 14,035,093 222,238,000 3.60% 3.40% 0.20%
SE Asia 6,005,711 4,242,094 8,976,978 234,717,000 2.56% 1.29% 1.26%
Japan 3,084,669 2,620,687 3,686,374 77,968,000 3.96% 3.53% 0.43%
Middle East 2,295,407 1,663,614 3,210,499 151,907,000 1.51% 1.35% 0.17%
World 79,640,184 58,461,515 112,216,536 2,785,634,000 2.86% 2.11% 0.75%
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