Table.

Estimate of individuals with lymphatic filariasis, by WHO region

	2000	2005	2010	2018
African region	74 806 947 (59 751 659–93 547 156)	53 285 936 (41 433 633–66 593 897)	22 699 590 (17 650 038–29 487 073)	10 142 514 (6 732 523–15 631 274)
Region of the Americas	3 115 289 (1 557 956–5 667 033)	1 296 451 (686 440–2 270 334)	470 720 (223 958–946 375)	368 629 (153 412–812 803)
Eastern Mediterranean region	3 684 550 (2 148 922–6 804 707)	1 169 399 (397 804–3 694 354)	1 711 945 (750 046–3 718 240)	982 521 (166 924–3 347 885)
South-East Asia region	106 819 113 (90 789 357–134 298 186)	85 737 230 (74 067 271–101 995 083)	50 694 194 (42 897 155–63 174 481)	36 783 583 (30 601 450–46 532 997)
Western Pacific region	8 967 559 (3 165 419—21 686 740)	4 768 730 (2 139 517–11 748 685)	4 242 981 (1 470 866–11 528 780)	2 568 909 (1 042 163–6 234 225)
Total	198 758 026 (174 061 903–234 011 832)	147 319 711 (130 326 019–167 892 148)	80 279 264 (69 142 381–96 315 543)	51 417 924 (42 885 379–63 414 821)

Data are mean (95% uncertainty interval). We did not estimate the number of individuals with lymphatic filariasis for the European region.