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. 2022 Sep 15;14(18):4473. doi: 10.3390/cancers14184473

Table 1.

Estimated number of new cases of liver cancer in Asia from 2020 to 2040, Incidence, both sexes, age [0–85+], based on CANCERTOMORROW|IARC.

Population Annual Population Number of New Cases Change in Number of Cases
2020 2040 2020 2040
Afghanistan 38,928,341 56,912,008 956 2024 +111.7%
Armenia 2,963,234 2,905,147 427 599 +40.3%
Azerbaijan 10,139,175 11,055,063 510 914 +79.2%
Bahrain 1,701,583 2,199,706 36 109 +202.8%
Bangladesh 164,689,383 188,416,728 3261 5928 +81.8%
Bhutan 771,612 885,158 34 61 +79.4%
Brunei Darussalam 437,483 488,817 43 108 +151.2%
Cambodia 16,718,971 20,526,539 3142 5999 +90.9%
China 1,447,470,092 1,457,962,454 410,038 595,242 +45.2%
Democratic People Republic of Korea 25,778,815 26,858,031 5607 7882 +40.6%
Georgia 3,989,175 3,689,311 418 463 +10.8%
India 1,380,004,391 1,592,691,531 34,743 56,309 +62.1%
Indonesia 273,523,621 318,637,860 21,392 39,273 +83.6%
Iraq 40,222,503 60,583,717 713 1604 +125.0%
Islamic Republic of Iran 83,992,953 98,593,610 5701 12,581 +120.7%
Israel 8,655,541 11,332,909 388 640 +64.9%
Japan 126,476,458 113,356,481 45,663 52,218 +14.4%
Jordan 10,203,140 11,886,728 204 430 +110.8%
Kazakhstan 18,776,707 22,370,403 1039 1707 +64.3%
Kuwait 4,270,563 5,152,526 128 482 +276.6%
Kyrgyzstan 6,524,191 8,307,138 476 911 +91.4%
Lao People Democratic Republic 7,275,556 8,971,941 1272 2453 +92.8%
Lebanon 6,825,442 6,376,397 172 302 +75.6%
Malaysia 32,365,998 38,754,576 2149 3906 +81.8%
Maldives 540,542 556,282 29 83 +186.2%
Mongolia 3,278,292 4,089,199 2236 4506 +101.5%
Myanmar 54,409,794 61,201,610 5466 8529 +56.0%
Nepal 29,136,808 34,889,298 524 1007 +92.2%
Oman 5,106,622 64,37,413 128 364 +184.4%
Pakistan 220,892,331 302,129,186 5331 9901 +85.7%
Palestine 5,101,416 7,599,231 164 407 +148.2%
Philippines 109,581,085 135,618,864 10,594 19,882 +87.7%
Qatar 2,881,060 3,628,689 56 256 +357.1%
Republic of Korea 51,269,183 49,783,741 14,788 23,763 +60.7%
Saudi Arabia 34,813,867 42,473,029 1145 3542 +209.3%
Singapore 5,850,343 6,445,489 1347 3213 +138.5%
Sri Lanka 21,413,250 22,186,243 354 540 +52.5%
Syrian Arab Republic 17,500,657 30,153,278 376 1093 +190.7%
Tajikistan 9,537,642 13,845,878 304 676 +122.4%
Thailand 69,799,978 69,008,295 27,394 42,614 +55.6%
Timor-Leste 1,318,442 1,809,281 48 83 +72.9%
Turkey 84,339,067 94,131,585 5649 10,733 +90.0%
Turkmenistan 6,031,187 7,408,523 317 554 +74.8%
United Arab Emirates 9,890,400 10,648,314 83 452 +444.6%
Uzbekistan 33,469,199 40,608,381 1629 3223 +97.9%
Viet Nam 97,338,583 107,795,035 26,418 41,124 +55.7%
Yemen 29,825,968 42,670,023 745 1541 +106.8%
Totals 4,616,030,644 5,164,031,646 643,637 970,231 +50.7%