People living with diabetes worldwide, 2021 (type 2 is 96.0% of cases)

529 million

people, worldwide

A newer figure replaces this one: 529 million ... 96·0%

“In 2021, there were 529 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 500-564) people living with diabetes worldwide, and the global age-standardised total diabetes prevalence was 6·1% (5·8-6·5).”

GBD 2021 Diabetes Collaborators, Lancet 2023, 2023

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Peer-reviewed study

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2026-11-06

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What to know

The figure is all diabetes, not type 2 alone. The same abstract says: 'type 2 diabetes, which in 2021 accounted for 96·0% (95·1-96·8) of diabetes cases'. No type 2 only count was found.

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