People aged 40 and over living with open-angle glaucoma worldwide, 2024

80.5 (95% CI, 75.4-85.6) million

people, worldwide, ages 40 and over

“Global OAG prevalence (≥40 years) is expected to rise from 2.8% (95% CI, 2.6%-3.0%) in 2024 to 3.5% (95% CI, 3.2%-3.8%) by 2060, with the affected population increasing from 80.5 (95% CI, 75.4-85.6) million to 186.6 (95% CI, 174.3-199.0) million.”

American Journal of Ophthalmology 2026, Global Glaucoma Prevalence: Burden and Projection to 2060, 2025-12-18

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Peer-reviewed study

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2026-11-07

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What to know

Open-angle glaucoma only, from a meta-analysis of 77 population-based publications (1991-2023); angle-closure glaucoma is not counted, so all glaucoma is higher. Tham 2014's 76.0 million (tham-2014-glaucoma-prevalence-2020) counted all glaucoma at ages 40 to 80.

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