People living with chronic hepatitis C virus infection worldwide
47 million
people, worldwide
“Globally, an estimated 47 million people have chronic hepatitis C virus infection, with about 0.9 million new infections occurring per year.”
WHO fact sheet, Hepatitis C (28 July 2026), 2026-07-28
- Kind of source
- Registry or statistics office
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- Chronic infection only (curable with antivirals, so the count falls as people are treated). Estimates are for 2024.
- About
- Hepatitis C
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.