Global prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), pooled from population studies 1990 to 2019

30.05%

people per 10,000, worldwide (92 population studies)

“meta-analytic pooling of NAFLD prevalence estimates and ultrasound-defined NAFLD yielded an overall global prevalence of 30.05% (95% CI: 27.88%-32.32%) and 30.69% (28.4-33.09), respectively.”

Younossi et al., The global epidemiology of NAFLD and NASH: a systematic review, Hepatology 2023, 2023-04

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Peer-reviewed study

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2026-11-06

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What to know

Mostly adults, mostly imaging-defined. The same paper finds 38.00% in 2016 to 2019, up from 25.26% in 1990 to 2006.

Arithmetic

30.05% = 3005 per 10,000.

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