Statistics by Country for Insomnia

About these extrapolations of prevalence and incidence statistics for Insomnia: These statistics are calculated extrapolations of various prevalence or incidence rates against the populations of a particular country or region. The statistics used for prevalence/incidence of Insomnia are typically based on US, UK, Canadian or Australian statistics. This extrapolation calculation is automated and does not take into account any genetic, cultural, environmental, social, racial or other differences across the various countries and regions for which the extrapolated Insomnia statistics below refer to. As such, these extrapolations may be highly inaccurate (especially for developing or third-world countries) and only give a general indication (or even a meaningless indication) as to the actual prevalence or incidence of Insomnia in that region.

About prevalence and incidence statistics in general for Insomnia: The word 'prevalence' of Insomnia usually means the estimated population of people who are managing Insomnia at any given time (i.e. people with Insomnia). The term 'incidence' of Insomnia means the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Insomnia diagnosed each year (i.e. getting Insomnia). Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Prevalance of Insomnia: 32 million (unreliable estimate)
Prevalance Rate for Insomnia: approx 1 in 8 or 11.76% or 32 million people in USA [about data]
Extrapolation of Prevalence Rate of Insomnia to Countries and Regions: The following table attempts to extrapolate the above prevalence rate for Insomnia to the populations of various countries and regions. As discussed above, these prevalence extrapolations for Insomnia are only estimates and may have limited relevance to the actual prevalence of Insomnia in any region:

Country/Region	Extrapolated Prevalence	Population Estimated Used
Insomnia in North America (Extrapolated Statistics)
USA	34,547,694	293,655,405¹
Canada	3,824,455	32,507,874²
Insomnia in Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Austria	961,736	8,174,762²
Belgium	1,217,444	10,348,276²
Britain (United Kingdom)	7,090,671	60,270,708 for UK²
Czech Republic	146,609	1,0246,178²
Denmark	636,869	5,413,392²
Finland	613,471	5,214,512²
France	7,108,730	60,424,213²
Greece	1,252,650	10,647,529²
Germany	9,697,012	82,424,609²
Iceland	34,584	293,966²
Hungary	1,180,279	10,032,375²
Liechtenstein	3,933	33,436²
Ireland	467,006	3,969,558²
Italy	6,830,291	58,057,477²
Luxembourg	54,434	462,690²
Monaco	3,796	32,270²
Netherlands (Holland)	1,919,788	16,318,199²
Poland	4,544,276	38,626,349²
Portugal	1,238,134	10,524,145²
Spain	4,738,915	40,280,780²
Sweden	1,057,223	8,986,400²
Switzerland	876,572	7,450,867²
United Kingdom	7,090,671	60,270,708²
Wales	343,294	2,918,000²
Insomnia in the Balkans (Extrapolated Statistics)
Albania	417,036	3,544,808²
Bosnia and Herzegovina	47,953	407,608²
Croatia	529,043	4,496,869²
Macedonia	240,009	2,040,085²
Serbia and Montenegro	1,273,635	10,825,900²
Insomnia in Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Bangladesh	16,628,290	141,340,476²
Bhutan	257,125	2,185,569²
China	152,805,599	1,298,847,624²
East Timor	119,911	1,019,252²
Hong Kong s.a.r.	806,485	6,855,125²
India	125,302,421	1,065,070,607²
Indonesia	28,053,287	238,452,952²
Japan	14,980,352	127,333,002²
Laos	713,896	6,068,117²
Macau s.a.r.	52,386	445,286²
Malaysia	2,767,350	23,522,482²
Mongolia	323,683	2,751,314²
Philippines	10,146,081	86,241,697²
Papua New Guinea	637,679	5,420,280²
Vietnam	9,725,035	82,662,800²
Singapore	512,222	4,353,893²
Pakistan	18,728,980	159,196,336²
North Korea	2,670,300	22,697,553²
South Korea	5,674,559	48,233,760²
Sri Lanka	2,341,784	19,905,165²
Taiwan	2,676,451	22,749,838²
Thailand	7,631,237	64,865,523²
Insomnia in Eastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Azerbaijan	925,692	7,868,385²
Belarus	1,213,002	10,310,520²
Bulgaria	884,467	7,517,973²
Estonia	157,842	1,341,664²
Georgia	552,222	4,693,892²
Kazakhstan	1,781,612	15,143,704²
Latvia	271,330	2,306,306²
Lithuania	424,458	3,607,899²
Romania	2,630,064	22,355,551²
Russia	16,938,124	143,974,059²
Slovakia	638,066	5,423,567²
Slovenia	236,643	2,011,473 ²
Tajikistan	824,888	7,011,556 ²
Ukraine	5,615,538	47,732,079²
Uzbekistan	3,107,107	26,410,416²
Insomnia in Australasia and Southern Pacific (Extrapolated Statistics)
Australia	2,342,722	19,913,144²
New Zealand	469,860	3,993,817²
Insomnia in the Middle East (Extrapolated Statistics)
Afghanistan	3,354,550	28,513,677²
Egypt	8,954,990	76,117,421²
Gaza strip	155,881	1,324,991²
Iran	7,941,553	67,503,205²
Iraq	2,985,257	25,374,691²
Israel	729,295	6,199,008²
Jordan	660,141	5,611,202²
Kuwait	265,593	2,257,549²
Lebanon	444,378	3,777,218²
Libya	662,539	5,631,585²
Saudi Arabia	3,034,816	25,795,938²
Syria	2,119,632	18,016,874²
Turkey	8,105,166	68,893,918²
United Arab Emirates	296,931	2,523,915²
West Bank	271,906	2,311,204²
Yemen	2,355,866	20,024,867²
Insomnia in South America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belize	32,111	272,945²
Brazil	21,658,953	184,101,109²
Chile	1,861,641	15,823,957²
Colombia	4,977,738	42,310,775²
Guatemala	1,680,070	14,280,596²
Mexico	12,348,187	104,959,594²
Nicaragua	630,559	5,359,759²
Paraguay	728,396	6,191,368²
Peru	3,240,506	27,544,305²
Puerto Rico	458,583	3,897,960²
Venezuela	2,943,221	25,017,387²
Insomnia in Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Angola	1,291,594	10,978,552²
Botswana	192,850	1,639,231²
Central African Republic	440,291	3,742,482²
Chad	1,122,181	9,538,544²
Congo Brazzaville	352,710	2,998,040²
Congo kinshasa	6,860,826	58,317,030²
Ethiopia	8,392,537	71,336,571²
Ghana	2,442,003	20,757,032²
Kenya	3,880,248	32,982,109²
Liberia	398,898	3,390,635²
Niger	1,336,533	11,360,538²
Nigeria	2,088,277	12,5750,356²
Rwanda	969,255	8,238,673²
Senegal	1,276,723	10,852,147²
Sierra leone	692,222	5,883,889²
Somalia	977,011	8,304,601²
Sudan	4,605,666	39,148,162²
South Africa	5,229,231	44,448,470²
Swaziland	137,557	1,169,241²
Tanzania	4,243,623	36,070,799²
Uganda	3,104,736	26,390,258²
Zambia	1,297,139	11,025,690²
Zimbabwe	431,983	1,2671,860²

Footnotes:
1. US Census Bureau, Population Estimates, 2004
2. US Census Bureau, International Data Base, 2004

Last revision: Nov 13, 2003

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