Statistics by Country for Vision Impairment

About these extrapolations of prevalence and incidence statistics for Vision Impairment: 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 Vision Impairment 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 Vision Impairment 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 Vision Impairment in that region.

About prevalence and incidence statistics in general for Vision Impairment: The word 'prevalence' of Vision Impairment usually means the estimated population of people who are managing Vision Impairment at any given time (i.e. people with Vision Impairment). The term 'incidence' of Vision Impairment means the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Vision Impairment diagnosed each year (i.e. getting Vision Impairment). 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 Vision Impairment: 2.4 million Americans
Prevalance Rate for Vision Impairment: approx 1 in 113 or 0.88% or 2.4 million people in USA [about data]
Extrapolation of Prevalence Rate of Vision Impairment to Countries and Regions: The following table attempts to extrapolate the above prevalence rate for Vision Impairment to the populations of various countries and regions. As discussed above, these prevalence extrapolations for Vision Impairment are only estimates and may have limited relevance to the actual prevalence of Vision Impairment in any region:

Country/Region	Extrapolated Prevalence	Population Estimated Used
Vision Impairment in North America (Extrapolated Statistics)
USA	2,591,077	293,655,405¹
Canada	286,834	32,507,874²
Vision Impairment in Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Austria	72,130	8,174,762²
Belgium	91,308	10,348,276²
Britain (United Kingdom)	531,800	60,270,708 for UK²
Czech Republic	10,995	1,0246,178²
Denmark	47,765	5,413,392²
Finland	46,010	5,214,512²
France	533,154	60,424,213²
Greece	93,948	10,647,529²
Germany	727,275	82,424,609²
Iceland	2,593	293,966²
Hungary	88,520	10,032,375²
Liechtenstein	295	33,436²
Ireland	35,025	3,969,558²
Italy	512,271	58,057,477²
Luxembourg	4,082	462,690²
Monaco	284	32,270²
Netherlands (Holland)	143,984	16,318,199²
Poland	340,820	38,626,349²
Portugal	92,860	10,524,145²
Spain	355,418	40,280,780²
Sweden	79,291	8,986,400²
Switzerland	65,742	7,450,867²
United Kingdom	531,800	60,270,708²
Wales	25,747	2,918,000²
Vision Impairment in the Balkans (Extrapolated Statistics)
Albania	31,277	3,544,808²
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,596	407,608²
Croatia	39,678	4,496,869²
Macedonia	18,000	2,040,085²
Serbia and Montenegro	95,522	10,825,900²
Vision Impairment in Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Bangladesh	1,247,121	141,340,476²
Bhutan	19,284	2,185,569²
China	11,460,420	1,298,847,624²
East Timor	8,993	1,019,252²
Hong Kong s.a.r.	60,486	6,855,125²
India	9,397,681	1,065,070,607²
Indonesia	2,103,996	238,452,952²
Japan	1,123,526	127,333,002²
Laos	53,542	6,068,117²
Macau s.a.r.	3,928	445,286²
Malaysia	207,551	23,522,482²
Mongolia	24,276	2,751,314²
Philippines	760,956	86,241,697²
Papua New Guinea	47,826	5,420,280²
Vietnam	729,377	82,662,800²
Singapore	38,416	4,353,893²
Pakistan	1,404,673	159,196,336²
North Korea	200,272	22,697,553²
South Korea	425,592	48,233,760²
Sri Lanka	175,633	19,905,165²
Taiwan	200,733	22,749,838²
Thailand	572,342	64,865,523²
Vision Impairment in Eastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Azerbaijan	69,426	7,868,385²
Belarus	90,975	10,310,520²
Bulgaria	66,335	7,517,973²
Estonia	11,838	1,341,664²
Georgia	41,416	4,693,892²
Kazakhstan	133,620	15,143,704²
Latvia	20,349	2,306,306²
Lithuania	31,834	3,607,899²
Romania	197,254	22,355,551²
Russia	1,270,359	143,974,059²
Slovakia	47,855	5,423,567²
Slovenia	17,748	2,011,473 ²
Tajikistan	61,866	7,011,556 ²
Ukraine	421,165	47,732,079²
Uzbekistan	233,033	26,410,416²
Vision Impairment in Australasia and Southern Pacific (Extrapolated Statistics)
Australia	175,704	19,913,144²
New Zealand	35,239	3,993,817²
Vision Impairment in the Middle East (Extrapolated Statistics)
Afghanistan	251,591	28,513,677²
Egypt	671,624	76,117,421²
Gaza strip	11,691	1,324,991²
Iran	595,616	67,503,205²
Iraq	223,894	25,374,691²
Israel	54,697	6,199,008²
Jordan	49,510	5,611,202²
Kuwait	19,919	2,257,549²
Lebanon	33,328	3,777,218²
Libya	49,690	5,631,585²
Saudi Arabia	227,611	25,795,938²
Syria	158,972	18,016,874²
Turkey	607,887	68,893,918²
United Arab Emirates	22,269	2,523,915²
West Bank	20,392	2,311,204²
Yemen	176,690	20,024,867²
Vision Impairment in South America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belize	2,408	272,945²
Brazil	1,624,421	184,101,109²
Chile	139,623	15,823,957²
Colombia	373,330	42,310,775²
Guatemala	126,005	14,280,596²
Mexico	926,114	104,959,594²
Nicaragua	47,291	5,359,759²
Paraguay	54,629	6,191,368²
Peru	243,037	27,544,305²
Puerto Rico	34,393	3,897,960²
Venezuela	220,741	25,017,387²
Vision Impairment in Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Angola	96,869	10,978,552²
Botswana	14,463	1,639,231²
Central African Republic	33,021	3,742,482²
Chad	84,163	9,538,544²
Congo Brazzaville	26,453	2,998,040²
Congo kinshasa	514,562	58,317,030²
Ethiopia	629,440	71,336,571²
Ghana	183,150	20,757,032²
Kenya	291,018	32,982,109²
Liberia	29,917	3,390,635²
Niger	100,240	11,360,538²
Nigeria	156,620	12,5750,356²
Rwanda	72,694	8,238,673²
Senegal	95,754	10,852,147²
Sierra leone	51,916	5,883,889²
Somalia	73,275	8,304,601²
Sudan	345,424	39,148,162²
South Africa	392,192	44,448,470²
Swaziland	10,316	1,169,241²
Tanzania	318,271	36,070,799²
Uganda	232,855	26,390,258²
Zambia	97,285	11,025,690²
Zimbabwe	32,398	1,2671,860²

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

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