Statistics on cataract for various nations

Statistics by Country for Cataracts(Does not mean
blind due to Cataract)

(http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/c/cataracts/stats-country.htm)

Prevalance
of Cataracts:

5,500,000 people have a cataract
interfering with their vision in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE,
NSF)

Prevalance
Rate for Cataracts:

approx 1 in 49 or 2.02% or 5.5
million people in USA [about data]

Extrapolation
of Prevalence Rate of Cataracts to Countries and Regions:

WARNING! EXTRAPOLATION
ONLY! NOT BASED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA SOURCES.
The following table attempts to extrapolate the above prevalence rate for
Cataracts to the populations of various countries and regions. These prevalence
extrapolations for Cataracts are only estimates, based on applying the
prevalence rates from the US (or a similar country) to the population of other
countries, and therefore may have very limited
relevance to the actual prevalence of Cataracts in any region:

Country/Region	Extrapolated Prevalence	Population Estimated Used
Cataracts in North America (Extrapolated Statistics)
USA	5,937,884	293,655,405¹
Canada	657,328 WARNING! (Details)	32,507,874²
Mexico	2,122,344 WARNING! (Details)	104,959,594²
Cataracts in Central America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belize	5,519 WARNING! (Details)	272,945²
Guatemala	288,762 WARNING! (Details)	14,280,596²
Nicaragua	108,377 WARNING! (Details)	5,359,759²
Cataracts in Caribbean (Extrapolated Statistics)
Puerto Rico	78,819 WARNING! (Details)	3,897,960²
Cataracts in South America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Brazil	3,722,632 WARNING! (Details)	184,101,109²
Chile	319,969 WARNING! (Details)	15,823,957²
Colombia	855,548 WARNING! (Details)	42,310,775²
Paraguay	125,193 WARNING! (Details)	6,191,368²
Peru	556,962 WARNING! (Details)	27,544,305²
Venezuela	505,866 WARNING! (Details)	25,017,387²
Cataracts in Northern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Denmark	109,461 WARNING! (Details)	5,413,392²
Finland	105,440 WARNING! (Details)	5,214,512²
Iceland	5,944 WARNING! (Details)	293,966²
Sweden	181,710 WARNING! (Details)	8,986,400²
Cataracts in Western Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Britain (United Kingdom)	1,218,709 WARNING! (Details)	60,270,708 for UK²
Belgium	209,248 WARNING! (Details)	10,348,276²
France	1,221,813 WARNING! (Details)	60,424,213²
Ireland	80,266 WARNING! (Details)	3,969,558²
Luxembourg	9,355 WARNING! (Details)	462,690²
Monaco	652 WARNING! (Details)	32,270²
Netherlands (Holland)	329,963 WARNING! (Details)	16,318,199²
United Kingdom	1,218,709 WARNING! (Details)	60,270,708²
Wales	59,003 WARNING! (Details)	2,918,000²
Cataracts in Central Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Austria	165,298 WARNING! (Details)	8,174,762²
Czech Republic	25,198 WARNING! (Details)	1,0246,178²
Germany	1,666,673 WARNING! (Details)	82,424,609²
Hungary	202,860 WARNING! (Details)	10,032,375²
Liechtenstein	676 WARNING! (Details)	33,436²
Poland	781,047 WARNING! (Details)	38,626,349²
Slovakia	109,667 WARNING! (Details)	5,423,567²
Slovenia	40,673 WARNING! (Details)	2,011,473 ²
Switzerland	150,660 WARNING! (Details)	7,450,867²
Cataracts in Eastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belarus	208,484 WARNING! (Details)	10,310,520²
Estonia	27,129 WARNING! (Details)	1,341,664²
Latvia	46,634 WARNING! (Details)	2,306,306²
Lithuania	72,953 WARNING! (Details)	3,607,899²
Russia	2,911,240 WARNING! (Details)	143,974,059²
Ukraine	965,170 WARNING! (Details)	47,732,079²
Cataracts in the Southwestern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Azerbaijan	159,103 WARNING! (Details)	7,868,385²
Georgia	94,913 WARNING! (Details)	4,693,892²
Portugal	212,804 WARNING! (Details)	10,524,145²
Spain	814,501 WARNING! (Details)	40,280,780²
Cataracts in Southern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Greece	215,299 WARNING! (Details)	10,647,529²
Italy	1,173,956 WARNING! (Details)	58,057,477²
Cataracts in the Southeastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Albania	71,678 WARNING! (Details)	3,544,808²
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8,242 WARNING! (Details)	407,608²
Bulgaria	152,017 WARNING! (Details)	7,517,973²
Croatia	90,929 WARNING! (Details)	4,496,869²
Macedonia	41,251 WARNING! (Details)	2,040,085²
Romania	452,042 WARNING! (Details)	22,355,551²
Serbia and Montenegro	218,906 WARNING! (Details)	10,825,900²
Cataracts in Northern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Mongolia	55,633 WARNING! (Details)	2,751,314²
Cataracts in Central Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Kazakhstan	306,214 WARNING! (Details)	15,143,704²
Tajikistan	141,777 WARNING! (Details)	7,011,556 ²
Uzbekistan	534,034 WARNING! (Details)	26,410,416²
Cataracts in Eastern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
China	26,263,461 WARNING! (Details)	1,298,847,624²
Hong Kong s.a.r.	138,614 WARNING! (Details)	6,855,125²
Japan	2,574,748 WARNING! (Details)	127,333,002²
Macau s.a.r.	9,003 WARNING! (Details)	445,286²
North Korea	458,957 WARNING! (Details)	22,697,553²
South Korea	975,314 WARNING! (Details)	48,233,760²
Taiwan	460,015 WARNING! (Details)	22,749,838²
Cataracts in Southwestern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Turkey	1,393,075 WARNING! (Details)	68,893,918²
Cataracts in Southern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Afghanistan	576,563 WARNING! (Details)	28,513,677²
Bangladesh	2,857,987 WARNING! (Details)	141,340,476²
Bhutan	44,193 WARNING! (Details)	2,185,569²
India	21,536,353 WARNING! (Details)	1,065,070,607²
Pakistan	3,219,043 WARNING! (Details)	159,196,336²
Sri Lanka	402,494 WARNING! (Details)	19,905,165²
Cataracts in Southeastern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
East Timor	20,609 WARNING! (Details)	1,019,252²
Indonesia	4,821,658 WARNING! (Details)	238,452,952²
Laos	122,700 WARNING! (Details)	6,068,117²
Malaysia	475,638 WARNING! (Details)	23,522,482²
Philippines	1,743,857 WARNING! (Details)	86,241,697²
Singapore	88,038 WARNING! (Details)	4,353,893²
Thailand	1,311,618 WARNING! (Details)	64,865,523²
Vietnam	1,671,490 WARNING! (Details)	82,662,800²
Cataracts in the Middle East (Extrapolated Statistics)
Gaza strip	26,792 WARNING! (Details)	1,324,991²
Iran	1,364,954 WARNING! (Details)	67,503,205²
Iraq	513,091 WARNING! (Details)	25,374,691²
Israel	125,347 WARNING! (Details)	6,199,008²
Jordan	113,461 WARNING! (Details)	5,611,202²
Kuwait	45,648 WARNING! (Details)	2,257,549²
Lebanon	76,377 WARNING! (Details)	3,777,218²
Saudi Arabia	521,609 WARNING! (Details)	25,795,938²
Syria	364,311 WARNING! (Details)	18,016,874²
United Arab Emirates	51,035 WARNING! (Details)	2,523,915²
West Bank	46,733 WARNING! (Details)	2,311,204²
Yemen	404,914 WARNING! (Details)	20,024,867²
Cataracts in Northern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Egypt	1,539,138 WARNING! (Details)	76,117,421²
Libya	113,873 WARNING! (Details)	5,631,585²
Sudan	791,598 WARNING! (Details)	39,148,162²
Cataracts in Western Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Congo Brazzaville	60,622 WARNING! (Details)	2,998,040²
Ghana	419,719 WARNING! (Details)	20,757,032²
Liberia	68,560 WARNING! (Details)	3,390,635²
Niger	229,716 WARNING! (Details)	11,360,538²
Nigeria	358,922 WARNING! (Details)	12,5750,356²
Senegal	219,436 WARNING! (Details)	10,852,147²
Sierra leone	118,975 WARNING! (Details)	5,883,889²
Cataracts in Central Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Central African Republic	75,675 WARNING! (Details)	3,742,482²
Chad	192,874 WARNING! (Details)	9,538,544²
Congo kinshasa	1,179,204 WARNING! (Details)	58,317,030²
Rwanda	166,590 WARNING! (Details)	8,238,673²
Cataracts in Eastern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Ethiopia	1,442,467 WARNING! (Details)	71,336,571²
Kenya	666,917 WARNING! (Details)	32,982,109²
Somalia	167,923 WARNING! (Details)	8,304,601²
Tanzania	729,372 WARNING! (Details)	36,070,799²
Uganda	533,626 WARNING! (Details)	26,390,258²
Cataracts in Southern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Angola	221,992 WARNING! (Details)	10,978,552²
Botswana	33,146 WARNING! (Details)	1,639,231²
South Africa	898,774 WARNING! (Details)	44,448,470²
Swaziland	23,642 WARNING! (Details)	1,169,241²
Zambia	222,945 WARNING! (Details)	11,025,690²
Zimbabwe	74,247 WARNING! (Details)	1,2671,860²
Cataracts in Oceania (Extrapolated Statistics)
Australia	402,655 WARNING! (Details)	19,913,144²
New Zealand	80,757 WARNING! (Details)	3,993,817²
Papua New Guinea	109,601 WARNING! (Details)	5,420,280²

Incidence
(annual) of Cataracts:

400,000 new cases of cataract occur
each year in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)

Incidence Rate for Cataracts: approx 1 in 679 or 0.15% or 400,000 people in USA [about data]
Extrapolation of Incidence Rate for Cataracts to Countries and Regions: WARNING! EXTRAPOLATION ONLY. NOT BASED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
DATA SOURCES. The following table attempts to extrapolate the above
incidence rate for Cataracts to the populations of various countries and
regions. As discussed above, these incidence extrapolations for Cataracts are
only estimates and may have very limited relevance
to the actual incidence of Cataracts in any region:

Country/Region	Extrapolated Incidence	Population Estimated Used
Cataracts in North America (Extrapolated Statistics)
USA	431,846	293,655,405¹
Canada	47,805 WARNING! (Details)	32,507,874²
Mexico	154,352 WARNING! (Details)	104,959,594²
Cataracts in Central America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belize	401 WARNING! (Details)	272,945²
Guatemala	21,000 WARNING! (Details)	14,280,596²
Nicaragua	7,881 WARNING! (Details)	5,359,759²
Cataracts in Caribbean (Extrapolated Statistics)
Puerto Rico	5,732 WARNING! (Details)	3,897,960²
Cataracts in South America (Extrapolated Statistics)
Brazil	270,736 WARNING! (Details)	184,101,109²
Chile	23,270 WARNING! (Details)	15,823,957²
Colombia	62,221 WARNING! (Details)	42,310,775²
Paraguay	9,104 WARNING! (Details)	6,191,368²
Peru	40,506 WARNING! (Details)	27,544,305²
Venezuela	36,790 WARNING! (Details)	25,017,387²
Cataracts in Northern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Denmark	7,960 WARNING! (Details)	5,413,392²
Finland	7,668 WARNING! (Details)	5,214,512²
Iceland	432 WARNING! (Details)	293,966²
Sweden	13,215 WARNING! (Details)	8,986,400²
Cataracts in Western Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Britain (United Kingdom)	88,633 WARNING! (Details)	60,270,708 for UK²
Belgium	15,218 WARNING! (Details)	10,348,276²
France	88,859 WARNING! (Details)	60,424,213²
Ireland	5,837 WARNING! (Details)	3,969,558²
Luxembourg	680 WARNING! (Details)	462,690²
Monaco	47 WARNING! (Details)	32,270²
Netherlands (Holland)	23,997 WARNING! (Details)	16,318,199²
United Kingdom	88,633 WARNING! (Details)	60,270,708²
Wales	4,291 WARNING! (Details)	2,918,000²
Cataracts in Central Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Austria	12,021 WARNING! (Details)	8,174,762²
Czech Republic	1,832 WARNING! (Details)	1,0246,178²
Germany	121,212 WARNING! (Details)	82,424,609²
Hungary	14,753 WARNING! (Details)	10,032,375²
Liechtenstein	49 WARNING! (Details)	33,436²
Poland	56,803 WARNING! (Details)	38,626,349²
Slovakia	7,975 WARNING! (Details)	5,423,567²
Slovenia	2,958 WARNING! (Details)	2,011,473 ²
Switzerland	10,957 WARNING! (Details)	7,450,867²
Cataracts in Eastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Belarus	15,162 WARNING! (Details)	10,310,520²
Estonia	1,973 WARNING! (Details)	1,341,664²
Latvia	3,391 WARNING! (Details)	2,306,306²
Lithuania	5,305 WARNING! (Details)	3,607,899²
Russia	211,726 WARNING! (Details)	143,974,059²
Ukraine	70,194 WARNING! (Details)	47,732,079²
Cataracts in the Southwestern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Azerbaijan	11,571 WARNING! (Details)	7,868,385²
Portugal	15,476 WARNING! (Details)	10,524,145²
Spain	59,236 WARNING! (Details)	40,280,780²
Georgia	6,902 WARNING! (Details)	4,693,892²
Cataracts in the Southern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Italy	85,378 WARNING! (Details)	58,057,477²
Greece	15,658 WARNING! (Details)	10,647,529²
Cataracts in the Southeastern Europe (Extrapolated Statistics)
Albania	5,212 WARNING! (Details)	3,544,808²
Bosnia and Herzegovina	599 WARNING! (Details)	407,608²
Bulgaria	11,055 WARNING! (Details)	7,517,973²
Croatia	6,613 WARNING! (Details)	4,496,869²
Macedonia	3,000 WARNING! (Details)	2,040,085²
Romania	32,875 WARNING! (Details)	22,355,551²
Serbia and Montenegro	15,920 WARNING! (Details)	10,825,900²
Cataracts in Northern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Mongolia	4,046 WARNING! (Details)	2,751,314²
Cataracts in Central Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Kazakhstan	22,270 WARNING! (Details)	15,143,704²
Tajikistan	10,311 WARNING! (Details)	7,011,556 ²
Uzbekistan	38,838 WARNING! (Details)	26,410,416²
Cataracts in Eastern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
China	1,910,070 WARNING! (Details)	1,298,847,624²
Hong Kong s.a.r.	10,081 WARNING! (Details)	6,855,125²
Japan	187,254 WARNING! (Details)	127,333,002²
Macau s.a.r.	654 WARNING! (Details)	445,286²
North Korea	33,378 WARNING! (Details)	22,697,553²
South Korea	70,932 WARNING! (Details)	48,233,760²
Taiwan	33,455 WARNING! (Details)	22,749,838²
Cataracts in Southwestern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Turkey	101,314 WARNING! (Details)	68,893,918²
Cataracts in Southern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
Afghanistan	41,931 WARNING! (Details)	28,513,677²
Bangladesh	207,853 WARNING! (Details)	141,340,476²
Bhutan	3,214 WARNING! (Details)	2,185,569²
India	1,566,280 WARNING! (Details)	1,065,070,607²
Pakistan	234,112 WARNING! (Details)	159,196,336²
Sri Lanka	29,272 WARNING! (Details)	19,905,165²
Cataracts in Southeastern Asia (Extrapolated Statistics)
East Timor	1,498 WARNING! (Details)	1,019,252²
Indonesia	350,666 WARNING! (Details)	238,452,952²
Laos	8,923 WARNING! (Details)	6,068,117²
Malaysia	34,591 WARNING! (Details)	23,522,482²
Philippines	126,826 WARNING! (Details)	86,241,697²
Singapore	6,402 WARNING! (Details)	4,353,893²
Thailand	95,390 WARNING! (Details)	64,865,523²
Vietnam	121,562 WARNING! (Details)	82,662,800²
Cataracts in the Middle East (Extrapolated Statistics)
Gaza strip	1,948 WARNING! (Details)	1,324,991²
Iran	99,269 WARNING! (Details)	67,503,205²
Iraq	37,315 WARNING! (Details)	25,374,691²
Israel	9,116 WARNING! (Details)	6,199,008²
Jordan	8,251 WARNING! (Details)	5,611,202²
Kuwait	3,319 WARNING! (Details)	2,257,549²
Lebanon	5,554 WARNING! (Details)	3,777,218²
Saudi Arabia	37,935 WARNING! (Details)	25,795,938²
Syria	26,495 WARNING! (Details)	18,016,874²
United Arab Emirates	3,711 WARNING! (Details)	2,523,915²
West Bank	3,398 WARNING! (Details)	2,311,204²
Yemen	29,448 WARNING! (Details)	20,024,867²
Cataracts in Northern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Egypt	111,937 WARNING! (Details)	76,117,421²
Libya	8,281 WARNING! (Details)	5,631,585²
Sudan	57,570 WARNING! (Details)	39,148,162²
Cataracts in Western Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Congo Brazzaville	4,408 WARNING! (Details)	2,998,040²
Ghana	30,525 WARNING! (Details)	20,757,032²
Liberia	4,986 WARNING! (Details)	3,390,635²
Niger	16,706 WARNING! (Details)	11,360,538²
Nigeria	26,103 WARNING! (Details)	12,5750,356²
Senegal	15,959 WARNING! (Details)	10,852,147²
Sierra leone	8,652 WARNING! (Details)	5,883,889²
Cataracts in Central Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Central African Republic	5,503 WARNING! (Details)	3,742,482²
Chad	14,027 WARNING! (Details)	9,538,544²
Congo kinshasa	85,760 WARNING! (Details)	58,317,030²
Rwanda	12,115 WARNING! (Details)	8,238,673²
Cataracts in Eastern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Ethiopia	104,906 WARNING! (Details)	71,336,571²
Kenya	48,503 WARNING! (Details)	32,982,109²
Somalia	12,212 WARNING! (Details)	8,304,601²
Tanzania	53,045 WARNING! (Details)	36,070,799²
Uganda	38,809 WARNING! (Details)	26,390,258²
Cataracts in Southern Africa (Extrapolated Statistics)
Angola	16,144 WARNING! (Details)	10,978,552²
Botswana	2,410 WARNING! (Details)	1,639,231²
South Africa	65,365 WARNING! (Details)	44,448,470²
Swaziland	1,719 WARNING! (Details)	1,169,241²
Zambia	16,214 WARNING! (Details)	11,025,690²
Zimbabwe	5,399 WARNING! (Details)	1,2671,860²
Cataracts in Oceania (Extrapolated Statistics)
Australia	29,284 WARNING! (Details)	19,913,144²
New Zealand	5,873 WARNING! (Details)	3,993,817²
Papua New Guinea	7,971 WARNING! (Details)	5,420,280²