By 2050, the Western Pacific region is forecast to have the highest number of diabetic people worldwide, with some million people aged between 20 and 79 years.Â
Diabetes in the future
Between 2024 and 2050, the number of diabetics is set to increase in all regions worldwide. Diabetes rates are expected to increase the most in Africa, by roughly percent. Throughout this period, Europe is projected to show the smallest increase, with about percent. In 2050, the countries with the highest number of diabetics are expected to be China with some million and India with about million. At that time, about million people are projected to have diabetes in the United States.Â
Children with type 1 diabetes
In 2024, the country with the highest estimated number of children and adolescents (between the ages of 0 and 19) with type 1 diabetes was India, which had some thousand diabetic children and adolescents. The United States came second with around  thousand. Considering the U.S. population is significantly smaller than that of India, there is a higher percentage of children with type 1 diabetes in the United States.
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