List of diabetes prevalence studies by country of study giving sample size, age-group, and the countries to which the data were extrapolated
| Country of study, year, and reference* | Sample size | Age-group (years) | Additional countries that estimates were applied to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia, 2000 (21)† | 11,247 | ≥25 | New Zealand |
| Bolivia, 1998 (22)† | 2,948 | ≥20 | Ecuador, Peru |
| Brazil, 1988/1989 (23)† | 2,051 | 30–69 | Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela |
| Cameroon, published 1997 (24)† | 1,767 | 24–74 | Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Sao Tome, and Principe |
| China, 1994 (4)†‡ | 224,251 | 25–64 | North Korea/Democratic People’s Republic of Korea‡ |
| Colombia, 1988/1989 (25) | 670 | ≥30 | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Fiji, 1980 (26)‡ | 1,709 | ≥20 | Kiribati‡, Marshall Islands‡, Micronesia (Federated States)‡, Palau‡, Papua New Guinea‡, Solomon Islands‡, Vanuatu‡ |
| Ghana, 1998 (27)† | 4,733 | ≥25 | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo |
| India, 2000 (28)† | 11,216 | ≥20 | Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal |
| Iran, 1999/2000 (29)† | 9,229 | ≥20 | Azerbaijan, Iraq, Yemen |
| Israel (30)†‡ | 1,502 | 25–64 | |
| Japan Funagata, 1990–1992 (31)† | 2,624 | ≥40 | |
| Jordan (32)† | 2,836 | ≥25 | Syria, urban Egypt |
| Lebanon†§ | 2,518 | ≥30 | |
| Malta (33)† | 2,149 | ≥15 | |
| Mauritius (34)†‡ | 4,929 | 25–74 | Seychelles |
| Mongolia (35)†‡ | 2,449 | ≥35 | |
| Nauru (36)†‡ | 1,546 | ≥20 | |
| Netherlands, 1989–1992 (37)† | 2,484 | 50–74 | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. |
| Oman, 1991 (38) | 2,963 | ≥20 | Qatar |
| Pakistan: rural Baluchistan (39)† | 570 | ≥25 | Afghanistan |
| Pakistan: Sindh, 1994 (40) | 967 | ≥25 | |
| Paraguay, 1991/1992 (41)† | 1,606 urban white Hispanic | 20–74 | Suriname |
| Poland¶ | 2,523 | 25–74 | Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine |
| Russia‖ | 1,602 | 25–64 | |
| Samoa (42)†‡ | 1,772 | 25–74 | Cook Islands‡, Niue‡, Tonga‡, Tuvalu‡ |
| Saudi Arabia (43)†‡ | 25,337 | 2–77 | Bahrain‡, Kuwait‡ |
| Singapore (44)†‡ | 3,568 | 18–69 | Brunei‡, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand |
| South Africa (45)† | 729 | ≥30 | Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe |
| South Korea/Republic of Korea (46)† | 2,520 | ≥30 | |
| Spain (47)† | 2,214 | 30–89 | Andorra, Italy, Monaco, San Marino, Portugal |
| Sudan (48)† | 1,284 | ≥25 | Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger |
| Tanzania, 1996/1997 (5)† | 1,698 | ≥15 | Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Uganda, Zambia |
| Trinidad, 1977–1981 (49) | 2,315 | 35–69 | Antigua and Barbuda‡, Bahamas‡, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada‡, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis‡, St. Lucia‡, St. Vincent and the Grenadines‡ |
| Tunisia, 1976/1977, 1980/1981 (50) | 3,826 urban | ≥20 | Algeria, Libya, Morocco |
| 1,787 rural | |||
| Turkey (51)† | 24,788 | ≥20 | Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Moldova, Romania |
| United Arab Emirates, 2000†‡# | 5,844 | ≥19 | |
| U.S., 1988–1994 (52)† | 2,844 | 40–74 | Canada |
| Uzbekistan, 1996 (53)‡ | 1,956 | ≥35 | Armenia‡, Georgia‡, Kazakhstan‡, Kyrgyzstan‡, Tajikistan‡, Turkmenistan‡ |
| Vietnam†** | 1,121 | ≥25 | Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar |
↵* Year indicates year of study, if given, or year of publication.
↵† Indicates data that were not used in estimates for 1990.
↵‡ Indicates same diabetes prevalence data used for urban and rural populations.
↵§ I. Salti, M. Khogali, S. Alam, N. Nassar, A. Masri, personal communication.
↵‖ E. Shubnikov, personal communication.
↵¶ Z. Szybinski, W. Zukowski, R. Rita, J. Sieradzki, I. Turska-Karbowska, M. Gizler, personal communication.
↵# M. Malik, A. Bakir, B. Abi Saab, G.R., H.K., personal communication.
↵** P. Khi, personal communication.