People with myopia and high myopia worldwide 2000-2030

Published by
John Elflein,
Dec 17, 2019
It is estimated that in 2020 around 2.6 billion people worldwide will have myopia, or nearsightedness. This statistic shows the number of people worldwide with myopia and high myopia from 2000 to 2030.

Number of people worldwide with myopia and high myopia from 2000 to 2030 (in millions)*

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Release date

October 2019

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

* Figures are estimates and projections.
Data is adapted from "Holden BA, Fricke TR, Wilson DA, Jong M, Naidoo KS, Sankaridurg P, et al. Global Prevalence of Myopia and High Myopia and Temporal Trends from 2000 through 2050. Ophthalmology. 2016;123(5):1036–42."

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