Global Disease Population Statistics · Liver · 2026-10-18

Chronic hepatitis C

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Global chronic hepatitis C population

all ages · 2022 · estimate

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  • New infections 2022≈1 million
  • Diagnosed36%
  • Treated (cumulative)20%

WHO 2024 report: 50 million people lived with chronic hepatitis C in 2022; direct-acting antivirals cure over 95% in 8–12 weeks. Taiwan reached the WHO hepatitis C elimination target in 2025, ahead of schedule (MOHW).

Sources: WHO Global hepatitis report 2024 · 衛福部：臺灣提前達成 WHO 消除 C 肝目標（2025）

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Colour = People living with HCV:<100,000100,000–500,000>500,000· Bubble size = estimated people

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    Share of people with chronic HCV (including cured) in that country who have been diagnosed (WHO GHO).

    Definition and age band

    All-age estimated number living with chronic (viraemic) hepatitis C and general-population prevalence (WHO GHO, latest year 2019–2024 by country).

    Sources

    Country figures come from the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) public API and are modelled estimates (NCD-RisC, WHO hepatitis programme) with differing years; Taiwan is outside the WHO system and is entered manually from HPA/CDC publications, flagged as such. GHO data fetched: 2026-10-18. WHO GHO · HEPATITIS_HCV_LIVINGWITH_NUM · HEPATITIS_HCV_DIAGNOSIS_PERINFECTED_CRD_PER100

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    Country/territoryPeople living with HCV
    Nigeria1,420,529
    Indonesia1,214,035
    South Africa900,598
    Mexico662,574
    Russia661,267
    Brazil564,052
    Philippines432,399
    Italy398,610
    Egypt313,883
    Thailand231,910
    Japan215,500
    Canada214,000
    Germany196,671
    Spain167,187
    France142,921
    Australia68,890
    United Kingdom55,900
    South Korea52,211
    Malaysia51,675
    Singapore30,401
    Saudi Arabia13,212
    Taiwan ※—

    ※ Different definition/age band — not directly comparable with other countries on the map

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