Table 2 Estimated active trachoma and trachomatous trichiasis in endemic countries in 2007 from available data
CountryCountry population in 2004 (millions)Population living in endemic areas (millions)Cases of Trachomatous Inflammation—Follicular/Trachomatous Inflammation in endemic areas (thousands)Cases of Trachomatous Trichiasis in endemic areas (thousands)
Afghanistan28.579.80190.883.1
Algeria32.362.83146.786.7
Australia19.940.127.31.1
Benin8.181.27111.27.6
Botswana1.770.2017.632.9
Brazil183.9158.00574.558.0
Burkina Faso12.8212.82553.132.8
Central African Republic3.990.2026.51.0
Cambodia13.804.43503.329.2
Cameroon16.044.55366.247.2
Chad9.454.78607.734.3
China1315.41364.381267.02330.6
Côte d’Ivoire17.876.10510.859.9
Djibouti0.780.784.73.9
Egypt72.643.61393.135.4
Eritrea4.234.23130.142.0
Ethiopia75.6075.609935.21272.6
Fiji0.840.8418.90.8
Gambia1.481.2027.110.5
Ghana21.672.72133.13.0
Guatemala12.290.250.20.03
Guinea9.203.00323.325.1
Guinea-Bissau1.541.54118.716.4
India1087.12328.184450.2443.0
Iran (Islamic Republic of)68.808.810.049.3
Iraq28.0622.03719.443.9
Kenya33.4715.951535.0306.8
Kiribati0.100.108.60.1
Lao People’s Democratic Republic5.790.5024.10.9
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya5.740.4220.913.2
Malawi12.619.53608.733.4
Mali12.129.12676.767.6
Mauritania2.981.6443.82.5
Mexico105.700.130.10.02
Morocco31.021.183.96.4
Mozambique19.427.85879.260.5
Myanmar50.0017.4068.965.8
Namibia2.010.8030.56.1
Nauru0.0130.0130.70.0
Nepal26.5916.53513.5138.8
Niger13.5013.501799.059.6
Nigeria128.7150.823252.5627.3
Oman2.530.070.20.6
Pakistan154.7951.00800.671.7
Papua New Guinea5.775.7716.85.8
Senegal11.3911.4260.5129.8
Solomon Islands0.470.4732.50.5
Somalia7.965.1618.110.3
Sudan35.5221.001773.4528.1
Tanzania (United Republic of)37.6312.561220.8214.8
Togo5.991.8322.52.9
Uganda27.8211.652436.1610.6
Vanuatu0.210.2114.10.2
Vietnam83.1223.29919.3210.0
Yemen20.3320.33468.0270.8
Zambia11.481.98388.38.5
Zimbabwe12.949.701669.544.1
All endemic countries1244.1740 643.58248.2
  • Italics indicate countries for which prevalence was estimated on proxy countries or on other assumptions because of the lack of recent population-based data.