India is the country with the highest number of cases of TB
The table below lists the countries that had 1,000 or more cases of TB in 2015. The number of cases is the number of people with active TB, and is the number reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The list also gives the mortality (the number of deaths from TB) and the WHO region that the country is in. Twenty two of these countries have often been referred to as the TB high burden countries.
List of countries with more than 1,000 cases of TB in 2015
| Country | New & relapse cases of TB | Mortality | WHO Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 37,001 | 12,000 | EMR |
| Algeria | 23,879 | 3,300 | AFR |
| Angola | 61,060 | 18,000 | AFR |
| Argentina | 10,506 | 810 | AMR |
| Armenia | 1,104 | 110 | EUR |
| Australia | 1,254 | 48 | WPR |
| Azerbaijan | 5,701 | 58 | EUR |
| Bangladesh | 209,438 | 73,000 | SEAR |
| Belarus | 4,177 | 530 | EUR |
| Benin | 4,092 | 1,300 | AFR |
| Bolivia | 7,893 | 510 | AMR |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,095 | 120 | EUR |
| Botswana | 5,073 | 2,000 | AFR |
| Brazil | 81,137 | 7,700 | AMR |
| Bulgaria | 1,660 | 90 | EUR |
| Burkina Faso | 5,808 | 1,900 | AFR |
| Burundi | 6,969 | 3,300 | AFR |
| Cambodia | 35,638 | 9,100 | WPR |
| Cameroon | 26,570 | 13,000 | AFR |
| Canada | 1,640 | 120 | AMR |
| Central African Republic | 10,799 | 4,900 | AFR |
| Chad | 12,026 | 5,700 | AFR |
| Chile | 2,657 | 490 | AMR |
| China | 804,163 | 38,000 | WPR |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 4,498 | 190 | WPR |
| Colombia | 12,749 | 1,400 | AMR |
| Congo | 10,119 | 4,700 | AFR |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 22,879 | 7,500 | AFR |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 120,722 | 16,000 | SEAR |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 120,508 | 67,000 | AFR |
| Djibouti | 2,692 | 380 | AFR |
| Dominican Republic | 4,690 | 870 | AMR |
| Ecuador | 5,215 | 800 | AMR |
| Egypt | 8,155 | 240 | EMR |
| El Salvador | 2,461 | 140 | AMR |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,286 | 180 | AFR |
| Eritrea | 2,094 | 660 | AFR |
| Ethiopia | 137,960 | 29,000 | AFR |
| Gabon | 6,293 | 1,200 | AFR |
| Gambia | 2,551 | 540 | AFR |
| Georgia | 3,611 | 210 | EUR |
| Germany | 5,865 | 340 | EUR |
| Ghana | 14,999 | 15,000 | AFR |
| Guatemala | 3,381 | 370 | AMR |
| Guinea | 12,242 | 5,500 | AFR |
| Guinea Bissau | 2,141 | 2,500 | AFR |
| Haiti | 16,431 | 2,600 | AMR |
| Honduras | 2,919 | 150 | AMR |
| India | 1,740,435 | 510,000 | SEAR |
| Indonesia | 330,729 | 130,000 | SEAR |
| Iran | 10,399 | 1,400 | EMR |
| Iraq | 8,255 | 860 | EMR |
| Italy | 3,769 | 350 | EUR |
| Japan | 18,280 | 3,200 | WPR |
| Kazakhstan | 14,631 | 1,400 | EUR |
| Kenya | 81,518 | 16,000 | AFR |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7,833 | 730 | EUR |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,638 | 3,600 | WPR |
| Lesotho | 7,892 | 5,900 | AFR |
| Liberia | 5,849 | 4,000 | AFR |
| Libya | 1,014 | 700 | EMR |
| Lithuania | 1,507 | 240 | EUR |
| Madagascar | 29,939 | 13,000 | AFR |
| Malawi | 17,104 | 8,900 | AFR |
| Malaysia | 24,220 | 2,600 | WPR |
| Mali | 7,015 | 2,100 | AFR |
| Mauritania | 2,352 | 980 | AFR |
| Mexico | 22,294 | 3,100 | AMR |
| Mongolia | 4,935 | 640 | WPR |
| Morocco | 31,403 | 3,400 | EMR |
| Mozambique | 61,559 | 54,000 | AFR |
| Myanmar | 140,700 | 31,000 | SEAR |
| Namibia | 9,944 | 1,700 | AFR |
| Nepal | 34,122 | 6,100 | SEAR |
| Nicaragua | 2,705 | 180 | AMR |
| Niger | 10,625 | 4,200 | AFR |
| Nigeria | 90,584 | 240,000 | AFR |
| Pakistan | 331,809 | 46,000 | EMR |
| Panama | 1,658 | 280 | AMR |
| Papua New Guinea | 28,696 | 3,700 | WPR |
| Paraquay | 2,536 | 300 | AMR |
| Peru | 30,998 | 2,500 | AMR |
| Philippines | 286,544 | 14,000 | WPR |
| Poland | 6,430 | 560 | EUR |
| Portugal | 2,124 | 260 | EUR |
| Republic of Korea | 40,847 | 2,600 | WPR |
| Republic of Moldova | 4,211 | 490 | EUR |
| Romania | 15,195 | 1,100 | EUR |
| Russian Federation | 130,904 | 17,000 | EUR |
| Rwanda | 5,637 | 720 | AFR |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,464 | 680 | EMR |
| Senegal | 13,559 | 3,800 | AFR |
| Serbia | 1,658 | 110 | EUR |
| Sierra Leone | 12,103 | 4,100 | AFR |
| Singapore | 2,171 | 76 | WPR |
| Somalia | 14,203 | 7,200 | EMR |
| South Africa | 294,603 | 97,000 | AFR |
| South Sudan | 10,250 | 4,200 | AFR |
| Spain | 4,191 | 320 | EUR |
| Sri Lanka | 9,575 | 1,200 | SEAR |
| Sudan | 20,006 | 8,000 | EMR |
| Swaziland | 4,567 | 1,900 | AFR |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2,992 | 21 | EMR |
| Tajikistan | 6,232 | 250 | EUR |
| Thailand | 66,179 | 14,000 | SEAR |
| Timor-Leste | 3,532 | 1,200 | SEAR |
| Togo | 2,671 | 670 | AFR |
| Tunisia | 3,357 | 240 | EMR |
| Turkey | 12,772 | 750 | EUR |
| Turkmenistan | 2,570 | 460 | EUR |
| Uganda | 43,736 | 12,000 | AFR |
| Ukraine | 35,304 | 7,100 | EUR |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland | 6,240 | 340 | EUR |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 62,180 | 55,000 | AFR |
| United States of America | 9,551 | 660 | AMR |
| Uzbekistan | 19,055 | 2,900 | EUR |
| Venezuela | 7,278 | 900 | AMR |
| Viet Nam | 102,676 | 17,000 | WPR |
| Yemen | 7,699 | 1,600 | EMR |
| Zambia | 41,588 | 17,000 | AFR |
| Zimbabwe | 28,225 | 8,000 | AFR |
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Countries with less than 1,000 cases of TB in 2015
Below are the details of countries that had less than 1,000 cases of active TB a year (number of TB cases in brackets). The list includes some countries that either had no cases, or who did not report any cases to the WHO. For some countries the WHO region is not known.
Albania (415, EUR) American Samoa Andorra (4, EUR) Anguilla (0) Antigua and Barbuda (AMR) Aruba Austria (583, EUR) Bahamas (62, AMR) Bahrain (EMR) Barbados (0, AMR) Belgium (988, EUR) Belize (84) Bermuda (0) Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saha British Virgin Islands (0) Brunei Darussalam (212, WPR) Cabo Verde (272, AFR) Cayman Islands (7) China, Macao SAR (372) Comoros Cook Islands (1, WPR) Costa Rica (424, AMR) Croatia (486, EUR) Cuba (753, AMR) Curacao Cyprus (63, EUR) Czechia (518, EUR) Denmark (357, EUR) Dominica (7)
Estonia (217, EUR) Fiji (371, WPR) Finland (271, EUR) French Polynesia (51) Greece (482, EUR) Greenland (80, AMR) Grenada (5) Guam (76) Guyana (668, AMR) Hungary (906, EUR) Iceland (7, EUR) Ireland (312, EUR) Israel (280, EUR) Jamaica (103, AMR) Jordan (437, EMR) Kiribati (516, WPR) Kuwait (748, EMR) Latvia (721, EUR) Lebanon (666, EMR) Luxembourg (30, EUR) Maldives (153, SEAR) Malta (32, EUR) Marshall Islands (138, WPR) Mauritus (129, AFR) Micronesia, Federated States of (108, WPR) Monaco (0, EUR) Montenegro (80, EUR) Montserrat (0)
Nauru (18, WPR) Netherlands (667, EUR) New Caledonia (56) New Zealand (297, WPR) Niue (0, WPR) Northern Mariana Islands (28) Norway (318, EUR) Oman (328, EMR) Palau (14, WPR) Puerto Rico (52) Qatar (EMR) Saint Kitts and Nevis (AMR) Saint Lucia (14, AMR) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (7, AMR) Samoa (19, WPR) San Marino Sao Tome and Principe (207, AFR) Serbia, without Kosovo (888, EUR) Kosovo (770) Seychelles (8, AFR) Sint Maarten Dutch part (2) Slovakia (317, EUR) Slovenia (130, EUR) Solomon Islands (417, WPR) Suriname (150, AMR) Sweden (821, EUR) Switzerland (564, EUR)
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (284) Tokelau (2) Tonga (14, WPR) Trinidad and Tobago (218, AMR) Turks and Calcos Islands (2) Tuvalu (20, WPR) United Arab Emirates (64) Uruguay (909) US Virgin Islands Vanuatu (136, WPR) Wallis and Futuna Islands (0) West Bank and Gaza Strip (41)
WHO World Regions
WHO TB regions
The six WHO regions of the world are:
AFR - African Region, AMR - Americas, EMR - Eastern Mediterranean Region, EUR - European Region, SEAR - South-East Asia Region, WPR - Western Pacific Region
The WHO regions are not always the same as the geographical regions. Libya is an example of this. Libya is normally considered as being in Africa, but it is in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. Considerable information about TB can be found on the WHO website. Much of the country information on the WHO website is organised by WHO region.