Archive · 18 Jan 2026
India has world’s second largest diabetes population in 2024: Study
A new study says that in 2024, India has the second highest number of adults with diabetes in the world.
Only China has more people with diabetes than India.
The United States is in third place.
The study also says that by 2050, Pakistan might have more people with diabetes than the US.
The study was published in a medical journal called The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.
Researchers from different countries, including India, worked on this study.
They say that big countries like China, India, the US, and Pakistan have a lot of people with diabetes.
India has the second highest number of adults with diabetes in 2024, at 90 million.
China ranks first with 148 million adults with diabetes.
The US is third with 39 million adults with diabetes.
Pakistan is projected to surpass the US by 2050.
The study was published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal.
- Who
- India, China, US, Pakistan
- What
- Diabetes population rankings
- When
- 2024
- Where
- Global
- Why
- Study by International Diabetes Federation and others
- Rank
- 2nd
- Number of adults with diabetes
- 90 million
- Year
- 2024
- Study source
- The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Projected future rank for Pakistan
- 3rd by 2050